New PM45 Range Test

[jocko]

Ur dead

man reading all this bad about the pm45 ,i felt really lucky that the one i traded worked flawlessly, so i went and got it back yesterday bc the guy i traded it too didn't like it bc it kept jamming on him, it never jammed for me so i traded back, put another 50 rounds through it yesterday of mixed ammo, all 230gn, but it was umc jhp, wwb jhp, and pmc fmj, and guess what not a single prob.. now it jammed for him at least 1x per mag he said, it jammed 1x for the range owner out of 6 shots, (5th jammed), and never for me. that leads me to assume ALOT of probs with this gun are shooter error,notice i said ALOT , NOT ALL. im sure there is actual probs, like the notch which i did my self bc i have no waranty. i think it must have helped bc the previous owner had alot of probs with 230gn ammo ,and ive had none, all in all its a great little gun, but 45 is still to expensive to shoot, im kinda thinking about a trading it for a pm9 or SORRY a g26

RIGHT. You proved that yourself on ur 45. It worked for u and not the other fella. course we all know ITS THE GUNS FAULT. Kahr has told me before that over 50% of all guns returned are PERFECT. U can't fix what ain't broken. I do think the PM45 has gotten a bad rap out of all of this.Sure some are not right, most IMO are right, but the shooter ain't. Not alibing for either the gun or shooter, just the facts "dano":7:

I had a long time back a kt 32, It never screwed up for me, but my wife could not shoot it, jammed all the time on her. she wanted no part of it, but it was a gun that was defnitely not right for her either.

I would have no doubts in saying that the average or even above average woman would have a hell of a time shooting a PM40 without issues, and we all know why.. about ayear ago, I had a gal come to my place with her new sig 40 cal she traded a shotgun for. It was totally new. She wanted me to take her out and teach her properly.

She could not make that excellent high quality sig work. It just jammed like hell on her. I had no issues. I had my g19 with me and let her shoot it, and she never had one issue, and actually shot it very good. She wanted to trade me even up right there. Now that sig was about twice the price of the G19 but I just did not want a 40 caliber gun of any make. My point as u well know is that not all guns work for all people the way they are designed...

[jbaker]

uh-o

[jbaker]

im 5'11" 240 my girlfriend is 5'8" 118 and she shoots great, she didn't like my g27 but she shot it with no prob,im trying to get her to shoot the pm45 ,ill let you know if i succed,and the results ,dont hold your breath though

[jocko]

Imo

im 5'11" 240 my girlfriend is 5'8" 118 and she shoots great, she didn't like my g27 but she shot it with no prob,im trying to get her to shoot the pm45 ,ill let you know if i succed,and the results ,dont hold your breath though

u shoulda bought that covert P9 for her and kept the PM45 for yourself. The P9 would have made a jim dandy gun for her.:7:

[jbaker]

u shoulda bought that covert P9 for her and kept the PM45 for yourself. The P9 would have made a jim dandy gun for her.:7:

she didn't like it. she dont carry, just targed shoot she liked the g17 ,19 and xdm

[jocko]

My

she didn't like it. she dont carry, just targed shoot she liked the g17 ,19 and xdm

favorite for hitting what I aim at is my tuned G19. what a shooter it is..

[gb6491]

...she said get the 45. Of course I didn't argue.

You just have to admire a woman that knows the merits of big bore handguns. Congrats on having such a fine lady as your wife!
BTW, nothing wrong with the G26; I have a G27 (shoot a lot of 9mm in it with a conversion barrel) and it would be one of the last handguns I ever let go of.
Regards,
Greg

[kramm]

Hey all
Got my PM45 back today. Not bad on the turn-around. It was picked up on the 19th. and I got it back today,25th.
The action taken on the repairs were; replaced barrel,extractor,recoil spring, polished parts as needed. I won't get to the range today as it's raining. I hope to go tomorrow.
I'll be sure to watch my grip and make sure I do all I can to not be the problem. I can't say I've been as good as I could be at fireing this pistol.

[wyntrout]

Congrats, kramm! see if you got the "notch" and the gap/beveled stripper.
I hope you're fixed up now. Good shooting!.
Wynn

[kramm]

Congrats, kramm! see if you got the "notch" and the gap/beveled stripper.
I hope you're fixed up now. Good shooting!.
Wynn


Thanks. It has a notch and a slight bevel on the stripper. Question; what role doe's the notch play?

[Bawanna]

Congrats, kramm! see if you got the "notch" and the gap/beveled stripper.
I hope you're fixed up now. Good shooting!.
Wynn


Thanks. It has a notch and a slight bevel on the stripper. Question; what role doe's the notch play?

Perhaps the better question would be what role doesn't the notch play? Apparently some or all of the PM45's got out with out the notch. This caused the recoil spring and guide to basically beat itself into the spot where your notch now is. This of course created many bad things to happen. If the notch is there its all good.

[kramm]

Thanks Bawanna.
I took the pm45 for a short test this morning, 50 rounds of Federal & Remington FMJ. 230 gr. Had 1 issue, at 37 rounds into it, 1 round did not feed. It looked as though it didn't move up in the mag. I pulled the slide back a hair( the slide had locked open) and the round poped up into position. I held the slide and let it return slowly. No problems after that. I'm happy now Think I'll call Kahr and thank them.

[Bawanna]

Thanks Bawanna.
I took the pm45 for a short test this morning, 50 rounds of Federal & Remington FMJ. 230 gr. Had 1 issue, at 37 rounds into it, 1 round did not feed. It looked as though it didn't move up in the mag. I pulled the slide back a hair( the slide had locked open) and the round poped up into position. I held the slide and let it return slowly. No problems after that. I'm happy now Think I'll call Kahr and thank them.

Glad it's working for ya. Should only get better and better the more you shoot it. I'm sure Kahr would appreciate a little pat on the back. Who doesn't. I got a gold star once, I think it was in 1984 or maybe 87. Wish I could recall what it was for................

[a.squibload]

Similar experience with kinda new PM40, no problems 'til a freind shot it, had 2 FTFs in one
magazine. He does MMA, not wimpy, but he's used to his 1911 and a Smith 9mm.

[wyntrout]

How about the gap? That's one that gives feed problems because the stripper part of the slide is on the cartridge instead of behind it where it can push it up the ramp to the chamber. When I had that problem, I would have to pull the slide all the way to the rear to get the stripper off the top round and behind it. I couldn't chamber from the locked back slide until Kahr beveled to lower leading edge of the stripper. I've had no problems with feeding since then.
I guess I'll start a New New PM45 Range Test since everyone is using my old one here.
Wynn