This past weekend I bought a new Kahr CW380 to be carried in a pocket.
First impression is that its a quality pocket pistol well worth the money over my other 2 choices in initial quality. I was also looking at an LCP and Bodyguard and after handling all 3, and working their different features, it was an obvious choice for me.
Disclaimer: I had no false hope expecting a brand new gun to be flawless and ready to depend my life on it at round count: 0. Just looking to get the gun to fire reliably, and learn the break-in process better. I think Kahr says 200 rounds, but I think that might be optimistic.
I picked up a box of Sig 'Precision' range ammo, lubed the gun, and loaded the mags and went out back to fire it for the first time. LOTS of what Im going to call Failure to return to Battery. I'm not sure if this is the right term but the slide would get stuck halfway closed with the next round jammed.. Initially I thought it was my grip, but I changed up and its not my grip.
Sometimes, I could gently push the slide forward with the pad of my thumb, sometimes I had to persuade the slide back and forth often ejecting the round and moving onto the next on in the mag, sometimes with the same result.
Moving forward, I would like some input on ammo and different bullet shapes, as I noticed the Sig ammo has a flat nose that was catching on the top edge of the barrel as it rotates into place. (sorry I don't have pictures of this). Compared to the boxes of Blazer I just bought (and have not shot yet) which definitely has a round nose. Will the round nose Blazer feed better? Once the gun cycles reliably, will I have the same issues with hollow points? Also, before I get the chance to shoot next, I'm going to rack the slide about 157,000 times so any mating surfaces can seat.
All 50 rounds from the box were fired. The little gun is accurate, the trigger is long (DAO), but smooth and felt recoil was far less than anticipated. And it absolutely will disappear in a pocket.
First impression is that its a quality pocket pistol well worth the money over my other 2 choices in initial quality. I was also looking at an LCP and Bodyguard and after handling all 3, and working their different features, it was an obvious choice for me.
Disclaimer: I had no false hope expecting a brand new gun to be flawless and ready to depend my life on it at round count: 0. Just looking to get the gun to fire reliably, and learn the break-in process better. I think Kahr says 200 rounds, but I think that might be optimistic.
I picked up a box of Sig 'Precision' range ammo, lubed the gun, and loaded the mags and went out back to fire it for the first time. LOTS of what Im going to call Failure to return to Battery. I'm not sure if this is the right term but the slide would get stuck halfway closed with the next round jammed.. Initially I thought it was my grip, but I changed up and its not my grip.
Sometimes, I could gently push the slide forward with the pad of my thumb, sometimes I had to persuade the slide back and forth often ejecting the round and moving onto the next on in the mag, sometimes with the same result.
Moving forward, I would like some input on ammo and different bullet shapes, as I noticed the Sig ammo has a flat nose that was catching on the top edge of the barrel as it rotates into place. (sorry I don't have pictures of this). Compared to the boxes of Blazer I just bought (and have not shot yet) which definitely has a round nose. Will the round nose Blazer feed better? Once the gun cycles reliably, will I have the same issues with hollow points? Also, before I get the chance to shoot next, I'm going to rack the slide about 157,000 times so any mating surfaces can seat.
All 50 rounds from the box were fired. The little gun is accurate, the trigger is long (DAO), but smooth and felt recoil was far less than anticipated. And it absolutely will disappear in a pocket.