olympicmotorcars
04-11-2010, 05:31 PM
I took my new pm 40 to the range today and here is the report, FLAWLESS.........almost.
I shot 200 rounds through it today without a break and my arm did not even fall off from the monstrous recoil. Seriously I have never seen the big deal with recoil from a 40 cal. I recently came from the old school of revolvers, and was used to shooting 357s and snubby 38s and these automatic handguns seem like a dream come true to me.
I shot everything from cheap Federal, Winchester white box, and even a few 180 grain gold dots and everything functioned flawlessly from the flush fit 5 round magazine.
The extended 6 round magazine was a different story. About every 1/3 magazine scattered through out the range time, the second round would fail to chamber. A sharp rap on the bottom of the magazine would always dislodge it and chamber it then it would shoot the remainder of the magazine without a problem. Yes I did chamber the first round as per the instruction book with locking the slide back and inserting the round in the magazine and them pushing the slide lock down to let the gun automatically chamber the round, It always fully seated on the round also.
I was also careful in my loading of the magazines to seat the rounds fully against the back of the magazine.
I can only conclude the extended magazines (for my particular gun at least) are unreliable if fully loaded.
This is academic for me because I never intend to use it anyway. I bought this for a deep concealment weapon and the extended magazine defeats this purpose .
I am going to contact Kahr and see if they will trade this magazine out for another flush fit magazine.
Should I ask for Ian on this?
If they will not do this can I convert this to a flush fit magazine by buying a new baseplate and spring?
In conclusion I am extremely satisfied with my new Kahr. I made the right choice and would recommend these to anyone.
I shot 200 rounds through it today without a break and my arm did not even fall off from the monstrous recoil. Seriously I have never seen the big deal with recoil from a 40 cal. I recently came from the old school of revolvers, and was used to shooting 357s and snubby 38s and these automatic handguns seem like a dream come true to me.
I shot everything from cheap Federal, Winchester white box, and even a few 180 grain gold dots and everything functioned flawlessly from the flush fit 5 round magazine.
The extended 6 round magazine was a different story. About every 1/3 magazine scattered through out the range time, the second round would fail to chamber. A sharp rap on the bottom of the magazine would always dislodge it and chamber it then it would shoot the remainder of the magazine without a problem. Yes I did chamber the first round as per the instruction book with locking the slide back and inserting the round in the magazine and them pushing the slide lock down to let the gun automatically chamber the round, It always fully seated on the round also.
I was also careful in my loading of the magazines to seat the rounds fully against the back of the magazine.
I can only conclude the extended magazines (for my particular gun at least) are unreliable if fully loaded.
This is academic for me because I never intend to use it anyway. I bought this for a deep concealment weapon and the extended magazine defeats this purpose .
I am going to contact Kahr and see if they will trade this magazine out for another flush fit magazine.
Should I ask for Ian on this?
If they will not do this can I convert this to a flush fit magazine by buying a new baseplate and spring?
In conclusion I am extremely satisfied with my new Kahr. I made the right choice and would recommend these to anyone.