Part II TP45 Covert project

[ripley16]

What do you think caused the blister? And on the back?

The small blister is where my thumb joins the web and rests on the left side of the beavertail. I guess the gun was rubbing there too much. Except for the 60 slow fire rounds, the rest, 89 rounds, were rapid fire, about half of it +P and the tiny grip moves in my hand a bit. You'll notice I've added a grip sleeve. Usually these help.

[Bawanna]

Gotcha, the coursness of the grip, not slide bite or rub from a high grip hold although the high grip hold would contribute to the blister in that area. I knocked some of the rough off on my PM and did the tube deal or I'm sure my hands would have been hamburger helper for sure.

[Kenjs2]

Being new here, would someone explain to me why you would want to convert this pistol?

Thanks

[Michael W.]

The small blister is where my thumb joins the web and rests on the left side of the beavertail. I guess the gun was rubbing there too much. Except for the 60 slow fire rounds, the rest, 89 rounds, were rapid fire, about half of it +P and the tiny grip moves in my hand a bit. You'll notice I've added a grip sleeve. Usually these help.

Ripley,

I got that same blister the very first time I shot my PM45.
I also shot something like 235 rds that first time out.
It was definitely the beavertail rubbing as the gun recoiled
up and the left as I shot. I haven't put that many rounds through
the PM45 in a single session since then so it hasn't come back.

Are you still planning the Covert project on your TP45? I'd be
real interested to see how it turns out.

Best of luck!

Michael-

[ripley16]

Ripley,


Are you still planning the Covert project on your TP45? I'd be
real interested to see how it turns out.

Only if the gun proves reliable.

[wyntrout]

The reason I think the sights are a bit off is because all but two of my aimed shots are too the left. That's very unusual. I'll take a look at the sights after I clean the gun to see if there's anything obvious. Being a bit low could well be a trigger finger problem. This is the least smooth trigger of any Kahr I've ever fired.

One thing I forgot to mention in my first post is that I developed a small blister on the back of my thumb. I don't recall any gun ever doing that before. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age.

Could that be from the magazine release? I have no problem with the slide release, but that mag release button on the .45 can wear on your thumb after a while. It's hard for me to stay off it. That sucker could use a little "melting", but I've go the DLC finish.

Okay, the web... yeah those nibs bite. My tube helps, but if you already have a sore place, it just gets worse.

This is one project I had confused with a covert modification, I think. I just misplaced another link, dang it.

http://kahrtalk.com/pm-series-pistol...y-pm-45-a.html

Wynn

[wyntrout]

Here's the link about another magazine option:
http://kahrtalk.com/pm-series-pistol...tion-pm45.html

Wynn

[ripley16]

Trip two to the range

Fired another 59 rounds of mixed ammo. At least now I'm over the 200 round "break-in" period. I had one more stovepipe, this one in the middle of a magazine, not the last round. I still shot poorly but this time I took another gun that I always shoot well with...just as a control against which to measure myself. The truth is I shot both badly... no excuses, just a bad week at the range. I did manage one really good group.

The misfeeds are troubling though. Here's a picture of some of the crumpled cases. Four cases a problem, two others ejected without causing a stopage.



I'm having some serious second thoughts about this pistol ever being a CCW. 4 stovepipes out of 208 rounds is a lousy record.

The first mag opened up my blister too. At least this time I took my shooting glove.

[Bawanna]

Trip two to the range

Fired another 59 rounds of mixed ammo. At least now I'm over the 200 round "break-in" period. I had one more stovepipe, this one in the middle of a magazine, not the last round. I still shot poorly but this time I took another gun that I always shoot well with...just as a control against which to measure myself. The truth is I shot both badly... no excuses, just a bad week at the range. I did manage one really good group.

The misfeeds are troubling though. Here's a picture of some of the crumpled cases. Four cases a problem, two others ejected without causing a stopage.



I'm having some serious second thoughts about this pistol ever being a CCW. 4 stovepipes out of 208 rounds is a lousy record.

The first mag opened up my blister too. At least this time I took my shooting glove.

These rounds ejected looking like this? Didn't get run over by a derelict in a wheelchair or stepped on? Reread, 4 jammed the gun up stovepipe. Those are really messed up! The two that made it out without stopping the gun don't look so hot either. Are all the ejected cases buggered up?
I just gotta ask too, what the heck are they setting on for the picture. Guess # 1 a furnace filter? It's a great background.

[ripley16]

These rounds ejected looking like this? Didn't get run over by a derelict in a wheelchair or stepped on? Reread, 4 jammed the gun up stovepipe. Those are really messed up! The two that made it out without stopping the gun don't look so hot either. Are all the ejected cases buggered up?
I just gotta ask too, what the heck are they setting on for the picture. Guess # 1 a furnace filter? It's a great background.

Actually one of the really trashed cases made it out OK, and one of the not-so-bad cases caused a stovepipe. There may have been others. I didn't look at all the brass.

My photo background is a piece of black felt (and a fair amount of cat hair I see).

What I would do is call kahr and talk to IAN and see if they will pick the gun up and for damn sure include the brass you pictured here or at least a photo.

I'll shoot a bit more, see what happens, but a return to Kahr may indeed be the solution.