Carry-Ability gun

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:50 pm

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It's not a good habit to carry without one in the pipe. In most cases when you ever need it, it will be very in an expected area. Do test the holster out to make your comfortable, and that it protect the trigger. Then carry one in the pipe full time. I never unload my gun. It stays loaded up to the time I clean it. When I take it off, its goes on top of my nightstand. When I get dressed it's comes with me as part of my wardrobe. If I need to go into a building that does not allow it it goes in the lock box I keep in my van. I reholster it when I come out.

Sounds like good info to me. I am going to work at it, but like with everything else in this discipline, I am going to take my time and ready myself so I can be confident at it.
Haka

mk70ss · Post by **mk70ss** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:25 am

My daily carry gun (off duty) is a Walther PPK stainless in .380.

I use a Tauga belt slide holster.

Post by **Bullseye** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:10 pm

I always liked the look of those PPK's in stainless. Do you get any slide or hammer bite from yours?

R,
Bullseye

mk70ss · Post by **mk70ss** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:29 pm

Not yet. And I hope it stays that way....ouch

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:29 pm

I like the grips on that ppk....I had the rubber pachymars on my ppk/s for a bit then went back to the plastic factoy grips but don't really care for them. are those rosewood?

mk70ss · Post by **mk70ss** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:04 pm

bgreenea3 wrote:I like the grips on that ppk....I had the rubber pachymars on my ppk/s for a bit then went back to the plastic factoy grips but don't really care for them. are those rosewood?

Hogue Goncalo-Alves wood.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:25 pm

My daily carry gun (off duty) is a Walther PPK stainless in .380.

I would have to agree, the PPK , MK, looks sweet. I have the PM-9 by Kahr, and I like it. I think your PPK has the edge on looks, and I wonder how you like it's reliability? Prob great. I have about 500 rds thru my Kahr w/o a hiccup, and that's what my main concern was.
Again, nice looking gun, Haka.

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:39 pm

I've had great reliability with my ppk/s 380acp (no ftfeed/fteject/stovepipes/etc EVER), but I did break the trigger spring a while back and it took some tweaking, fumbling, and fiddling to get the new one to work properly.

mk70ss · Post by **mk70ss** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:48 pm

So far the PPK has performed flawlessly for me. I don't know how many rounds I have through it, but zero malfunctions as of yet.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:30 pm

from Kahr website....Trigger cocking DAO; lock breech; "Browning - type" recoil lug; passive striker block; no magazine disconnect

Since I cannot "see" the mechanics of the gun in action, I was wondering if someone with some no-how of this type of operating system could explain the safety aspects of this gun in relationship to possible accidental firings occurring. Can this gun fire without the trigger being pulled? I have heard that the striker is partially cocked when a round is chambered?
Included is an interactive display of a glock 23 pistol (striker action)
http://www.genitron.com/Basics/Glock23/P2Glock.html
ty, H

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:24 am

Neither can fire without the trigger pulled allthe way to the rear....thare is a block that gets moved out of the way at the last moment befor firing... thats why they can beat on the back end with a hammer and not get a discharge

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:01 pm

On another forum, a guy there is having problems with and occasional ftf. I suggested to him to go to the range and shoot 200 rds thru the gun, document any problems in detail, and see if there is a pattern (and to have logical info to send the gun back to Kahr with). He posted again after 125 rds and had 6 ftf without any specific pattern. I have found the first last round inserted into the mag (top round) to be very "tight", similar to my 1911 full mag loading. He said it wasn't the first round out of the mag that ftf, nor the same mag that had the failures. It is hard to give him advice over a forum. I told him to send it back to Kahr and make them fix it. Maybe it just needs breaking in? Any thoughts?
Haka

Post by **Bullseye** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:44 pm

What model Kahr is this?

There are a lot of variables in light strikes with striker fired pistols. The problem can range from as simple as too much oil in the firing pin channel to a more complex striker/firing pin malfunction. Striker problems are not new to Kahrs.

R,
Bullseye

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:54 pm

Bullseye,
sorry about giving the wrong info but these were "failures to feed". Again, my mistake.
Thanks, Haka

Post by **Bullseye** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:04 pm

Failures to feed can be caused by: the extractor, a rough feed ramp, misaligned magazines, damaged or misaligned magazine feed lips.

R,
Bullseye