PM45 Slide Issues

[JERRY]

this is clearly a production flaw, send it back to have it fixed where it should have been done in the first place.

[itsthelaw]

Serial number SV4xxx

[jocko]

serial # should not matter, they missed taking care of that area...

[itsthelaw]

Just throwing it out there to see if it was an early production gun.

[wyntrout]

That's not an "early" production. Mine is just a little lower... SV38xx and that was my replacement frame from about two years ago.

Wynn

[Ljutic]

I'm not sure if it is my gun only, but my PM45 experienced major issues with Remington UMC 230gr JHP. At the range this weekend, the rounds were not cycling well, but my son was shooting it. I thought maybe it was just him, so I shot a few mags through it. I always loaded it with a slide release drop. On 2 occassions, I noticed that I could not pull back the slide after loading, so I just shot the mag. About half way through one of my mags, I noticed that the slide lock pin had worked its way out. I was paying very close attention to the gun after each shot.

It's unfortunate, but I was using this same ammo for my PM Series Review/Buyers Guide this weekend and it also brought out the worst in the PM45 I was using for the video. This ammo also choked the PM40.

[jocko]

sonds to me like maybe those rounds might have been alittle long OAL anbd the bullet was getting lodged in the rifling. That will certain prevent one from opening up the slide. The slidt stop pin coming out has to be a bad slide lock spring or one that needs some adjustment. that should not happen and will give issues. Maybe a half turn on the slide lock pin scew might correct that. On the kahr tech section I think under cw45 fixes by GB6491 and wyn, there is a photo tutorial on how that springhy shoud look and work etc..

[itsthelaw]

I'll leave the link up here for a day or two so anyone with an interest or similar problems can have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igYpahsVD8M

Thanks for the video. Although I did have two fail to go into battery, the major problems were related to a load getting stuck in battery. I really believe the loads were a tad long. I have not been able to check the spring screw yet, but it is likely the screw or the spring needing adjustment.

Thanks to everyone for the notes. This forum is amazingly helpful.

[JERRY]

can anybody post pix of what this issue actually deals with?

thanks.

[QasoSwat]

I just purchased a new PM45 and was experiencing the issue wyntrout pointed out. My magazine would not seat without excessive force. I noticed that the rounds were hitting the piece of the slide that sticks down to push the round into battery. I looked at all my other glock/xdm type guns and noticed there's are beveled so I went to work with my dremel. I took a very small amount off and rounded and polished it and it works better. Not perfect but a lot better. I love the feel, trigger size and everything else about the Kahr but it seems to me that they have the worst quality control on the planet after reading abou all the problems people experience with them. Especially for such an expensive firearm.

[JERRY]

it would seem the PM45 guns have inspectors asleep at the wheel so to speek with these kind of obvious Q.C. issues.