IndianaResident
Expert
- Sep 3, 2010
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Fired a single magazine out of my Kahr PM9 today, and on the 5th round I saw a flash and felt a strong sting on my hand. From this I deduced something was wrong....
My best guess is that the slide was not fully in battery, but feel free to weigh in on it. We thought the damage would have been more severe if it had been overcharged or had a bullet stuck in the pipe or anything like that.
End result was a blown off (and lost) side plate, a missing extractor, a filthy gun (that I can't get quite clean), a powder burn on my hand, and some carbon spray on my face. I was wearing eyepro, which was good, but not gloves which was...somewhat bad.
I'll be putting in a call to Kahr Monday given the holiday.
I really felt like this would be a better post at the time, but the bottom line is I'm okay, and the gun did its job preventing more permanent damage, such a hole blown in the frame. I'm somewhat concerned given that I frequently carry this gun, but I balance that with the fact that its never had a hiccup before, and this was the first time with this ammunition.
The ammo was Ultramax 125gr FMJ, which incidentally worked great in the 9mm carbines.
Gun immediately afterwards. Light washed out the powder burns all over the slide. Before you ask, we didn't get to the lead bullets in the mag there:
Casing stuck in the chamber, took some effort to remove:
Powder bite:
Extractor and some of the blast:
Casing shots:
My best guess is that the slide was not fully in battery, but feel free to weigh in on it. We thought the damage would have been more severe if it had been overcharged or had a bullet stuck in the pipe or anything like that.
End result was a blown off (and lost) side plate, a missing extractor, a filthy gun (that I can't get quite clean), a powder burn on my hand, and some carbon spray on my face. I was wearing eyepro, which was good, but not gloves which was...somewhat bad.
I'll be putting in a call to Kahr Monday given the holiday.
I really felt like this would be a better post at the time, but the bottom line is I'm okay, and the gun did its job preventing more permanent damage, such a hole blown in the frame. I'm somewhat concerned given that I frequently carry this gun, but I balance that with the fact that its never had a hiccup before, and this was the first time with this ammunition.
The ammo was Ultramax 125gr FMJ, which incidentally worked great in the 9mm carbines.
Gun immediately afterwards. Light washed out the powder burns all over the slide. Before you ask, we didn't get to the lead bullets in the mag there:
Casing stuck in the chamber, took some effort to remove:
Powder bite:
Extractor and some of the blast:
Casing shots: