Greetings,
I have a question for the experts on this forum. I apologize in advance for the length of the posting, but any info or advice would be appreciated...
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I recently purchased a Kahr K9 pistol in stainless steel. I really, really like the gun. It shoots very well (especially for such a small gun) and it's also very well built. For the first couple of hundred rounds, during the break-in period, I only shot FMJ rounds (115gr, Winchester or CCI Blazer). It shot and fed fine.
After the break in period (after about 225 rounds) I shot some Federal Personal Defense ammo (115 gr, JHP). It fed and shot fine as well.
I had problems, though, with the Corbon 115gr +P, JHP. These rounds wouldn't load correctly. When I racked the slide, the round would strip and feed, but the slide would not go back into battery completely. I also had a tough time re-racking the slide (it was stuck). I took the gun to the dealer and he was able to rack the slide and clear the round. The gunsmith field stripped the Kahr and everything looked fine. He noticed, though, that the Corbon round seemed a little long and it didn't quite fit in the barrel's chamber. We compared the Corbon rounds with other 9mm rounds from various manufacturers and we saw it was longer than all of the other rounds. All of the rounds in my boxes of Corbon ammo (I had two boxes, 115gr and 125gr) were noticeably longer than the standard rounds, and didn't quite fit in the chamber of the pistol (or fit differently, when compared to the other rounds from different vendors).
Has any of you experienced similar problems with Corbon ammo and with Kahr or any other semi-auto handgun? I've heard that with Corbon loads, the bullet sits higher on on the casing, but I thought that the Kahr was designed to use this ammo. I'm hesitant to try loading my gun with this type of ammo without further information. Also, why is Corbon ammo longer than the other brands (is this a non-standard length)? Do other brands such as Triton have this problem as well?
Thanks in Advance.
Tom
I have a question for the experts on this forum. I apologize in advance for the length of the posting, but any info or advice would be appreciated...
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I recently purchased a Kahr K9 pistol in stainless steel. I really, really like the gun. It shoots very well (especially for such a small gun) and it's also very well built. For the first couple of hundred rounds, during the break-in period, I only shot FMJ rounds (115gr, Winchester or CCI Blazer). It shot and fed fine.
After the break in period (after about 225 rounds) I shot some Federal Personal Defense ammo (115 gr, JHP). It fed and shot fine as well.
I had problems, though, with the Corbon 115gr +P, JHP. These rounds wouldn't load correctly. When I racked the slide, the round would strip and feed, but the slide would not go back into battery completely. I also had a tough time re-racking the slide (it was stuck). I took the gun to the dealer and he was able to rack the slide and clear the round. The gunsmith field stripped the Kahr and everything looked fine. He noticed, though, that the Corbon round seemed a little long and it didn't quite fit in the barrel's chamber. We compared the Corbon rounds with other 9mm rounds from various manufacturers and we saw it was longer than all of the other rounds. All of the rounds in my boxes of Corbon ammo (I had two boxes, 115gr and 125gr) were noticeably longer than the standard rounds, and didn't quite fit in the chamber of the pistol (or fit differently, when compared to the other rounds from different vendors).
Has any of you experienced similar problems with Corbon ammo and with Kahr or any other semi-auto handgun? I've heard that with Corbon loads, the bullet sits higher on on the casing, but I thought that the Kahr was designed to use this ammo. I'm hesitant to try loading my gun with this type of ammo without further information. Also, why is Corbon ammo longer than the other brands (is this a non-standard length)? Do other brands such as Triton have this problem as well?
Thanks in Advance.
Tom