P380 Mag Dropping Free?

[jocko]

get a new mag catch. sometimes they look identical but most of the time a new catch seems to solve the issue..I stillthink u did the right thing wokingon the follower to. there should not be those hard rub marks on that follower form the magazine catch, IMO. I am assuming both magazines are acting the same way???


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[Rustynuts]

Yes, so unless BOTH mags are borked. They both have the gouges, drop when shooting, and I've tried them with w/o the grip extension. The problem has to be in the gun, not the mags. In the few rounds I shot today, it's hard to tell if the follower gouging is coming back or not

[Rustynuts]

Replaced the mag catch, ran 100-rds through and though it might be OK. last mag had another drop. [IMG]http://www.***********/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif[/IMG] Might have been a bad seating, so have to try again. However, the mags didn't start dropping until about 100-rds when new as well. POS.

Nice of Kahr to allow us to do THEIR quality control for them, esp. with expensive 380 ammo. [IMG]http://www.***********/forums/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif[/IMG]

Here's a pic of the mag catch after 100-rds. You can already see the edge peening. This is what most likely caused the follower gouging before. Crappy metal, heat treating, design?

[RagnarD]

Sorry I haven't been keeping up gents.

In response to the Q, yes, there is some play in my magazines, but nothing more than I would expect.

My problem has now become extremely consistent: after firing the last round of the magazine, the magazine drops. It occurs everytime, but only with extended mags, not the 6 round. The slide will lock back about 50% of the time, even when the mag drops.

I'll be calling Kahr here soon, but I'm crazy short on time these days, so we'll see how it goes.