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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

I found out about dan block on the internet searching google finding about SBRing my new aluminum receiver Khar (under Auto Ordinance Marquis) pistol into an SBR. This is what the pistol started life as, minus the Lyman rear sight for the M1 sight. False advertising from Khar if you ask me. In Washington state legislature for 2015, they made it so you can have an SBR, but the wording in the bill was interpreted by the ATF to not be able to use FORM 1 for register. Finding out that Dan Block was SOT/FLL I started talking to him what I wanted done and him telling me what he would have done before. I told him I wanted the gun able to be suppressed we talked it over and deciding getting a longer barrel cut down from a 16 inch would make the gun with the fatter fins of the 16 inch barrel look weird so we went with the original barrel and he added a lathe turned barrel extension and tapped it for my requested .578x28 threads. I have KAC suppressor for my Mark 23 pistol and that uses European threading 16x1mmRH and he said he was used to American standard thread pitches. I thought this was a good idea because then I could get a Silencerco Osprey .45 suppressor and booster.After the barrel work was complete he showed me my old grip from the pistol wouldn't fit the Numrich removable stock aluminum lower. I also wanted a foregrip like the 1921. He originally put a coat of Linseed oil on the stock set to look like this. After that he added a second coat to look like this.I liked the look of his wood on his TSMG 1921 and he put on casey's true oil.I thought it made the wood look alive.At the same time he added a drum bolt hold open feature where the fun switch was on the Numrich lower. It made it also have "the look" instead of just a hole. (even though he could have probably covered it up). I also had him modify the magazine catch on the gun to accept surplus mags as it isn't the same and every surplus mag would have to be modified to fit the gun, I asked him to do it the other way around and he obliged to modify the catch. I was pleased with him and annoyed at the design of the Numrich/Khar lower. The original khar pistol grip did not fit well from the factory and there was a gap on the back of the grip where the grip and the receiver should have met. He fixed this with his new grip.I found on Doug Richardson's blog, this rivet mounted rear sight scope mount and since I was getting a suppressor; I thought, why not a rear scope mount for a red dot and it would be a bonus for when my eyes get old. This isn't a collectors piece so I am not worried about good modifications. I asked him to try to sight in and shoot the gun and see if using the red dot was good and he used his red dot he got at Cabellas to try it out. He said it was very much useable and that he would also put another mount and his red dot on one of his personal projects. All these pictures (minus the khar one on the top) were from Dan Block along the way.His attitude and communication were top notch and I couldn't dream of finding a better person to talk to about getting Thompson work done. I cant wait to do the Form 4 when I get back to Washington at my local SOT/FFL.If you want him to do work for you his email is: danblock@q.comHis FFL info is:Dan A. Block307 S 12th StreetNorthwood, IA 50459Phone: 64one-32four-282five(His wife might answer the phone) Happy b-day deerslayer.