CW40 feeding problems...

[Jim K]

Check out the following link:

http://www.school-for-champions.com/...ion_causes.htm

It will clear up some myth about friction. I welcome some engineers to jump in here and share their comments.

I know some folks who can whip out a Lorentz transform but cannot change a light bulb. It's interesting to see the range of BS here based on the number of firearms owned. Maybe some shoddy product can be excused if somone says "break in" enough times. I am not buying it. I worked for a real German company, not one that has a German sounding name. No excuses or defects were tolerated. The product conformed to engineering drawing period.

Jay, You make a valid point. If the cartridge hangs on the extractor then it will cause the problem the OP has.

OP, Check the extractor. Remove the slide and barrel and see if a cartridge slips under the extraxtor easily. The extractor should have enough tension to hold a cartridge but not too much that will interfere with feeding. Prep, as suggested by Jocko can't hurt.

Good luck, Jim K

[rigginb]

well i have good news and bad news. the good news is, i figured out my problem...the bad news is, it's my mistake. i am human after all!!! turns out it was my reloads. my press is not fully resizing the case. probably only 80% of it. so there is a bulge at the end. very very very slight bulge. it works in glocks, springfields, sigs, hk's, ect....i tried at work today. for some reason it just doesnt work in my cw40. that doesnt mean im leving it. im going to adjust my press.

so i put 50 rounds of pmc, win, blazer, and federal today. (50 rounds total, not each) shot like a champ and i loved the gun!!! very accurate. im a little more relaxed now

[noslolo]

Glad you found out what was wrong. I had one FTF during my first 50 rounds in my CW40, and I started to panic. I went back and followed the prep section and I haven't had another hicup. I went from a cheap gun to the smaller Kahr. The smaller the gun the larger the chance of having issues with your gun. I have no issues with what Kahr sells, but I'm now interested in a little polishing after having read this thread, it can't hurt.

[eastenn]

supertuck VS. silent thunder slim

Whoops, had 2 windows open and posted a holster review in a feeding issue thread. Wait a minute, the holster shouldn't affect feeding?

[jocko]

well

well i have good news and bad news. the good news is, i figured out my problem...the bad news is, it's my mistake. i am human after all!!! turns out it was my reloads. my press is not fully resizing the case. probably only 80% of it. so there is a bulge at the end. very very very slight bulge. it works in glocks, springfields, sigs, hk's, ect....i tried at work today. for some reason it just doesnt work in my cw40. that doesnt mean im leving it. im going to adjust my press.

so i put 50 rounds of pmc, win, blazer, and federal today. (50 rounds total, not each) shot like a champ and i loved the gun!!! very accurate. im a little more relaxed now

if that is the first mistake you ever made then this fourm is honored to be part of it. now just shoot it like u stole it. U have alot of gun savvy and u just eliminated the possables . nice job..

[Bawanna]

Seems we've been hearing an awful lot about failures lately related to handloads including my own. Although to my own credit I didn't give Kahr the ole one two black eyed punch.

Alot of negative pronoucements in this thread only to find it wasn't a gun issue at all.

As everyone here has stated no manufacturer is perfect but it dont take much of a bad hiccup to get alot of bad press, earned or not.

I even heard of Wilson replacing a gun they couldn't get to work, it was mentioned here at Kahrtalk. I'm still shaking my head over that one. Must be the ''Man" part of the equation.

Maybe if we all polish our heads (spider tatoo comes to mind) our guns will run better?