...Enough worry that I often chose to carry a Star PD instead...
@1911Tuner once said something like this.......3" 1911s are kind of like little redheaded girls, when they are good, they are really good, but when they're bad, they're really, really, bad.
Do not /ever/ use the slide "release" but always pull the side to the rear to release; I have seen vast numbers of stops on load from this mistake.
Not odd at all as that advise is to address a completely different issue.Oddly enough, Kahr specifically says to use the slide release to chamber their pistols, and not to drop the slide by hand.
Not odd at all as that advise is to address a completely different issue.
The issue that Kahr's directive is addressing has to do with their short frames and tight springs. Many owners are not correctly stabilizing the frame when pulling back on the slide to clear the slide stop. That compromises the travel of the slide as the frame travels forward as rearward tension is released. If an user could stabilize the frame, you could easily release the slide by pulling it to the rear
As mine did.The issue with early EMP models were chambers that were at SAAMI minimum and ejectors that weren't staked in...both issues easily corrected by a return to the mothership
I will have to read up on that as I have had a Kahr P9 as my Smaller Carry Gun for... a hell of a long time. 15 years? Anyway, always slingshot that (even easier now with the RDS as handle!) and I have absolutely seen others hate on Kahr because of stoppages at loading. Mine is 100% reliable and... not when someone uses the slide stop as a release. Hmm...Oddly enough, Kahr specifically says to use the slide release to chamber their pistols, and not to drop the slide by hand.
FWIW, I've got a pretty firm grip on reality... and I've had success with either method, but the slide stop is the easiest. I'm just not sure what shoobe was driving at with his comment, it doesn't really make sense.
That's an excellent point. If you look at a 1911 you'll notice the serrations/checkering/texturing are all on the lower part of the slide stop to help you push it up into the lock position. Oh, wait ...First: from a survey I did to prove this out on a relevant-to-design thread on another forum a few years back, most gun makers refer to that lever as a slide STOP, and most of those will pointedly say somewhere or other it is actually not a slide RELEASE.
All the mechanical changes are important, but the biggest factor is ammunition selection because it affects both slide cycle speed and the magazine’s ability to lift the cartridge into position for proper feeding. Ammunition loaded with 230gr bullets generate more recoil impulse (especially +P loads) than 185gr loads, and 7 rounds of 185gr ammunition weighs 315gr less than 7 rounds of 230gr ammunition, making the column of ammunition easier for the magazine spring to lift. I hope you see where I’m going here?
I will have to read up on that as I have had a Kahr P9 as my Smaller Carry Gun for... a hell of a long time. 15 years? Anyway, always slingshot that (even easier now with the RDS as handle!) and I have absolutely seen others hate on Kahr because of stoppages at loading. Mine is 100% reliable and... not when someone uses the slide stop as a release. Hmm...
I do not train extensively with mine. I shoot regularly at my residence, and have never had an issue. I bought it used and I've shot hundreds of rounds without a malfunction. It came with 1 factory magazine, and I grabbed a handful of used McCormick magazines and all have functioned the same. I cast and reload for my revolvers and they get more work. Standard large pistol primers are tough to find locally, and automatic brass is tougher to keep track of, so I don't shoot tons of .45 ACPFor folks with reliable 3" .45ACP 1911s. How are you defining "reliable"
I ask because I've never seen one make it all the way through a 500 round 2-day class...I don't even think they made it to 400 rounds. I know a couple were field stripped and cleaned between Day 1 and Day 2, but I don't think anyone changed recoil springs
Same here, except I bought it new, it just works. Wilson mags.I do not train extensively with mine. I shoot regularly at my residence, and have never had an issue. I bought it used and I've shot hundreds of rounds without a malfunction. ………