Hello,
I have purchased two new Kahrs - a PM9 and CW45, both of which have been excellent from day one. All great experiences - never any failures whatsoever. So I was excited to acquire a P380.
Yesterday I took delivery of a brand new P380 serial #RCxxxx.
After an initial cleaning and Balistol lubrication I took it to the range today to begin the 200 round break-in using factory 95 gr. FMJ loads.
I was terribly disappointed. Using the recommended method of using the slide release lever (I did not sling-shot the slide) I had immediate issues with failures to feed, failures to go into full battery and failures to fire. I had to clear at least three or four major jams with the live round jammed partically in the chamber, lodged between the slide and chamber.
After clearing the jams, I might have gotten it to fire only to get another jam on the next round. I do not believe I got more than 2 consecutive rounds to fire before getting another jam. I tried both the factory 6-round and 7-round mags with the same results.
It took all I could do to get a grand total of eight rounds fired. At that point, I gave up.
Back at home, I field stripped the gun to see if I could notice anything that did not look right. On close inspection, what I noticed was that the grove in the polymer frame in which the slide cycles has some areas of the polymer grove that look like they have been gouged.
I'm inclined to immediately contact Kahr customer support but thought I'd first ask whether anyone else out there has experienced problems like these with a P380.
THANKS for any help you can provide!