First 100 rounds through my TP45

[Chip King]

Since today turned out beautiful I decided to take my new TP45 to the club range and start the break in process. I took 50 200 gr Ranier SWC loads and 50 of my Speer 185 HP loads.
50 rounds through each of the 2 magazines later I have some observations.

The Good
1. Recoil is milder than my LDA c7-45 with either load. This is a very pleasant gun to shoot as far as recoil goes.
2. Performance was 100%
3. accuracy was more than acceptable. At 25 yards from about a half and half mix of offhand and rested 90 of the 100 rounds were in a big raggedy 5 inch high by 3 inch wide hole just left of my aiming point. The other 10 I managed to scatter around with poor gun control but none left the 8 x 10 sheet of paper the aiming point was on.

Now the Bad
At the end of 100 rounds I had a rubbed spot on the web of my right hand just to the right of and forward of my thumb knuckle. If I had continued for another hundred rounds it would have drawn blood. There are sharp rough corners on both sides of the back of the frame where it rides on the top of the web of the shooting hand.
However it only took about 10 minutes and a little sand paper to round those 2 corners so that it should not happen again.
For those among you who feel that it is sacrilegious to take sandpaper to a brand new gun you may want to shoot with gloves on.

All and all I really like this gun.

Chip King

[jocko]

nice report. some have done what u did also to the ruffness. no harm nbo foul.

welcome tothe forum. nice gun, actually shooould be a super shooter.

[kahrcrazy13]

nice i got 50 more to go in my tp 45 great gun

[kahrcrazy13]

yeah its a great gun what i did to solve the hurting hands is purchased the jr rubber thing you slide over the grips for 11.00 and its great feels so much better at 25 yards i could put bullets threw the same hole in the target as my first shot! the recoil not bad once u get use to it to me the tp 45 had less recoile then any 45 i ever shot also less then my 9mm berretta 92fs ! compared to the old model of baby desert eagle 45 and the new model, also the glock in a 45 ,springfield xdm in a 45 and springfield xd, i wouldn't recamend taking sandpaper to the grips of your brand new tp45 just get the rubber grips that slide over the grips! its like buying a brand new bmw and spay painting the rims going to cut down resale value of the gun . and prob void kahrs warrenty as a self modification to the firearm! kahrs are ment for ccw not long day at range but im the same i love spending time shooting my tp45 in the range! think there called houge grips i don't have the package infront of me but they are resonable priced the kahr website sells them for cheaper then the store!