Breaking-in P380, casings look weird

[Terror Wrist]

I put the first 114 rounds through my new P380 today, mostly Norma Range & Target FMJ.

Only two failures to load, back-to-back (Norma). The round I chambered by dropping the slide fired, but the next round failed to clear the mag. I dropped the mag and that was it; round still in the mag.

I also shot a seven round string of Underwood Xtreme Defender, 68gr +P, and seven of Inceptor ARX, 56 gr.. These had no issues.

The weird thing is 1/4 of surface the casings (neck to base), was black or dark gray with soot. This is my first semi-auto center-fire, and I don't know what I am seeing.

I'm very pleased that the recoil was very manageable (I'm old), and even the +P rounds in the six round mag (with no pinky extension), was do-able. Can any body tell me if the dirty casings are normal?

Thanks

[DavidR]

Did you clean the gun before shooting it?

BTW - those are great results for the first outing

[getsome]

Welcome to Kahrtalk Terror and the soot on the cases is normal so clean and lube it up good per the manual and see if you can get a hundred rounds through it with a good tight grip and quality carry ammo without a problem and yes that’s expensive but I’m thinking if you give it a good cleaning and lube job you will have a keeper…….Kahr recommends 500 rounds through their pistols to break them in so keep at it and I bet you will have a nice easy shooting pocket pistol…….The more rounds down range the better the gun will function for you……..

[gb6491]

I put the first 114 rounds through my new P380 today, mostly Norma Range & Target FMJ.

Only two failures to load, back-to-back (Norma). The round I chambered by dropping the slide fired, but the next round failed to clear the mag. I dropped the mag and that was it; round still in the mag.

I also shot a seven round string of Underwood Xtreme Defender, 68gr +P, and seven of Inceptor ARX, 56 gr.. These had no issues.

The weird thing is 1/4 of surface the casings (neck to base), was black or dark gray with soot. This is my first semi-auto center-fire, and I don't know what I am seeing.

I'm very pleased that the recoil was very manageable (I'm old), and even the +P rounds in the six round mag (with no pinky extension), was do-able. Can any body tell me if the dirty casings are normal?

Thanks

That's a fairly common thing. For a variety of reasons, the cases aren't expanding far enough or fast enough to completely seal against the chamber; this results in a bit of gas blowing back around the case mouth.

BTW, welcome to the forums

Regards,
Greg

[Terror Wrist]

[QUOTE=DavidR;438430]Did you clean the gun before shooting it?

Yes, per instructions. I also installed the Galloway reduced power striker spring kit, though I can't tell if there is any reduced trigger pull, it feels the same.