Kahr Firing Pins?

[berettabone]

I don't waste my time...........................nothing like shooting live ammo...................

[New Guy With a Crack]

Read this thread guys:

http://pistolsmith.com/kahr-pistols/...iring-pin.html

And from another thread:
"The manual for my Kahr CW9 says it's safe to dry fire. Over a period including around 8,000 live fires and more than 10,000 dry fires (without snap caps) I've had to replace broken strikers twice (which I can do myself)." This is from this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-652287.html

"Excessive dry firing (thousands of cycles) led to two broken firing pins in my PM9. Apparently the pm9 lacks a spring to arrest the forward travel of the firing pin when dry firing which causes excessive stress leading to breakage." https://www.reddit.com/r/CCW/comments/20io9i/opinions_on_kahr/

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse.

[b4uqzme]

^^^ you don't have to dry fire if you don't want to. Or use snap caps like Jocko suggests. Me? I'm OK with it.

[Bawanna]

10,000 dry fires? How does one keep track of something like that?

And I didn't think I had a life. Nothing against the dry fire, it's great practice and a good way to stay bonded without a range trip but that's a ton.

[New Guy With a Crack]

^^^ you don't have to dry fire if you don't want to. Or use snap caps like Jocko suggests. Me? I'm OK with it.

I don't dry fire, and I'm not trying to bash Kahrs, as I have a few and really like the accuracy, small size, and reliability, moreso than any other pistol as a matter of fact. But it seems to me like their firing pin design isn't that robust. To me it seems as though batches of strikers that are just slightly off spec are prone to breakage whereas in other designs this wouldn't be an issue.

In my opinion, we shouldn't suggest dry firing without a snap cap. I found a few more threads here as well with that issue, but I'd be beating a dead horse at this point. Some Kahrs may tolerate it while others might be prone to breakage from too much of it.

[jocko]

10,000 dry fires? How does one keep track of something like that?

And I didn't think I had a life. Nothing against the dry fire, it's great practice and a good way to stay bonded without a range trip but that's a ton.

this sounds like sumpin Muggsy would do, as all he does is watch tv and bash donald, so he probalby dry fires alot. just sayin. actually the nut case has been dry firng all his life, he just didn't know what they clled it back then..

[Bawanna]

Damn I've missed you Jocko and I'm totally ashamed to admit it................................

Carry on.

Two more post and you can post a picture.

[jocko]

Read this thread guys:

http://pistolsmith.com/kahr-pistols/...iring-pin.html

And from another thread:
"The manual for my Kahr CW9 says it's safe to dry fire. Over a period including around 8,000 live fires and more than 10,000 dry fires (without snap caps) I've had to replace broken strikers twice (which I can do myself)." This is from this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-652287.html

"Excessive dry firing (thousands of cycles) led to two broken firing pins in my PM9. Apparently the pm9 lacks a spring to arrest the forward travel of the firing pin when dry firing which causes excessive stress leading to breakage." https://www.reddit.com/r/CCW/comments/20io9i/opinions_on_kahr/

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse.

would guess one can overdue anything. . My guess it was a bad firing pin in the first place, but again 10K dry fires, ... someone has zero life. just sayin. Firing pins break on some of the finest guns, so kahrs are not in that elite status. My buddy's rare and excellent Model 21 broke a firing pin last year..