Hossbreed45 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Hey all. I am a brand new member of this forum and this is my first post. I just bought a new Kahr AO TM1 (all steel) and found that the bolt springs are so strong that I cannot fully cock the firearm without placing the buttplate on the floor and pushing very hard on the bolt handle. This cannot be correct, is it? Is there a remedy to this, such as installing weaker springs and/or cutting-off a small amount of these springs? Anxious for your replies... Edited January 7, 2019 by Hossbreed45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Welcome to the board! I would say go with a EZ-Pull spring kit. Other members with more experience with that and other options will hopefully chime in. Here is also a few topics to check out:http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22121&hl=ez-pull&do=findComment&comment=194688 http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21978&hl=ez-pull Just type in 'EZ-pull spring' into the search bar in the Semi forum. Hope this helps. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95mustang Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I just use a slightly longer charging handle and it makes it so much easier to pull the bolt back.I first went with lighter springs but found that as the gun got dirty it started having fail to feed issues after a couple hundred rounds. Clean worked ok but a typical Range session of 300 to 500 rounds would make for a lot of misdeeds the dirtier it got.With the OEM springs that never happens , no matter how crusty the action gets with powder residue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossbreed45 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks guys. I have now ordered the extended bolt handle from Kahr and have sent a PM to Deerslayer about the EZ-Pull Spring Kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter kohler Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I have ezpull springs in both of mine. I use mine mainly for ww2 reenacting. ive also fired both live and probably between blanks and live rounds im up to a couple thousand. zero feed problems. I just bought a 27a1 and plan on putting them in there. dan can fix you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpune Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 +1 for Deerslayer's spring kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious6 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I put the extended charging handle on my M1SB - also ordered the EZ Spring kit from Dan. In the end, I didn't instal the spring kit because the extended charging handle fixed the issue for me. WHo knows what will happen as I get older...maybe I'll need the springs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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