PM40 problem!!!

[Lewis48661]

My PM40 will not shoot! I'm getting soft primer strikes. Or that's what I'm guessing. Most of the primers have a dent but then some don't. Kahr is sending me a new firing pin spring but just wondering if I should look for something else? I have tried WWB, Blazer Brass, Hornady CD and Speer Gold Dot ammo. It will not fire a single one at all. I have cleaned the firing pin channel along with the rest of the gun. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan

[Bawanna]

Did the striker look ok. Nose rounded and not broken. Cleaning the striker channel was my first idea but you already did that.

The trigger feel right when you try to shoot? You feel the takeup and then the striker releasing?

Strange. This doesn't shoot at all out of the box? or a new thing?

[Lewis48661]

Striker looks fine. Gun has 300-350 rounds through it. Had a few issues during break in but shot fine. Trigger pull feels perfect and striker relese feels normal. Now won't shoot at all. Its very odd to me!! Lol.

[jocko]

My PM40 will not shoot! I'm getting soft primer strikes. Or that's what I'm guessing. Most of the primers have a dent but then some don't. Kahr is sending me a new firing pin spring but just wondering if I should look for something else? I have tried WWB, Blazer Brass, Hornady CD and Speer Gold Dot ammo. It will not fire a single one at all. I have cleaned the firing pin channel along with the rest of the gun. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan

I seriously doubt if it is the striker spring but give kahr that benefit of the doubt and testit out, then when it fails. write kahr, attn Jay and state ur case. U did what most here would hav etold you to do and to no avail. I would have thought maybe a new striker itself along with a striker spring would be the way to go. that way u have elimianted everything in that striker channel as the culprit. Its not the ammo, kahrs ar enot ammo sensitive. Make sure the slide is going into full battery and not minutely not locking up, as that can cause a light looking striker. Look at your bullet when it feeds into the barrel chamber and see if that is marks on the bullet itself, . If it is hitting thge rifling ur gonna get light strikes and it might even look like the slide is in full battery but it could not be to. Just eliminate thepossablilityes before u decide to call or email kahr, and good luck and certainly keep the gang informed. I would hope I am dead wrong on thaty striker spring thing, but IMO I doubt it...

stick a pencil eraser down and point upwards and pull the trigger, it outta fly out the end of the gun.

[Lewis48661]

Thanks for the info. Ill check a few more things and see what happens.

[Bawanna]

Something has changed. You shot 300-350 near perfect rounds and now this. What happened. Reassembled incorrectly. Something happened and we need to figure out what that might be.

Generally stuff such as this don't come on sudden like unless of course something broke. Striker you say is good. I too don't buy the striker spring but we can hope on that one. The channel is clean. All feels normal and you had good rounds thru it so trigger bar and spring sound ok.

Call me perplexed on this one.

[Lewis48661]

That's what's bugging me, its like something has broken. Is almost like the firing pin block is not allowing the pin to fully pass by. With the slide off and pressure on the pin you can feel just the tip of it sticking out, just a bump. Press the block down and the pin pops out the rest of the way. Is that all how its suppost to be? Should their be a little play in the pin while still in the blocked position?

[Bawanna]

Yeah, that sound right if I'm reading you right. Should be spring pressure on the striker block, when you push it the striker can slide past.

I'll try to look at mine and ponder this some tonight.

Where's all the smart guys at this afternoon. A little help here pleezzzzz.

[jocko]

Yeah, that sound right if I'm reading you right. Should be spring pressure on the striker block, when you push it the striker can slide past.

I'll try to look at mine and ponder this some tonight.

Where's all the smart guys at this afternoon. A little help here pleezzzzz.

here colonel. Just sayin

[Lewis48661]

Ok I have no spring pressure on the pin with it resting on the block. I push the block down and the pin stays put, I have to push the fin forward by hand to get it to stick out.