CW380 Light Strikes...Fack

[Ronni3_J]

Having had 250 trouble free rounds through my CW380 I thought I was home free but todays range trip proved me wrong. I grabbed 100 rounds and headed to my local range this morning while the little one and the lady were in bed. I go about my typical procedure setting up, loading the magazines etc. At about the 50 or so round I get a click but no bang. I drop the magazine, clear the round, reload, and fire away. I then get the bang and finish magazine. This happened 3 times today After my range trip I cleaned the gun and did the brake clean inside the striker as well. After some reading on the board I do a few pencil tests and everything seems to be in order. Im hoping it was just a dirty striker since its the first time i've cleaned it out with brake clean. Ill hit the range again next week and see if that changes anything. I was hoping I would get lucky with the CW380 and not have any issues since ive broke it in


Shot from earlier

[muggsy]

I clean the striker channel every time I clean my gun and clean my gun after every use.

[Armybrat]

What kind of ammo?

My Ruger SR9 initially had a light strike problem with WWB, but cleaning the striker channel cured it.

My new CT380 wouldn't run ANY WWB at all, but eats all the Remington & Hornady I feed it.

[ripley16]

Sometimes hard primers happen, but it couldn't hurt to have a little more energy designed into the striker mechanism IMHO. Light strikes not an uncommon complaint.

[SlowBurn]

I clean the striker channel every time I clean my gun and clean my gun after every use.

This. Tried it 1x with a dirty p380 - number of light/no strikes. Quick clean at the range, problem went away.

GET WELL MUGGSY

[Ronni3_J]

What kind of ammo?

My Ruger SR9 initially had a light strike problem with WWB, but cleaning the striker channel cured it.

My new CT380 wouldn't run ANY WWB at all, but eats all the Remington & Hornady I feed it.

Good reloads from a local shop. I've used their 9mm without issues. This is my first batch of 380s from them

[kahrinca]

So, are you guys saying it's necessary to clean the gun after every range trip? I don't particularly care to do that. Of course, I use FrogLube and there's not all that much to clean out anyway. Most of the time I just BoreSnake the barrel a few times while it is still warm, and wipe interior of frame with a paper towel and maybe use a Q-tip on the feed ramp. I really don't think it matters all that much, unless gun is really, really dirty.

When PM9 was brand new, I degreased it and sprayed the striker channel hole with electronic cleaner.

In any event, if the S&W Shield were a Kahr I'd stick with the Shield, but it's not, and not a PM9 with all its other attributes- smaller size and lower weight, polygonal rifling- e.g., a true quality pocket pistol.

[berettabone]

I clean the striker channel every time I clean my gun and clean my gun after every use.

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[Alfonse]

So, are you guys saying it's necessary to clean the gun after every range trip? I don't particularly care to do that.

I don't know why you would not want your carry gun to have the highest probability of working when you need it to. A clean pistol has a higher probability of working. That's why I choose to clean my carry gun after each range trip.

[kahrinca]

I don't know why you would not want your carry gun to have the highest probability of working when you need it to. A clean pistol has a higher probability of working. That's why I choose to clean my carry gun after each range trip.

I don't know if that's really a true statement. I don't lubricate polymer guns much, and I've found that if I don't clean the gun each and every time it doesn't make a difference- it still goes BANG. Again, I use FrogLube.

The chance of needing to use it is so slight (YMMV) that I don't worry about it. There's considerable anecdotal authority that we gun owners clean our guns too much and it's not necessary and may even be detrimental.