Help please

[Zues71]

After every Round slide locks back but not with the slide lock if you bump the rear of the slide it will most of the time chamber the next round

[Zues71]

Just to add I just installed a new maintenance kit spring etc. it seem to be catching on the cam I'm thinking nothing seems wore out or broken?

[jocko]

how many rounds have u shot through it??? Is it locking back about all the way back or very close to actually closing??

what model is this even?? can u make the slide do this by just hand racking it with no rounds in the magazine?? with the slide off the gun, can u flip back and forth that cocking cam. It is loaded with a little spring so it should flip back once flipped forward. When it locks back has the slide started to pick up a live round yet or all all rounds still in the magazine??

I know, alot of questions. Mist can be yes or no etc..

[Zues71]

It's a p40 with a couple 1000 rounds thru only does it with rounds in the mag came flips smoothly with slide off locks all the way back slide catch isn't locking it back I do k ow that.

[Cokeman]

What are you cleaning lubing it with?

[wyntrout]

Check that the slide lock screw holding the washer is tight, but not too tight! Steel screw into plastic threads... maybe stripped or loose. AND, make sure the right side of the spring is ON TOP of the slide lock actuator!

Spring maintenance kit almost says it all... you "fixed" something that wasn't broken... maybe??:boink:

I would post that helpful picture of the slide lock and all, but I started having trouble today here with posting and switched to Chrome as my browser and I can't copy and paste or use many of the message control icons! Actually I can't even do bold print, so be careful!

Wynn:)

[Bawanna]

Says it's not locking on the slide lock, so the slide lock spring is probably fine. I wonder if the recoil spring is just due for a change, not cycling with quite enough hmmmpf to lock up?

Does the barrel hood look good, still nice and flat and not getting peened?

[CJB]

replacement recoil spring too long

[jocko]

It's a p40 with a couple 1000 rounds thru only does it with rounds in the mag came flips smoothly with slide off locks all the way back slide catch isn't locking it back I do k ow that.

HAVE THE OLD SPRINGS around . Go back to them to see if that issue goes away. If so, then u know it has tobe in the springs somewhere. I have no clue what u call a spring kit either. Normaly the only springs to change ar ethe recoil spring. You have shot the gun enough to know everything about it, so no preaching from me on gun maintenance. If thins changed after the spring kit was installed, then that should be clue #1

tell me more about this spring kit.

[Zues71]

Sorry maintenance kit includes recoil spring, firing pin spring, cam spring, slide clip and screws etc. I went back to old slide clip and screw and problem is still there about ready to send it into kahr. Don't know what else to do.

[Bawanna]

Slide clip? What's a slide clip and screw?

The little slide stop spring and screw?

What about the old recoil spring, did you toss that?

[jocko]

Sorry maintenance kit includes recoil spring, firing pin spring, cam spring, slide clip and screws etc. I went back to old slide clip and screw and problem is still there about ready to send it into kahr. Don't know what else to do.

tell me u didn'treplace all those springs did you?? If u replaced the cocling cam spring,is there any way u could have gotten it in wrong??

[muggsy]

If I understand you correctly the slide is sticking to the rear and not locking to the rear? Is there any chance that a small piece of the polymer frame may be wedging the slide somehow? Just a thought.

[nuke]

I'd definitely try the previous recoil spring before sending it off.