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So I was cleaning my P380 the other night and dry fired it a couple of times. The last trigger pull didn't produce the nice clean click I usually get. I pulled the slide off and fiddled with it (that's gun smithing - right?) and noticed the striker tip wasn't projecting through the breech face so I decided to tear down the slide - something I'd never done before.
I've read most of the detail stripping articles so I quickly sacrificed a coat hanger for the striker spring hold back. That is a VERY handy tool!
Having read all the articles about flying springs and parts and eyes being put out I zipped the slide in a zip-loc bag and did everything inside the bag. I stuck my little jewelers screwdriver through the bag to depress the pin to release the back plate. Nothing at all flew but I'll do the bag thing every time from now on.
Striker broken - just like others I've seen on here. Crap! No idea why but like others I've seen on here as well there has been a time or two that the striker has not retracted fully and has snagged the rim of the cartridge sliding up the breech face. I wonder if that sideways pressure on the tip of the striker induces enough of a shock to start the fracture process back down the striker.
Striker ordered on the internet Thursday - shipped same day from PA - arrived Tuesday. That's good enough delivery for me. I'm the third owner of this gun so I didn't try to get them to warranty it. I probably should have ordered 2... That way the first replacement would never break right?
Called Kahr to see if they have any explanation why it broke. If they do they aren't saying...
Rebuilt the slide today and went to the range at lunch. A-OK.
One side observation... I don't carry all the time but not being able to because my regular carry gun is down leaves a sort of naked feeling.
I've read most of the detail stripping articles so I quickly sacrificed a coat hanger for the striker spring hold back. That is a VERY handy tool!
Having read all the articles about flying springs and parts and eyes being put out I zipped the slide in a zip-loc bag and did everything inside the bag. I stuck my little jewelers screwdriver through the bag to depress the pin to release the back plate. Nothing at all flew but I'll do the bag thing every time from now on.
Striker broken - just like others I've seen on here. Crap! No idea why but like others I've seen on here as well there has been a time or two that the striker has not retracted fully and has snagged the rim of the cartridge sliding up the breech face. I wonder if that sideways pressure on the tip of the striker induces enough of a shock to start the fracture process back down the striker.
Striker ordered on the internet Thursday - shipped same day from PA - arrived Tuesday. That's good enough delivery for me. I'm the third owner of this gun so I didn't try to get them to warranty it. I probably should have ordered 2... That way the first replacement would never break right?
Called Kahr to see if they have any explanation why it broke. If they do they aren't saying...
Rebuilt the slide today and went to the range at lunch. A-OK.
One side observation... I don't carry all the time but not being able to because my regular carry gun is down leaves a sort of naked feeling.
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