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I wanted to start a new thread on questions I have about EZ Pull spring kits for the Kahr Thompson firearms because other discussions on this website are getting dated and many of the links and actors are no longer around. I very recently bought a Kahr Thompson TA5 'Pistol' (after wanting one for almost thirty years). When I went to clear the weapon at the gun store I could only get the bolt back about halfway and figured I'd lock it at home. At home I was finally able to lock the bolt back with two hands and with the receiver against my chest. Ouch! I remembered a passage about how you always see the hoodlums with Thompsons in the movies wearing gloves. Looking on-line I have read that the close-bolt blow-back operation requires very heavy recoil springs. Then I read that there are kits out there that replace 3 springs and a hammer and make the firearm much more manageable. So here are my questions: Is the guy named Deerslayer still supplying these kits for $30 or do I have to pay $80 to Tommygunner and possibly add my name to a bunch of complaints (and they don't take credit cards or paypal). Please help me Deerslayer. Are the spring kits a composite of some springs from other applications? can I just buy the two or three springs and make my own kit? if so, what springs do I need? Or can the Springs in the gun be cut down slightly? Will I get into trouble nipping off a bit here and there? And what about the buffer plate? Finally, my Kahr Thompson has an aluminum receiver. I think at least one thread somewhere said don't do it with aluminum. For those who say build up some muscles I say this - how do you lock the bolt back on a Thompson Pistol with no buttstock to prop on your shoulder while your left hand has to hold up the weapon and lift the "third hand" to activate the bolt lock? Let's see you do it. And imagine the day when that bolt lets go and the cocking knob snags something on it's way forward or even worse the bolt face might catch a finger where it shouldn't be. still ten-fingered dokkerdam