Fail to feed

[burkebill]

Talked to Bob at Kahr Update on fail to feed

I spoke to Bob Holmes
Director, Customer Service and Consumer Sales
Kahr Arms / Auto-Ordnanc

We had a very long and fruitful conversation with regard to my fail to feed problems. This pistol sat on the shelf of Gander Mt for 3 years or more according to the serial Number. Could very well have week springs from sitting. Bob was top of the line great to talk too. He wants this pistol back and I am sending this directly too him and he will personally make sure this problem is solved.

How can you ask for more. He aggress that this pistol should not fail to go to battery every time. He has restored my confidence in Kahr Firearms. No where have I had such great service from any company period. I am sure I will be happy when he is done. And thanks Jocko for setting me stright in your PM.

[Bawanna]

I spoke to Bob Holmes
Director, Customer Service and Consumer Sales
Kahr Arms / Auto-Ordnanc

We had a very long and fruitful conversation with regard to my fail to feed problems. This pistol sat on the shelf of Gander Mt for 3 years or more according to the serial Number. Could very well have week springs from sitting. Bob was top of the line great to talk too. He wants this pistol back and I am sending this directly too him and he will personally make sure this problem is solved.

How can you ask for more. He aggress that this pistol should not fail to go to battery every time. He has restored my confidence in Kahr Firearms. No where have I had such great service from any company period. I am sure I will be happy when he is done. And thanks Jocko for setting me stright in your PM.

Well maybe Bob Holmes is our new go to guy at Kahr and we can call him our new best friend. I'm thrilled that your confidence is restored and I hope that Bob makes that thing run like a sewing machine. I think given the chance they will make it right. Just sometimes takes a little patience to get things right.

[burkebill]

Back from Kahr

Here is my update

Sorry I could not update earlier but I was fishing for two weeks no internet.
Got the pistol back in less than one week, they went through it top to bottom new springs ect. My son brought it up to me to fire. Put 50 rounds through it. Here is what I found! It is now what it’s supposed be I had four FTF not many this is what I expected during break-in. also the slide locked open while the mag was still pretty much full not sure about that but If anyone has any ideas that would be helpful. Other than that I think the pistol just needs to be broken in. Kahr service is truly second to nun.

[at_liberty]

Here is my update

<>the slide locked open while the mag was still pretty much full not sure about that but If anyone has any ideas that would be helpful. Other than that I think the pistol just needs to be broken in. Kahr service is truly second to nun.

If you are sure your thumb is not hitting the slide lock, then you need to send the gun back again. There is no excuse, and a premature slide lock could cost you your life.

When I have FTF, the round usually measures too long. Save those rounds and check them later.

[kahrfreak]

Something I discovered with my Kahrs...they are *very* sensitive to how the magazine is loaded. I've had one FTF in about 2000 rounds split evenly between my CW9 and PM9. When the FTF happened during break-in, I discovered that if the cartridge is not seated fully against the side of the magazine, there is a high likelihood that it won't feed correctly. I was able to re-create the situation at the range. Now, when I load my magazines, I tap them against the palm of my hand to ensure the cartridges are seated against the slide.

Dunno if this applied to the 40-cal models, but it's certainly something to look into.

[jeepster09]

All my Kahrs have had this same issue of failing to feed, especially after a new mag was put in. Now I have no "Kahr's in my garage".....my local dealer said this is common complaint with Kahr due to the configuration of slide and magazine in order to make smallness of gun. I had a 9, a 40 and a 45PM.
I love my Para Ordnances.