Sold my p380

[dsk]

It took literally several thousand rounds through my P380 over several years and constant parts filing and swapping before it finally got to the point where I could call it reliable. At long last it's my daily carry, but it was a very long road to get to this point. Would I recommend a Kahr .380 to someone? Hell no. Many of them do work fine out of the box, but a disproportionate number of them don't. It's a shame because when it actually DOES work you really can't beat it for a small .380 pistol.

[b4uqzme]

It took literally several thousand rounds through my P380 over several years and constant parts filing and swapping before it finally got to the point where I could call it reliable. At long last it's my daily carry, but it was a very long road to get to this point. Would I recommend a Kahr .380 to someone? Hell no. Many of them do work fine out of the box, but a disproportionate number of them don't. It's a shame because when it actually DOES work you really can't beat it for a small .380 pistol.

Well, we really don't have data to support that a disproportionate number of Kahr .380's don't work out of the box. We DO know that there are a disproportionate number of complaints. That distinction is only important to help keep things in perspective.

But I agree with dsk. I would never discourage anyone from buying any Kahr. But I can only recommend them to experienced shooters = those with experience tinkering and making a firearm/ammo combination run well and those with really strong shooting fundamentals. There are other brands that seem to be more forgiving (if that makes sense).

I was fortunate that my first MK9 ran perfect. It did teach me not to limpwrist though. It simply wouldn't tolerate that.