Nope. I recovered the brass. No signs of overpressure: no bulged case, no flattened primers. The pistol didn't fully return to battery; its a common, well-known problem with Kahrs. I had just received the pistol back from Kahr, where it had been sent for repairs (every one I own, save for one steel-frame K40 has been back multiple times for failure to return to battery, peening of the barrel hood, and other issues...lots of feed issues). Second round out of a fresh magazine, I was focused on the front sight and when I pressed the trigger, it didn't sound right.

My first thought was that I'd had a bore obstruction or something like that, and I realized my hand hurt, and my face hurt. As I took my focus off the front sight I noticed that the side of the pistol was blown out, and that the magazine was gone. The plastic plate over the trigger drawbar blew out, discharging over the web of my hand and back into my face.

Typically if the pistol fails to return to battery, it can't be fired; the striker can't be tripped. In this case, it was just barely out: just enough it didn't lock up, but just enough in that the striker was tripped and the weapon discharged. Ordinarily if it doesn't return to battery, there's no feel in the trigger, and it's immediately apparent. In this case, the trigger and pull felt solid and normal, and I was focused on the front sight and then the target.

Kahr claimed it was normal and that the weapon was designed to do that (blow out the side to prevent serious injury). They took it back, did nothing, and sent it back to me, with the damaged side plate still in place. They did give me a fresh magazine. They also lost the pistol for six months, claiming they hadn't received it, then claiming that they couldn't find it. That wasn't the fist time.

I have a cross breed that I like for comfort, but it's squirted out of the waistband too many times, and once fell out onto a snow bank. I do like the MTAC minitaur, and often carry a HK45C in one. Very comfortable and secure, especially for extended carry.