So many of you are probably familiar with the Kahr Magazines and the infamous nosedive issue. (If not, a quick google search will reveal to you many threads of complaints, fixes, mods, etc. Basically as you push in more rounds, they start to fan out more and more, so the second-to-last round is essentially pointed downward at like a 30-degree angle. This can cause jams during shooting or chambering the first round. )
The follower has some wiggle room in the magazine, as well as a different angle at the front lip that creates a ridge and allows this. My question is why? Why don't they just make the follower fit snugger, with a flat monoslope surface (which is what most people create when they sand down their followers). Is there something I am missing?
Luckily I haven't had any issues with it during shooting my CW9, but I did notice that if I try cycle manually and ride the slide forward to chamber a round, it gets hung up, so I am tempted to do the sanding of the follower. Yeah yeah, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I like the idea of being able to cycle a round manually as fast or as slow as I want.
The follower has some wiggle room in the magazine, as well as a different angle at the front lip that creates a ridge and allows this. My question is why? Why don't they just make the follower fit snugger, with a flat monoslope surface (which is what most people create when they sand down their followers). Is there something I am missing?
Luckily I haven't had any issues with it during shooting my CW9, but I did notice that if I try cycle manually and ride the slide forward to chamber a round, it gets hung up, so I am tempted to do the sanding of the follower. Yeah yeah, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I like the idea of being able to cycle a round manually as fast or as slow as I want.