Range Report - PM45

[Bawanna]

I am using Horandy custom 200gr xtp rounds without problem.

Is this a factory loaded round or a reload with that bullet? I've reloaded with that bullet with good result but never seen it as a factory load around here.

I like the bullet alot.

[Exclr8]

Factory round. Item #9112

[lliden]

Range Update:

I've installed the new slide stop Kahr sent me, and put another 200 rounds thru my PM45. Here are the results:

1. The slide stop no longer is pushed by any rounds.
2. Federal Guard Dog (165gr), Hornady Critical Defense (185gr), and 230gr FMJ feed the most reliably. No failures to chamber, load, or eject.
3. Winchester Silvertips (185gr) periodically exhibit a failure to feed. Sometimes, perhaps 2 out of 50 rounds, the bullet gets stuck on the upper hood of the chamber.
4. Corbon +P (185gr) feed ok, but the recoil is painful....so I won't be shooting those. :-)
5. Still can't feed Speer Gold Dot (230gr) or Remington Golden Sabre (230gr) reliably. I'll stay away from those.
6. And of course, the Hornady TAP (230gr) rounds won't chamber due to the shape of their longer bullet.

In general, an improvement.

HOWEVER, I have had two problems:

1. With the Winchester Silvertips, and with the Hornady Critical Defense, I experienced a few (about 3 out of 50) failures to reset the trigger. The slide racked under recoil, the round loaded, but the trigger did not reset so the striker could not be released. What should I do about this?

2. Half-way through my shooting session today, I noticed that one of the mags that came with the PM45 would not slide into the mag well. And I had some problems loading the first round from slide-lock. After inspecting the magazine, I discovered cracks at the top back corners of the magazine, each about 1/2 inch long. These cracks allow the mag lips to expand under pressure from the magazine spring, preventing the mag from inserting into the frame.

I sent an email to Jay at Kahr, asking for help. I hope he'll replace the magazine under warranty. It could have been causing some of the feeding problems, before the cracks got large enough for me to notice.

[deanp1964]

my suggestion is that you request an RMA and send this gun back to Kahr to CORRECT the feed & extraction problems.

Those issues are simply unacceptable. FAR cheaper guns perform much better.

Kahr needs to be held to at least the same standard as the other gun manufacturers.

[drgad]

Guys/Moderator,
Is there some reason why certain folks on these threads can't write a full paragraph without having to insinuate or use curse words? No matter how "well known" the post writer may be, do they have to resort to such elemental and debased language? Can we please grow up here, and act like gentlemen?