Today, after 8 weeks, I had my P380 returned from Kahr. I had about 800 rounds though it with periods of working well, periods of not working well. I had all the usual symptoms during the 800 rounds (FTF, FTE, stove-piping, light strikes) with the last being that of the slide holding back after every round fired (with either of the 2 magazines.) Sent it back through Sportsman's Warehouse (big Kudos to them, they were just excellent!).
Kahr replaced the entire frame assembly with a new one (new serial number), replaced the striker block and extractor pin as I indicated in my letter to Kahr that these both had their nickel (chrome?) plating delaminating. (Please check yours - these seem to be MIM components that are then dull nickel plated for toughness).
Immediately I see the new frame looks beefier than the 1st. After racking the slide 300 times in front of the nightly news (and yes, I ascede this is not the same as firing), I see none of the tell tale wearing of the plastic frame nibs that occured on the 1st frame. The 1st frame front frame nibs/guides were nearly paper thin before they finished wearing, BTW).
Kahr, along with the new frame and parts, also included 2 new 7-round P380 magazines (and, of course, my original 2 6-round mags). I did not know these existed until receiving the pistol today. Very pleased with this, thanks Kahr. (Note: if you send your pistol back, do NOT send a nasty gram with it, a few kind words and lots of patience will get you better results, me thinks!)
I practiced racking a half a dozen rounds using the slide release and all fed perfectly well.
Update / range report to follow in a couple of weekends. Hoping this half new pistol runs perfectly well.
Cheers, Cryoman
PS. Just FYI for those that follow this stuff, the earlier frame was RB72xx, the new frame is RC42xx
Kahr replaced the entire frame assembly with a new one (new serial number), replaced the striker block and extractor pin as I indicated in my letter to Kahr that these both had their nickel (chrome?) plating delaminating. (Please check yours - these seem to be MIM components that are then dull nickel plated for toughness).
Immediately I see the new frame looks beefier than the 1st. After racking the slide 300 times in front of the nightly news (and yes, I ascede this is not the same as firing), I see none of the tell tale wearing of the plastic frame nibs that occured on the 1st frame. The 1st frame front frame nibs/guides were nearly paper thin before they finished wearing, BTW).
Kahr, along with the new frame and parts, also included 2 new 7-round P380 magazines (and, of course, my original 2 6-round mags). I did not know these existed until receiving the pistol today. Very pleased with this, thanks Kahr. (Note: if you send your pistol back, do NOT send a nasty gram with it, a few kind words and lots of patience will get you better results, me thinks!)
I practiced racking a half a dozen rounds using the slide release and all fed perfectly well.
Update / range report to follow in a couple of weekends. Hoping this half new pistol runs perfectly well.
Cheers, Cryoman
PS. Just FYI for those that follow this stuff, the earlier frame was RB72xx, the new frame is RC42xx