Kahr CW9 failure

[soberbyker]

UPDATE:

Went to the range today and put about 450 rounds of different brands of FMJ and JHP ammo thru the gun, other than a few failure to feeds that I believe were a specific ammo problem there were no problems. Just as accurate as before the repairs.

Bill

[27hand]

Originally Posted by soberbyker

UPDATE:

Went to the range today and put about 450 rounds of different brands of FMJ and JHP ammo thru the gun, other than a few failure to feeds that I believe were a specific ammo problem there were no problems. Just as accurate as before the repairs.

Bill

I would have figured as much. Carry on with confidence in your gun.

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[knighthawk06699]

Originally Posted by soberbyker

UPDATE:

Went to the range today and put about 450 rounds of different brands of FMJ and JHP ammo thru the gun, other than a few failure to feeds that I believe were a specific ammo problem there were no problems. Just as accurate as before the repairs.

Bill

Excellent to hear, I told you just run it hard and see what she has got. BTW I am wondering what was the ammo you had problems with?

[soberbyker]

Originally Posted by knighthawk06699

Excellent to hear, I told you just run it hard and see what she has got. BTW I am wondering what was the ammo you had problems with?

Sellier & Bellot 9mm "Range Safe Ammo" 115 grs FMJ. I'm not completely sure it was the ammo though, may not have seated the mags correctly. I was shooting three mags at a time, two 7 rounders and an 8 rounder and mixing ammo in each mag, the S&B and WWB. Each time it happened it was after inserting a mag, the top bullet appeared to nose dive.

Bill

[knighthawk06699]

That is definitely something to keep an eye on. I am not going to sit here and instruct you either you obviously are aware of the measures to be taken. Just something I would keep an eye on.

[27hand]

Originally Posted by soberbyker

Sellier & Bellot 9mm "Range Safe Ammo" 115 grs FMJ. I'm not completely sure it was the ammo though, may not have seated the mags correctly. I was shooting three mags at a time, two 7 rounders and an 8 rounder and mixing ammo in each mag, the S&B and WWB. Each time it happened it was after inserting a mag, the top bullet appeared to nose dive.

Bill

Bill, I would run the ammo one brand at a time. Any problem with feeding, I would mark and track the mag. If you can isolate the problem to a specific mag, it's time to switch it out and get rid of the mag or permanently mark it and relegate it for range use. I don't know if Kahr would do anything about it as I consider mags as expendable(they may have upgraded mag parts along the line and if so,might send you any parts---springs or follower). I know it doesn't seem expendable at $35 a piece but if I know a mag is problematic, I wouldn't include it in my carry batch.

If you do isolate it to a specific mag, use it again with another brand of ammo. Chances are if the mag is not functioning with one type of ammo,it will also malf with another brand.

Finally, run a few mags worth of carry ammo in each of your carry mags to make sure your ammo will function each and every time.


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[soberbyker]

Thanks guys.

FWIW the reason I first suspected the ammo is it's the first time I've used the S&B ammo in 9mm, shot plenty of the 357 with no problems, I bought a case of the stuff, and I didn't have this problem before. When eye balled, the S&B does have an ever so slightly different shape in the bullet and the groove just above the rim is a tad smaller than the WWB ammo that I use most often at the range.

I had tunnel vision yesterday. I just wanted to run a lot of ammo thru the gun to see if the trigger bar was going to hold up, it did, the failure to feeds were a minor inconvenience along the way to that quest.

Now I have to pay attention to the ammo and mags. It would only happen after inserting a full mag, once in, the mag would run empty with no problems. I probably shouldn't have mixed the ammo in each mag, I was using JHP & FMJ of three different brands.

Again thanks for the advice and interest,
Bill
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[Kypt]

SHHHHH!!!!! Don't tell everyone I broke your gun! Now nobody will ever let me try out their goodies. HAHA!

Glad to hear it's back in one piece.