How is there no spring in front of striker?

[tilefish]

I just detail stripped my new K9 (FULL of gunk) and I noticed that there was no spring in front of the striker to keep the striker retracted at rest position. I realize of course that the striker/firing pin block prevents the striker from moving forward until the trigger is pulled, but what retracts the striker with all that tension on it? I know my XD has a small spring in front of the striker to push it back after firing.

[jocko]

there is no springin front of the striker, when the slide is moving backward it is then egaging the cockng cam which will pull backthe striker just enough for the striker block to keep it back . ur ok, good thing u did a through cleaning of the striker channel for m now on just use that little clean out hole in the bottom of the sldie upby the breech face and insert ur spray nozzle and sprayaway. It will stay perfectly clean.

hav eu visite dthe kahr tech section and hit on the two good sticky
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31 kahr lube chart

#2 propper prepping of ur new kahr.

nice gun, my K9 has never faltered in 5K rounds..

[tilefish]

there is no springin front of the striker, when the slide is moving backward it is then egaging the cockng cam which will pull backthe striker just enough for the striker block to keep it back . ur ok, good thing u did a through cleaning of the striker channel for m now on just use that little clean out hole in the bottom of the sldie upby the breech face and insert ur spray nozzle and sprayaway. It will stay perfectly clean.

hav eu visite dthe kahr tech section and hit on the two good sticky
s

31 kahr lube chart

#2 propper prepping of ur new kahr.

nice gun, my K9 has never faltered in 5K rounds..

I had referred to both those guides before I got started but I could not get the grit and gunk out. Never seen anything like it with a new gun lol. I had the stickys, Youtube, the detail strip guide (the one on GlockTalk) and an exploded view for back up. Then I got to work detail stripping. Fairly straight forward actually. I just got concerned when I did not find a spring in front of the striker. I also noticed that if you can manually push down the firing pin block, move the striker forward but it does not retract on its own.... granted there is no real pressure on it but it did concern me for a moment.

[ripley16]

The firing pin is retracted as the slide cycles backward, but your not the first person to notice that the firing pin remains protruding after the shot. There was a report of someone claiming a slamfire occuring in their Kahr due to this but, it was a bogus claim. Many great guns have no return spring... the famous Makarov for one. The Kahr pin is retracted very soon in the cycle motion.

Shoot with confidence.

[tilefish]

The firing pin is retracted as the slide cycles backward, but your not the first person to notice that the firing pin remains protruding after the shot. There was a report of someone claiming a slamfire occuring in their Kahr due to this but, it was a bogus claim. Many great guns have no return spring... the famous Makarov for one. The Kahr pin is retracted very soon in the cycle motion.

Shoot with confidence.

Yeah, I see what you are talking about. I spent some time examining and contemplating the action after I brought it home last night and it makes perfect sense. I was just a little surprised at first, mostly because I thought I lost it when I detailed stripped it lol.

Not to hijack my own thread but do you have a Makarov? The Mak is high on my list of desired pistols. Not a Bulgarian but an authentic Soviet or East German. I have heard good things about the Maks.

[CJB]

The Kahr pin is retracted very soon in the cycle motion.

Shoot with confidence.

The Kahr striker (and so the pin as well) is forward the entire time the slide is moving rearward during recoil. Due to the clever design of the striker, there is no spring tension on the striker at its extreme forward travel. The spring carrier (the little horse shoe piece) is arrested from moving completely forward in the striker channel, and the striker fires the cartridge via inertia. That is an important safety feature! Important because should something happen to the the striker's cocking piece (which would also disallow the striker block from activating), you virtually cannot get a slam fire. The carrier would remain fully forward, and inertial movement of the striker itself would be based on a very short throw - about the length of the firing pin protrusion (or just a tiny bit more... very tiny).

Ol' Justin had some pretty clever ideas. He worked out all of the "what ifs" very well. I think Mssr Browning (as he was known in Herstal) would be damn impressed, to the point of bringing a smile to his ol' sourpuss.

[ripley16]

The Kahr striker (and so the pin as well) is forward the entire time the slide is moving rearward during recoil.

Yes, you are right, thanks for the correction. I stated it backwards and should have said retracts early in the return cycle.


Not to hijack my own thread but do you have a Makarov? The Mak is high on my list of desired pistols. Not a Bulgarian but an authentic Soviet or East German. I have heard good things about the Maks.

Yes, a rather nice East German model that had a trigger that broke very cleanly and easy. It reminded me of a well used Walther. The finish was also excellent and high quality. I've seen some Russian and Bulgarian guns the looked like they were made in a tractor factory. Not pretty but they worked. The E.G. Maks are actually pretty and look like they're made by gun makers, not farm hands. The machining is very well done.

The sights suck and are all but useless. By today's standard it's a heavy gun. I've never like the gun as much as some people, but they are reliable and accurate. If found at a good price a Mak is a great addition to any collection.


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