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gigag04 wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:Something to consider. The Kahr has been known to function best after about 500 rounds. That is a crazy amount for a break in period but true.

Shhh...don't tell that to the Kimber fan boys.

I've heard this too though, but mine has been 100% out of the box. It was a more recent build though (P380 purchased NIB 12/09).

FWIW, my PM40 took about 200 rounds to break in to the point of zero malfunctions. How much of that was Kahr's fault and how much was mine is hard to say because many of the malfunctions were due to collisions between parts of my big mitts and the little controls on the pistol.

My newer PM45 took about 50, quite possibly due to the fact that I've gotten the grip adjustment techniques for the little Kahrs down to a habit.

djwdjw wrote:

JacksBack wrote:Has anyone had any problems with Failure to feed on a PM9/PM40? What was the solution?

The only Kahr problems I've had was a bad mag on a P45 (two others were fine), and I broke the keeper (end piece) on the captive recoil spring assembly on the PM9 after maybe 1000rds (all which Kahr quickly replaced). They have all functioned properly otherwise.

Try disassembling the magazine and check for a broken follower on the lower portion you can't see when the magazine is assembled. It causes the follower angle to change, which causes failures to feed properly.

The follower on one of my PM40 magazines broke after about 1000 rounds. The clue was that the formerly very reliable gun suddenly failed to go into battery properly on almost every round. I had to disassemble the magazine to find the break, which was not visible with the magazine assembled. I called Kahr. Without hesitation they offered to send me another follower. Since I had another magazine of the same vintage, I asked for a second follower to replace that one since another failure was likely. They cheerfully sent that too. I count that as A1 service.