Blueman5
08-14-2016, 02:41 PM
So I have a new CM45, that has about 350 rounds through it. It was flawless for the first 290 rounds. Around round 300 I started having what appears to be the "magazine catch issue," mags were falling out every time. At this point I hadn't stumbled on KahrTalk.
Took the gun back to the LGS I bought it from, he looked at it and said the magazine leaf-spring looked bent near where it met the polymer frame--he said likely that way from installation, he corrected it, we contacted kahr about the mag catch & the spring. Like many others, was immediately told it was the mag catch. Kahr rep was a tad 'pissy', but whatever--we all have bad days, he said that if the spring's been straightened now it should be good to go and sent a new mag catch.
New mag catch arrived a day or two ago and installed it--the wear marks on the old one match the attachments others have uploaded with this issue. One thing I wish I had done was to take a caliper to the old and new mag catches and compare--since they look identical. I had seen some indicating that new ones had more of an angle on the shelf area or that the shelf was slightly larger. I will say that the new catch does seem to engage the magazine better, however, I want to make sure I get another 500 rounds through the gun downrange with no drops before I carry the gun.
For my peace of mind and also knowledge that I'm not going to waste another 300rds to find the same thing happen, can someone clarify exactly what the difference between the new/correctly machined/good and "faulty" mag catches are? Are there dimensional differences? Are there materials differences?
I want to make sure both that I didn't get sent a faulty catch to replace a faulty catch and that I didn't have a catch that was supposed to be good catch and I've not really addressed the problem.
I will say that I loved this gun in the first 290 rounds. I want to be able to trust it with my life, but I also want to make sure I can actually point to a reason for the previous failure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Took the gun back to the LGS I bought it from, he looked at it and said the magazine leaf-spring looked bent near where it met the polymer frame--he said likely that way from installation, he corrected it, we contacted kahr about the mag catch & the spring. Like many others, was immediately told it was the mag catch. Kahr rep was a tad 'pissy', but whatever--we all have bad days, he said that if the spring's been straightened now it should be good to go and sent a new mag catch.
New mag catch arrived a day or two ago and installed it--the wear marks on the old one match the attachments others have uploaded with this issue. One thing I wish I had done was to take a caliper to the old and new mag catches and compare--since they look identical. I had seen some indicating that new ones had more of an angle on the shelf area or that the shelf was slightly larger. I will say that the new catch does seem to engage the magazine better, however, I want to make sure I get another 500 rounds through the gun downrange with no drops before I carry the gun.
For my peace of mind and also knowledge that I'm not going to waste another 300rds to find the same thing happen, can someone clarify exactly what the difference between the new/correctly machined/good and "faulty" mag catches are? Are there dimensional differences? Are there materials differences?
I want to make sure both that I didn't get sent a faulty catch to replace a faulty catch and that I didn't have a catch that was supposed to be good catch and I've not really addressed the problem.
I will say that I loved this gun in the first 290 rounds. I want to be able to trust it with my life, but I also want to make sure I can actually point to a reason for the previous failure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!