I just got my CW380 back from Kahr this afternoon do to failure to feed and failure to lock back on the last round issues. Before I returned it I shot at least 350 rounds through it, and no ammo brand gave me any confidence with reliability. The Winchester white box target rounds worked the best, but far from perfect. The Hornady Critical Defense was absolutely horrible. Hornady American Gunner, Federal Premium HST Personal Defense and Blazer round nose FMJ did not feed regularly enough to be consistent. And with each run through the 2 Kahr mags I had a failure to lock about on the last round 20% of the time. Personal Defense and/or FMJ hollow points were the biggest problem.
I was excited to get my 380 back and just ran through a new box of 25 Hornady Critical Defense rounds. The first mag fed smoothly, but failed to lock back. The second mag gave the same results I got before the repair. Next I ran a box of 50 Winchester White Box target rounds. The first mag had a couple of the same issues. The next 44 rounds ran well with only one stove pipe.
Here's my question: Do I continue to spend money trying to find rounds this 380 will shoot, or send it back for its second repair? The Technical Service Work Sheet stated "Updated rear Extractor Pin, polished slide and tested OK". I guess my 3rd option is to sell it. Other than reliability, I love everything else about this gun and hate to throw in the towel.
I was excited to get my 380 back and just ran through a new box of 25 Hornady Critical Defense rounds. The first mag fed smoothly, but failed to lock back. The second mag gave the same results I got before the repair. Next I ran a box of 50 Winchester White Box target rounds. The first mag had a couple of the same issues. The next 44 rounds ran well with only one stove pipe.
Here's my question: Do I continue to spend money trying to find rounds this 380 will shoot, or send it back for its second repair? The Technical Service Work Sheet stated "Updated rear Extractor Pin, polished slide and tested OK". I guess my 3rd option is to sell it. Other than reliability, I love everything else about this gun and hate to throw in the towel.
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