Ok, I bought my first Kahr, a CW9. I went finally to the range to shoot it and do the break-in. I shot it, then another gun , and alternated until I had put over 200 rounds thru it.
When I got home I disassembled it to clean it. It was FULL of black gunk and shiney little specks. It was "everywhere". As I was cleaning this all out.... I notice what looks like flaking in the lower section of the barrel above the feed ramp, and get looking.... and 1/2 or more of the plating in it is gone and in the top section the plating is also gone and it has a pitted, rough look to it that didn't look good at all. That explains all of the black (from the plating) and all of the little shiney specks it was loaded with.
What I found out is, Kahr used nickel plating on the feed ramps and portion of the barrel that the cartridge sets in (intial area of the barrel ) in an attempt to extend barrel life. Although no where in any literature, manuals, etc. does it say they did this to their barrels.
What I found out (from them) was..... they had problems that the nickel plating was coming off and they were 'replacing ' barrels, as well as ... it apparently did nothing for extending barrel life. So, knowing this, they have been using up the nickel plated barrels and the one's that are not plated at all until they run out of the plated ones, and then all of them will be non-plated barrels.
However, it must have been costing them, as they told me ... (remember , new gun straight out of the box and first time ever fired), that I could pay to send it in and they would fix it and charge me for the repair and the return shipping. :aargh4:
So much for backing up their product and the quality of their parts and workmanship. If they knew there was a problem with this barrel, why are they still putting them on their guns ? :gah: I have found a couple of people who have the plating on theirs and have had no issues, and 2 who don't have the plating on theirs... but they are PM9's.
If you buy one, inspect it and refuse to take it if it has the nickel plating on the feed ramp and initial chamber of the barrel. Don't plan on the Mfgr warranty meaning much.
When I got home I disassembled it to clean it. It was FULL of black gunk and shiney little specks. It was "everywhere". As I was cleaning this all out.... I notice what looks like flaking in the lower section of the barrel above the feed ramp, and get looking.... and 1/2 or more of the plating in it is gone and in the top section the plating is also gone and it has a pitted, rough look to it that didn't look good at all. That explains all of the black (from the plating) and all of the little shiney specks it was loaded with.
What I found out is, Kahr used nickel plating on the feed ramps and portion of the barrel that the cartridge sets in (intial area of the barrel ) in an attempt to extend barrel life. Although no where in any literature, manuals, etc. does it say they did this to their barrels.
What I found out (from them) was..... they had problems that the nickel plating was coming off and they were 'replacing ' barrels, as well as ... it apparently did nothing for extending barrel life. So, knowing this, they have been using up the nickel plated barrels and the one's that are not plated at all until they run out of the plated ones, and then all of them will be non-plated barrels.
However, it must have been costing them, as they told me ... (remember , new gun straight out of the box and first time ever fired), that I could pay to send it in and they would fix it and charge me for the repair and the return shipping. :aargh4:
So much for backing up their product and the quality of their parts and workmanship. If they knew there was a problem with this barrel, why are they still putting them on their guns ? :gah: I have found a couple of people who have the plating on theirs and have had no issues, and 2 who don't have the plating on theirs... but they are PM9's.
If you buy one, inspect it and refuse to take it if it has the nickel plating on the feed ramp and initial chamber of the barrel. Don't plan on the Mfgr warranty meaning much.