One fact often overlooked in these discussions is that 95% of crimes stopped by handguns involves brandishing only, according to John Lott. So caliber is essentially irrelevant except for 5% of the time. Of course, if I pulled my .22 lr short mini revolver on someone, they might laugh.
I have the P9 covert and the P32 to go with my Glock 26. Carry one of them depending on weather and where I'm going. Had an extractor problem as well with the P32. Kel-Tec replaced slide with a hard chromed one for $20. Runs flawless now.
I appreciate the advice. I'm going to start by replacing the recoil spring, and then the extractor spring. May replace the steel guide rod with the original as well.
I bought a used Kahr P9 covert this week. Using 115 gr. WWB, I'm getting a few failures to eject every 50 rounds. The case gets lodged between the top of the barrel and the back of the opening in the slide, parallel to the rounds in the mag (no stovepipe).
This pistol came with a steel guide...
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