Kahr CW380 and CT9 both jamming... no surprise... anyone ever get these running?

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taymag

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I got a new CW380 and CT9 in a trade and even after 200+ rounds through each they are still cycling like hot garbage.

I am not a huge Kahr fan but I carried a CW9 for years and it ran like a top. Yes I have tried several types of ammo and yes I've cleaned them well.

Does Kahr offer a service to tunes these up or will they just try and give me replacements?
 
I bought a ct9 a month ago. I have not even cleaned it yet, and after 500 rounds of wolf steel, not one jam.
the sight were even set so well I am ringing the steel 12 inch gone 5 out off 8 shots at 65 yards.

I am very impressed at what you get for $250.00.
 
Like I said my CW9 is a damn good shooter (and reliable) but this CT9 and CW380 are not making life easy
 
My buddy had the 380 which would not feed anything, after second trip to factory Kahr replaced the pistol. Buddy took new pistol to gun show and came back with J frame Smith.
 
I have given up on my CW 380 as a carry pistol 200+ rounds and still not reliable enough to trust. Shame to really like the little pistol.
 
I have owned four Kahrs and not one could be trusted as a carry gun. My P 380 was particularly bad. Does Kahr even agree to fix guns received in trade?
 
I'm not a Kahr fan. I owned a CM9 for a while and I never took to it. Its slide was the hardest to rack out of any semi-auto I've ever owned and I didn't like the stippling on the grip, it was overly-aggressive and bit into my hand in a bad way.

It didn't feel right in my hand either. I remember not being able to keep the thing straight when I was shooting it. People rave about the Kahr trigger but it didn't impress me much. I think it also had one malfunction on it's first trip to the range but I'm not certain. I seem to remember the magazines for it were ridiculously expensive considering they were only single stack.

Needless to say, I didn't waste much time in getting rid of it.
 
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I've owned several Kahrs over the years, PM9s, CM9s and PM40s.

The majority of their reliability issues were magazine related. It's why Kahr tells you to load the first round into the chamber by releasing the slide stop from slide lock, and not by racking the slide or releasing it by hand. A simple fix for most the magazine feeding issues is to file down the slight bulge on the lower part of the front skirt of the follower just enough so that it doesn't get hung up on the magazine catch slot.

I also experienced the occasional cracked magazine follower. The fix for this was to file down the bottom edge of the feed ramps just enough to prevent them from contacting the front of the follower under recoil.

Kahrs are durable quality guns but they have little quirks that you should be prepared to deal with when purchasing them. This is especially so for the subcompacts.
 
I'm not surprised that you have problems with the CW380. I am surprised about the CT9. I have owned several Kahr pistols and currently own 3. I have only had problems with the 380 versions. My CT9 and CM9 have been perfect for hundreds of rounds. The same can be said for my TP45.
 
When you say you have tried different brands of ammo, what about different weights...? I don't use 115 gr 9mm any more. I use 124 gr in all my 9mms because they simply run better. IF your having issues and are running 115 gr, try switching to 124s.

Both my CM9, and CW9 run flawlessly on 124 gr ammo.

As far as the 380... I'm going to give you a smart answer. Switch to 9mm. Everybody knows 380s bounce off people.
 
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