CW380 not feeding top round in magazine
I've had my CW380 for well over a year now, and have shot maybe 2000-2500 rounds through it. I've had most of the growing pains during the Kahr break-in period, and have done a lot of the sticky note modifications like MagGuts, Lakeline striker, extractor claw and pin grinding, all after a useless return to the factory. I just about thought I had it running smoothly, until the top round of a full magazine stopped feeding consistently. The first 2-3 magazines of Hornady Critical Defense usually cycle through a clean gun flawlessly. Then during the 3rd or 4thmagazine is where the problem begins. I manually load a round in the chamber, then release the locked-back slide and load a full magazine. After the first shot fires, the first round from the magazine doesn’t feed at all. It’s not the failure to return to battery problem which required a slap to the back of the slide like during the break-in period, but a complete lock up. The magazine won’t release until I pull the slide back another 1/8 inch where it locks open. Then I can release the magazine, and the top round is still seated in the magazine. Most of the time, but not always, I can reload the dropped mag, and the remaining rounds cycle as they should. When this problem began, I decided to replace the recoil springs, but that didn’t help. Then I thought maybe it was an issue with the magazines, but I have 3, and they all have MagGuts replacements, and all work the same. Other practice rounds, Winchester white box flat nose, and Remington round nose preform the same eventually. They might run well through a few magazines, but eventually act up the same way as the Hornady CD. It’s like the ammo I’m using doesn’t have enough kick to cycle the slide back far enough to pick up the next round off the magazine. But then why have those brands worked well up to this point? Doesn't seem to have a loose or bent ejector. Maybe +P rounds, but why now and not before? Any ideas?
