Kahr K40 Damaged Brass

[GDownRange]

I've wanted a Kahr K40 for a long time. I recently got a great deal on an older gun in great shape.

On my first trip to the range I noticed that the gun is damaging the spent brass, pictured below. I fired 24 rounds before picking up any brass. I was at a public range, so I didn't recover all 24 pieces of brass, but every case I picked up was damaged.

I chambered a single round, then manually racked the slide. The un-fired round extracted undamaged. So I believe the brass is getting mauled while firing.

I fired one more full mag after manually cycling the gun, and the 4 pieces I recovered were all damaged. I've never seen constantly damaged brass like this in a handgun.

Two questions for the community.
1 - Is it unsafe to fire the gun? If so how do I go about troubleshooting the issue?
2 - I don't reload, but I always save my brass in case I take up the hobby one day. Can this brass be reloaded safely, or is it damaged out of spec?

 

[Hoppy]

I have a K40. It doesn't do that so not normal to the gun. Hard to say what's causing it. I bought my K40 used and the ejector broke. I sent it back to Kahr and they fixed it at no charge (this was about 13 years ago). They may trouble shoot and take care of it for you.

I reload and as long as that isn't split it should be fine, I've resized worse. Some guns seem to damage brass. That seems like it's hitting a burr though and so I'd look around for a burr on ramp, in chamber, inside the slide, etc..

Enjoy your K40, absolutely great gun.

 

[JRadice45]

Looks like it is hitting something on its way out of the gun. Likely it is hitting the slide. Nothing to worry about. A sizing die followed by expander will get the case back into shape.
In other words, as long as the gun is functioning as it should (feed, fire, extract, eject) i wouldnt worry about it.