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Thread: New Kahr CW380 on the way

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    Default New Kahr CW380 on the way

    Well I just order my new Kahr CW380 "CW3833TU3" today . I should have it one day next week. I am stoked!

    I moved to Florida aftr my illness. I find that with the much warmer tempatures year round that I and wearing fishing short pants or cargo short pants almost exclusively. My favorite carry gun has always been my Kahr PM9 in a crossbreed IWB holster but I now find myself carrying my Ruger LCP .380 in a Uncle George's walletn holster more and more as it is almost like not having a gun on me at all. I have been wanting a Kahr .380 every since they were intoduced but didn't want to pay the price for a P380. Theis is why I pruchased the Ruger LCP in the first place. The Ruger LCP is a great gun, I have a little over 600 rounds through it and zero malfunctions of any type. I did place a white dot of appliance touch up paint on the small front sight and Ican shoot it pretty well at 21 ft. But evertime I go to the gun store and handle the Kahr CW380 with real sights, a much better trigger I new I wanted one. It was just a matter of time until I add one to my carry rotation.

    I have over 4,350 flawless rounds through my PM9 so the new CW380 has a lot to live up to.
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    I recently moved from an LCP custom to the Tungsten CW380 and I am extremely happy with my decision. The LCP ran flawlessly but the higher sights on the Custom would catch on the pocket holster during draw from the pocket. I have a Tungsten CM9 and wanted it’s little sibling.
    So far no issues with the CW380. I have approximately 200 rounds through the gun to include about 20 Underwood Xtreme defenders. I cleaned and oiled my gun before taking it to the range. I then racked the hell out of it and left the slide locked back overnight. Absolutely love this little gun. Good luck with yours.


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    I will probably be able to pick up my new CW380 tomorrow if the weather doesn’t interfere with the shipping to Florida.

    I plan the same pre-break in procedures that you did before taking it to the range. I hope it runs as well as both of my other Kahr’s.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ol'coot View Post
    I will probably be able to pick up my new CW380 tomorrow if the weather doesn’t interfere with the shipping to Florida.

    I plan the same pre-break in procedures that you did before taking it to the range. I hope it runs as well as both of my other Kahr’s.


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    If you dab some Flitz or Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish on the metal rails and the polymer "rails", you'll accelerate the break-in period. Be prepared for the CW380 to be a bear to cycle for a long time.

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    Thanks for the information.
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    I Wish you the best...unfortunately I haven’t been able to consider mine 100% reliable yet...500+ rounds and a trip back to kahr and it’s close, but last trip still had one ftf

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    Sorry to hear you had issues that are still not working at 100%. I will not put into my carry rotation until I have complete confidence in it’s reliability.


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    Congrats on the new CW380, Tony. I've had mine for 3 months now, and it's become my favorite EDC. The only malfunction I've had with mine was once when I tried to chamber a round by manually racking the slide. Of course Kahr strongly recommends against that, so I guess it wasn't really a malfunction.

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    Well today I picked up my new Tungsten CW 380 with 3 dot sights. I am thrilled and have taken it home disassembled, throughly cleaned and lubed. I am in the process of rascking the slide to aid in the break-in process. It is very tight and the recoil springs are very strong. There was a some what gritty feeling when I first racked the slide at the gun store but it is much smoother since giving it a good cleaning and lubing. The excellent long but smooth Karh trademark trigger with a chrisp break is so much nicer than my Ruger LCP and the addition of real sights makes it a much better weapon. I will update again once I can get it to the range.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ol'coot View Post
    Well today I picked up my new Tungsten CW 380 with 3 dot sights. I am thrilled and have taken it home disassembled, throughly cleaned and lubed. I am in the process of rascking the slide to aid in the break-in process. It is very tight and the recoil springs are very strong. There was a some what gritty feeling when I first racked the slide at the gun store but it is much smoother since giving it a good cleaning and lubing. The excellent long but smooth Karh trademark trigger with a chrisp break is so much nicer than my Ruger LCP and the addition of real sights makes it a much better weapon. I will update again once I can get it to the range.

    I have the same gun and it has been fantastic. I did everything you've done as well as having MagGuts in the mag and extra mag I bought. I also loaded the mags and let them sit at least overnight. I didn't think about it, but the slide could use a night or 70 in the locked back position. Man it's a strong little bugger.

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