naa10104
02-27-2015, 03:05 PM
Hello,
Looking for advice on my P-9 Issues before I get rid of the gun ... this is a long story, sorry. I have a P9 I bought new app. 12 years ago, not heavily used app. 1500 rounds thru it. Few years ago started having malfunctions, usually fail to extract type jams,(new cartridge trying to chamber and spent catridge flat on top of new cartridge in ejection port of slide. Called Kahr, they recommended new recoil spring which I bought ... installed ... no change. I then shipped to kahr at a cost of $70. They polished the feed ramp and installed new metal mag release. Took the gun to the range no improvement. Shipped it back at their cost this time. Kahr replaced the slide, barrel, recoil spring tube, and reworked the slide... whatever that means.
Took it to the range today after recleaning and lubing per Kahr instrucitons. Now the gun has a whole new set of malfunctions. I called Kahr, they were less than helpful and said I could ship it back at my expense. Today I figured it might need some break in time. I started out with FMJ 115 grain and some FMJ 124 grain. I finished up with some +P 124 grain HP ammo. Here are the type of malfunctions I was experiencing : fail to chamber a new round, fail to reset/cock the trigger, light strikes on the primer where round did not fire ... very light dimple. Near the end of the shooting the slide was hanging up at the far rearward travel just for a split second ... long enough to cause cycling issues. The lite striker issue seemed to go away the more I shot, but all of the rest of the issues remained. At one point I disassembled the gun looking for any obvious issues and applied some more lubricant to the slide where the frame rails ride. Also noticed that the new barrel is almost impossible to get out of the slide ... I was able to remove it at the range but at home it will not come out. The back of the chamber hits the extractor, not enough clearance to remove the barrel, did not have this problem before.
I really like carrying this gun but it is worse than before and totally unreliable. I have read that Kahr's do have many reliability issues so I am in need of advice otherwise I am going to have to purchase another type of handgun. I should say that I have two other handguns ... a Ruger LCP and a Glock Model 19 ... never a problem with either one. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Looking for advice on my P-9 Issues before I get rid of the gun ... this is a long story, sorry. I have a P9 I bought new app. 12 years ago, not heavily used app. 1500 rounds thru it. Few years ago started having malfunctions, usually fail to extract type jams,(new cartridge trying to chamber and spent catridge flat on top of new cartridge in ejection port of slide. Called Kahr, they recommended new recoil spring which I bought ... installed ... no change. I then shipped to kahr at a cost of $70. They polished the feed ramp and installed new metal mag release. Took the gun to the range no improvement. Shipped it back at their cost this time. Kahr replaced the slide, barrel, recoil spring tube, and reworked the slide... whatever that means.
Took it to the range today after recleaning and lubing per Kahr instrucitons. Now the gun has a whole new set of malfunctions. I called Kahr, they were less than helpful and said I could ship it back at my expense. Today I figured it might need some break in time. I started out with FMJ 115 grain and some FMJ 124 grain. I finished up with some +P 124 grain HP ammo. Here are the type of malfunctions I was experiencing : fail to chamber a new round, fail to reset/cock the trigger, light strikes on the primer where round did not fire ... very light dimple. Near the end of the shooting the slide was hanging up at the far rearward travel just for a split second ... long enough to cause cycling issues. The lite striker issue seemed to go away the more I shot, but all of the rest of the issues remained. At one point I disassembled the gun looking for any obvious issues and applied some more lubricant to the slide where the frame rails ride. Also noticed that the new barrel is almost impossible to get out of the slide ... I was able to remove it at the range but at home it will not come out. The back of the chamber hits the extractor, not enough clearance to remove the barrel, did not have this problem before.
I really like carrying this gun but it is worse than before and totally unreliable. I have read that Kahr's do have many reliability issues so I am in need of advice otherwise I am going to have to purchase another type of handgun. I should say that I have two other handguns ... a Ruger LCP and a Glock Model 19 ... never a problem with either one. Thanks in advance for any advice.