Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
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Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
I've been carrying this gun for some time now and have shot it plenty. I went through the break-in period with 200 rounds using both magazine. Well, so I take it out last weekend to practice mag changes loading only 1 or 2 rounds into the first magazine so I can practice the mag swap with my second one and noticed that randomly the slide would not remain open after the last round of the first magazine. I was switching magazines and should have noted if one or the other magazines was causing the problem. Any thoughts?
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Re: Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
If it it with both mags it is most likely a slide release/catch issue on the gun. If it is with only one mag it is the mag.
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Re: Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
If you have stripped down the gun, it is likely that you have not reassembled the spring and slide stop correctly. This happened to me when I first bought a Kahr, but I figured it out before shooting it. There is a small tab on the slide stop/slide lever, which interfaces with a spring.
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Re: Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
gigag04 wrote:If it it with both mags it is most likely a slide release/catch issue on the gun. If it is with only one mag it is the mag.
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Re: Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
I'll check the mags again and will also check the spring and slide catch to see if anything is misaligned
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Re: Slide Issue with my Kahr CW9
Intermittent problems are the hardest to diagnose. When trouble-shooting the slide versus magazine issue you will be able to determine the root cause of the problem only if it occurs consistently with the suspect magazine. Otherwise, you will have to do some more investigation.
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