Ok...Stainless steel Guide rod...which one is the one to buy for the MK40?

[jringo8769]

well with everyone really helping me get this close to being done here...and the gun is not even yet to me...i want to upgrade this like i did with my Colt Officers ACP with a full length guide rod....i see Wolff makes one that is not captured...my last one i bought was from EGW but i see nothing listed from them...i also see that Kahr makes one but i see it is also captured...i like the non captured one if possible and in stainless....i am sure this is a old subject as most here might have done this....so i am hoping to learn from u all here...any help will so be appreciated....thanks again so much and God Bless,John

[Ed M]

See this thread:

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...tem-by-default

I'd rather have one like the Wolff setup, but wanted all stainless....

I bought the Kahr captured one, and it works well. Only one I've ever used in my MK9.

It's gonna be tougher when it comes time to change springs, but it does look nice....

[Barth]

well with everyone really helping me get this close to being done here...and the gun is not even yet to me...i want to upgrade this like i did with my Colt Officers ACP with a full length guide rod....i see Wolff makes one that is not captured...my last one i bought was from EGW but i see nothing listed from them...i also see that Kahr makes one but i see it is also captured...i like the non captured one if possible and in stainless....i am sure this is a old subject as most here might have done this....so i am hoping to learn from u all here...any help will so be appreciated....thanks again so much and God Bless,John

Have the Kahr stainless captured for my MK40 Elite.
Went back to factory RSA.
Then switched to Wolff not captured and am very happy with it.
Wolff is what I continue to run these days.

Good Luck!

[jringo8769]

Well i was able thanks to Scramber here to get that Wolff setup for mine...can not wait to try it out too...did u find any accuracy improvement?
FTF problems?
I have only heard great things about the Wolff


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[jringo8769]

Well finally got my Mk40 elite 03 today and started to install some of my items and ran into a odd issue...the Wolff plug that goes into the slide to be very loose...the hole in the slide is a different size than the plug that comes with the wolff new full guide rod...has anyone else ran into this?
Is this the way it should be?
I spoke with Wolff and they tell me this is the correct size for tgeir guide rod

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[gb6491]

Here's my MK9:

Works fine
Regards,
Greg

[jringo8769]

Well here is my question...yours looks like the black bushing is tight fit thru the slide...am i correct in what i am seeing?
I wonder if this design needs more room to allow the slide to operate properly
Thank u for the pic...
God Bless,John

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[gb6491]

Well here is my question...yours looks like the black bushing is tight fit thru the slide...am i correct in what i am seeing?
I wonder if this design needs more room to allow the slide to operate properly
Thank u for the pic...
God Bless,John

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Sorry, I thought that photo would be more helpful.
No, the black bushing is not a tight fit through that opening. In that photo, the bushing it up against the top of the opening. The material you see near the bushing's lower edges is the recoil spring.

Hopefully this photo will show the size difference more clearly:


Regards,
Greg

[jringo8769]

well that pic really helps...so it is made to be that loose...thank u for the clarification...God Bless,John