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Hey everybody,
I was looking, okay drooling, over the Kahr Auto-Ordnance Thompson .45 "machine" gun, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. I have done a bit of research on the item in question and I have only managed to try it once. Can anyone verify, confirm, or counterpoint any of the following from their experience:
1. Some people have complained it is prone to jamming a LOT. The one time I tried it out at as a range rental I had the same problem. The gun jammed almost every other shot! However, this could have been because the rental had not been cleaned and maintained, or was using a non-manufacturer brand parts. I'm not sure on this (it was awhile ago).
2. Many of the complaints I have seen about the jamming may have been also from failing to clean and maintain said firearm properly, or using non-standard magazines, or using ammo that the manufacturer does NOT recommend.
3. I've seen a couple of reviews that were quite dated and only a few more recent ones that claimed that the newer more recent models that have been made no longer have any of the issues that older reviewers complained about.
4. The bolt is often lamented about for being extremely difficult to pull back. My one time experience held this to be true. Once again, it may have not been cleaned properly in a long time for all I know as it was a rental.
Anyone know if it would be a recommended buy or not. I'm mostly in it for the looks, fun to shoot, and accuracy of the gun (when it did work the one time I rented it the firearm was great!). I just don't want to drop the $ if it's going to be just as bad as my rental experience however. Seriously, unjamming every other bullet on a very tough to slide back bolt is a freaking pain in the you-know-what, and kills all the fun out of having it.
Thanks in advance!
I was looking, okay drooling, over the Kahr Auto-Ordnance Thompson .45 "machine" gun, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. I have done a bit of research on the item in question and I have only managed to try it once. Can anyone verify, confirm, or counterpoint any of the following from their experience:
1. Some people have complained it is prone to jamming a LOT. The one time I tried it out at as a range rental I had the same problem. The gun jammed almost every other shot! However, this could have been because the rental had not been cleaned and maintained, or was using a non-manufacturer brand parts. I'm not sure on this (it was awhile ago).
2. Many of the complaints I have seen about the jamming may have been also from failing to clean and maintain said firearm properly, or using non-standard magazines, or using ammo that the manufacturer does NOT recommend.
3. I've seen a couple of reviews that were quite dated and only a few more recent ones that claimed that the newer more recent models that have been made no longer have any of the issues that older reviewers complained about.
4. The bolt is often lamented about for being extremely difficult to pull back. My one time experience held this to be true. Once again, it may have not been cleaned properly in a long time for all I know as it was a rental.
Anyone know if it would be a recommended buy or not. I'm mostly in it for the looks, fun to shoot, and accuracy of the gun (when it did work the one time I rented it the firearm was great!). I just don't want to drop the $ if it's going to be just as bad as my rental experience however. Seriously, unjamming every other bullet on a very tough to slide back bolt is a freaking pain in the you-know-what, and kills all the fun out of having it.
Thanks in advance!