BIG OOOPS - help

[kahrbrian]

I bought a new brand of snap caps - STEEL WORX. (Don't buy them). Chambered a round, and now my P9 beauty is completely tied up. No amount of pressure will unseat the round. I guess I need to call Kahr?

[dannylikewingy]

Do you own a rubber mallet?

Id give it a good whack across the rear sights. As long as your p9 has steel sights you can also do it on the front. Obviously, whack from muzzle end to rear

[gb6491]

You might try the technique the fellow describes in the following video. It's worked for me when clearing some rounds that were stuck in my CW45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZdyPdlzEPs

[kahrbrian]

Gents.... THANKS!!! I used a rubber mallet to get it back more, but it was still ceased. Then I thought - hey lets take the slide stop out and take the slide off - then I thought - heck no! I need the slidestop to get the ejection to work. So, I continued to beat wit the rubber mallet - the rear sight and the front CORNER of the slide. This loosened things a bit, then I did the technique in the video and VOILA - the round ejected and the gun cleared. I did think of the mallet at 0400 this AM in bed... LOL. Thanks much. What a relief. Now to get my CT 380 fixed.

[dannylikewingy]

Putting the front sight on a hard wooden surface like the edge of a table and pushing down, to manually rack the slide works too. Obviously don’t do it on your dining room table.....

[Bawanna]

At least not while the wife is around. If you got a table cloth, no worries, just cover it back up. Reminds me I gotta put her toothbrush back did some gun cleaning today and need to put that back before she gets home.

[dannylikewingy]

I was gonna say don’t do it unless you wanna get yourself whooped by the missus. (Dining room table)

I have only really had it happen at the range. I usually just do it on the lip of the retaining bench if it’s wooden.

A small square of scrap 2x4 works too.

[kahrbrian]

I did the edge of a roll of tape - but te rubber mallet produces better impulse transfer - a physics term, and why an egg thrown against a blanket doesn't break but one thrown against a wall does. Both go from 50 MPH to 0 in a short amount of time, but the time with the blanket is MUCH longer than the wall, which is instantaneous - so the force is much greater. The mallet produces a much quicker impulse of energy and the barrel dislodges.

[Bobshouse]

At least not while the wife is around. If you got a table cloth, no worries, just cover it back up. Reminds me I gotta put her toothbrush back did some gun cleaning today and need to put that back before she gets home.

You lucky man, retired, got a bunch of guns and a wife who's breath smells like Hoppes. You're livin the life!!!

[Bawanna]

I truly am ain't I?

[kwh]

Thanks for the info on the technique.

[topgun1953]

I did the edge of a roll of tape - but te rubber mallet produces better impulse transfer - a physics term, and why an egg thrown against a blanket doesn't break but one thrown against a wall does. Both go from 50 MPH to 0 in a short amount of time, but the time with the blanket is MUCH longer than the wall, which is instantaneous - so the force is much greater. The mallet produces a much quicker impulse of energy and the barrel dislodges.

and if the mallet bounces, it delivers an even greater impulse :amflag: Haha physics works!