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Hello, I signed up here just to hear from other Kahr owners. I bought a P45 brand new, and have had horrific Failure to Feed and Failure to Fire problems with it from day one!
Background. I have been shooting for 35 years, reloading for 20. I teach several pistol courses including Concealed Carry in my home state. I humbly believe I have enough experience to speak from a position of authority.
I bought the P45 because I wanted a lighter, slimmer carry gun in lieu of the 1911 style I had been carrying. Several other CCDW Instructors here rave about all Kahrs, and between the 5 others I know, they must own 12-14 of P45's, P9's etc. They all love them. I shot several of them myself, and bought one.
Right out of the box, this gun could barely, and I mean BARELY even chamber a round from either mag! Rounds got so jacked up in there that I had to drop the mag and work on the slide for 10 minutes just to pop the round free! I shot only two shots with this thing before it went back to Kahr. The first agent I spoke to suggested right off the bat that perhaps I was not using SAAMI spec ammo. I immediately felt a strong sense of buyers remorse and dread.
Kahr did service the gun quickly, and the returned gun had a note that "Throat reworked. Test fired OK" Well, I got it back and the same dang thing was still happening. Using factory Winchester, Hornady, or Federal in everything from 185gr to 230gr ball or HP didn't matter. This was one of the most frustrating days I ever had with a firearm. I then took all of that ammo the P45 couldn't handle, dropped it all into the 1911, and as I wrote in my letter "BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!!!!"
The 2nd time it went back to Kahr, I told them in no uncertain terms that the Instructor community here was aghast at the problems I was having, and they just couldn't figure out why. Kahr returned the pistol to me with the note "New barrel. New extractor. Test fired OK".
Well now the gun misfeeds/jams at least 2 rounds of every six in the mag. It doesn't matter what mag I use, or what Ammo I use. I have requested Kahr to replace the firearm, as I believe there is clearly something fundamentally wrong....I mean to say that there was a mistake in the manufacture.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I've got $600 wrapped up in this thing, and a whole lot of trouble.......
Background. I have been shooting for 35 years, reloading for 20. I teach several pistol courses including Concealed Carry in my home state. I humbly believe I have enough experience to speak from a position of authority.
I bought the P45 because I wanted a lighter, slimmer carry gun in lieu of the 1911 style I had been carrying. Several other CCDW Instructors here rave about all Kahrs, and between the 5 others I know, they must own 12-14 of P45's, P9's etc. They all love them. I shot several of them myself, and bought one.
Right out of the box, this gun could barely, and I mean BARELY even chamber a round from either mag! Rounds got so jacked up in there that I had to drop the mag and work on the slide for 10 minutes just to pop the round free! I shot only two shots with this thing before it went back to Kahr. The first agent I spoke to suggested right off the bat that perhaps I was not using SAAMI spec ammo. I immediately felt a strong sense of buyers remorse and dread.
Kahr did service the gun quickly, and the returned gun had a note that "Throat reworked. Test fired OK" Well, I got it back and the same dang thing was still happening. Using factory Winchester, Hornady, or Federal in everything from 185gr to 230gr ball or HP didn't matter. This was one of the most frustrating days I ever had with a firearm. I then took all of that ammo the P45 couldn't handle, dropped it all into the 1911, and as I wrote in my letter "BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!!!!"
The 2nd time it went back to Kahr, I told them in no uncertain terms that the Instructor community here was aghast at the problems I was having, and they just couldn't figure out why. Kahr returned the pistol to me with the note "New barrel. New extractor. Test fired OK".
Well now the gun misfeeds/jams at least 2 rounds of every six in the mag. It doesn't matter what mag I use, or what Ammo I use. I have requested Kahr to replace the firearm, as I believe there is clearly something fundamentally wrong....I mean to say that there was a mistake in the manufacture.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I've got $600 wrapped up in this thing, and a whole lot of trouble.......