Kahr will tell you to release the slide with the slide release allowing it to "slam" forward as the gun designers intended. They will also tell you to shoot 200 rounds through it to "wear" it in. Do this and you will not have problems with that gun. My CW9 has 500 through it without any disassembly or cleaning and has never malfunctioned with any load I have used. The first 200 was shot with ball ammo. I assume it came with the owners manual?