Sold my p380

[markman]

No offense but as much as I like the Kahr subcompacts, I don't have much faith in their ability to repair their own firearms. It seems all they are good at is parts changing. Have you ever considered letting a professional gunsmith check your pistol out? There are many capable ones out there. It might be way cheaper in the long run considering all the costs of ammo, range time, etc. etc.. And the many people here who sell theirs and say they take a beating or like you said "so i'll probably put it to sleep".

Extraction / Ejection / Feeding/

https://cylinder-slide.com/Category/KAHR2

[500c]

No offense but as much as I like the Kahr subcompacts, I don't have much faith in their ability to repair their own firearms. It seems all they are good at is parts changing. Have you ever considered letting a professional gunsmith check your pistol out? There are many capable ones out there. It might be way cheaper in the long run considering all the costs of ammo, range time, etc. etc.. And the many people here who sell theirs and say they take a beating or like you said "so i'll probably put it to sleep".

Extraction / Ejection / Feeding/

https://cylinder-slide.com/Category/KAHR2

markman, no offensee taken. i appreciate the suggestion. finding a good one near my FL home will be a challenge. BUt more important: kahr has just confirmed, in writing, that muzzle flip (how much?) will upset the cycling of this gun. so 45 yrs of experience with over a dozen guns isn't enough to 'control' this firearm. amazing.

i have not a lot of faith that anyone can 'fix' a poor/challenging design. and, perplexing, is the fact that in 50 rounds, at the factory, they don't experience the prob. hmm.

instead of locating a very qualified gunsmiith, i may just 'yell uncle'...they win. i'll never, ever trust this gun. (ps, i'm now woried about my cm9; but that's a wholly different 'platform', so maybe no worry at all).

thanks,

[Bawanna]

You've lost faith in it, so it not worth further efforts. I don't know why a little tweaking on the extractor wouldn't fix this like it seems to on many others.
I thought Kahr was aware of that issue and would look that over closely first thing.

No matter, once faith is lost it's time to move on. An it's only a 380 so certainly not worth of sleep loss.

I have heard through the grapevine that many of the guns they receive for repair work perfectly for them, one reason they were reluctant to send prepaid labels for awhile. Most of the issues we hear of are on the 380's. Hopefully one of these days the issues will be gone.

[markman]

500c, I've had some of them same problems with a PM9, CM9, CW380 and a CT380. I cured mine by adjusting the extractor tension. It's really not that hard to do, even if you only have a little bit of mechanical knowledge. And you can actually check your tension with a minimal amount of equipment just by removing the slide off your pistol. Here's a couple of links that will explain how to measure and how to adjust your extractor for the proper tension. It very well could be part of your problem.

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...to-Battery-Fix

[500c]

i think your advice, bawana, may be right on. i just don't trust it. my wife said that even if i get it back, and 100 rounds later it's fine, i'll still be concerned.

markham, thanks for the tip. just fyi, they 'replaced' the extractor twice so i wonder if they aren't aware of the tension pb. hmm. again, more rounds to test, and again, what if it works? how will i feel then.


i may be at the end point on this one. lesson learned, i guess. thanks guys

[cardguy]

For my first trip to the range with my CW380 I just oiled the rails. And I had FTF, jams, etc. But for my second trip I followed the sticky for lubrication and I made sure it started off clean. So I had no problems with about 75 rounds, mostly reloads. I'm shooting 100 gr Frontier bullets with 4.3 grains of True Blue powder. I use that great powder for 45acp and 9mm also.

[500c]

shot my cm9 yest. flawless. hard to believe kahr made both guns