Kahr P40 Question
This is my first time on the forum, so thanks in advance for your help. I have a kahr P40 which I have fired about 150 rounds through. About 50% of the time, when I feed a full magazine into the gun & try to chamber a round, the round gets pushed about 1/8" forward in the magazine and will not chamber. This is with ball ammo or hollow points. If I take (1) or (2) rounds out of the magazine, the round will chamber fine. [:)]Can anyone help me with this? I thought I had a winner here, but if I can't solve this problem, I'm going to get rid of it.
Thanks,
The Windman
Thanks,
The Windman
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Could be a mag or feedramp issue, but I'd put another 150 through it before fretting just to make sure everything is broke in good and the mag's feed lips are smoothed out.
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Kahrs are supposed to have a break in period but I don't like the sound of the problem you describe. Maybe the mag spring needs to settle in--let it sit fully loaded for a couple of weeks. I'd have a smith check it out if this problem doesn't go away.
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As the cartridge is pushed to the top of the mag. it makes contact with the slide stop post. If you look at the spent cartridge you will see a scratch in the side of it. the fix is to have Kahr trim back the slide stop post. 0 -
keep track of the brand of ammo you are using and the rim thickness.
it is very possible that the last shell in the magazine is "nose-up"
due to rim thickness. also, the feedramp may need polished. as kingjoey has said, give it another chance.0 -
I seem to remember that Kahr had some problems with their polymer guns. Give them a call. It sounds lke a mag problem to me. Their # is 508/795-3919.
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