walnutred
04-27-2012, 06:52 PM
My new CW40 quickly developed the habit of dropping the magazine on the last shot, which I mentioned here. I was offered a couple logical suggestions, which I tried to no avail. E-mailed Kahr and they offered to send me the parts or a return slip and I opted for the parts. I've always enjoyed working on firearms and in a younger and thinner version of myself I spent several years as an Army Armourer.
The mag release and follower arrived last night and I installed them. Tonight when I got home I went out behind the barn and burned up half a box of ammo shooting dandelions. I only loaded three rounds at a time in the mag because it was a last shot problem but every thing functioned fine. Fed, fired, extracted, ejected and the slide locked back on the last shot.
I did have one near miss though. After my wife shot the CW40 at the range Tuesday night I thought she was going to claim my new pistol as her own. With her first magazine she kept all shots inside a 6" paper plate at 30'. Then she got the hang of it and her shooting improved a little. A friend has a PM9 but my wife feels that is too small for comfortable shooting. So tomorrow we are going to look at a CW9 for her. Seems to her like a good compromise between comfortable size and lower recoil than a 40.
So thanks for your suggestions. I'll take it to the range tomorrow for a more thorough test but I think the bugs are worked out. Next step is ordering 40 S&W dies.
The mag release and follower arrived last night and I installed them. Tonight when I got home I went out behind the barn and burned up half a box of ammo shooting dandelions. I only loaded three rounds at a time in the mag because it was a last shot problem but every thing functioned fine. Fed, fired, extracted, ejected and the slide locked back on the last shot.
I did have one near miss though. After my wife shot the CW40 at the range Tuesday night I thought she was going to claim my new pistol as her own. With her first magazine she kept all shots inside a 6" paper plate at 30'. Then she got the hang of it and her shooting improved a little. A friend has a PM9 but my wife feels that is too small for comfortable shooting. So tomorrow we are going to look at a CW9 for her. Seems to her like a good compromise between comfortable size and lower recoil than a 40.
So thanks for your suggestions. I'll take it to the range tomorrow for a more thorough test but I think the bugs are worked out. Next step is ordering 40 S&W dies.