My wife's P380 and my CW380 have both been flawless. They ran Gold Dots fine, I only switched to ball ammo due to weak penetration scores with the HPs. Sorry to hear yours wouldn't work.
My wife's P380 and my CW380 have both been flawless. They ran Gold Dots fine, I only switched to ball ammo due to weak penetration scores with the HPs. Sorry to hear yours wouldn't work.
Just to add to the sample size re: the .380s, back when I managed a range, we had a married couple come in every other day (M-W-F) to split a box of .380 and shoot their P380s. They were retired and had a membership, so their lanes were free. Five slow, five SHO, five WHO, then five freestyle pairs. All at 7 yards, always in those “dirty bird” silhouette targets. Once a month, they’d shoot their carry ammo.
Zero issues, but they needed to change recoil springs every couple months. Somewhere between 500 and 1000 rounds, the guns would stop feeding right (I think the springs were probably losing their tempered rating and the slide velocity was outrunning the mags).
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Here's some more info on the Kahr P380, which after some parts and polishing, is now my mousegun of choice.
More parts:
Tool steel striker
https://lakelinellc.com/shop/ultimat...r-380-pistols/
Striker guide
https://gallowayprecision.com/kahr/c...d-p380-pistols
Tractiongrips
https://gallowayprecision.com/tracti...d-p380-pistols
I've vetted my 2 p380s, and really like them. For me, this little gun shoots like a much larger gun.
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I got my brother a PM9 as an off-duty carry gift in July 2014 when he was fairly new as a police officer. I expected it to get changed out for something else over the years, but it has apparently never missed a beat and is still his EDC. Seems they're good if you get a good one, as is too often the case with more esoteric brands.
Based on what I've seen reported of the brand over the last decade I'd be comfortable with a P or K series Kahr, probably not a C series.
T series, I have no idea where it fits in that.
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I have two PM-9s that have been problem free other than a few failures to feed in the first few rounds during break in. I don't have an exact round count on them, but I have well over 1000 rounds on each gun. I know that the CM-9 is the economy version of the PM-9. I wonder what corners they cut on the CM-9.
Additionally, if I remember correctly, the barrel in the C series is of a lesser grade including not having polygonal rifling like the K or P series which have barrels made by Lothar Walther.
And the slide stop is MIM vs machine cut.
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My P9 has been flawless over past 7 ish years with all sorts of ammo. My wife’s CM9 had crazy bad trigger pin walking and heavy corrosion in trigger - trigger bar causing it to seize. She barely even carried it over her G43 and G48. The CM9 has been stored indoors in normal conditions. Nothing harsh. It’s been back to Kahr twice. Both times they tried to send me an invoice (laughing). They seem stingy. The CM9 should have been replaced by them. They are on the list of firearms manufacturers I no longer support along with Sig and FN. I feel much better knowing my wife has a G48 on her than anything Kahr.