gearchecker
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I have a West Hurley manufactured 1927-A1 Tommy Gun. It was built in 1977 and has a 4 digit serial number.
Last week I was at the range and shot it. Teh bolt is now jammed up tighter than a tick.
I was able to recover the casing after the shot and the primer is blown open on 1/2 of the face. I thought it might have been a hole punched thru by my firing pin, but the primer indentation is normal. I took it to my gunsmith and after two days of trying he can't get the rifle apart to repair it. He sent it to Kahr, but I just talked to them and they're going to refuse it and send it right back to my gunsmith unrepaired. Kahr will only work on guns they manufactured.
I've been in contact with the ammo manufacturer and they need me to send the offending cartridge, and the rest of the ammo from the box to them for analysis. It sounds like CCI will probably pay for the repair if the issue was caused by their ammo.
Here's where I need the help.
Does anybody here know of a gunsmith that is qualified to work on this rifle? If yes, please send me their information so I can talk to them about this issue and see if they can help. I don't want to have it gone for 6 months or more so if the gunsmith can't deliver in a shorter timeframe than that, I'd rather not consider them.
All the help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Photos of the cartridge below!
Regards,
Gregory
Last week I was at the range and shot it. Teh bolt is now jammed up tighter than a tick.
I was able to recover the casing after the shot and the primer is blown open on 1/2 of the face. I thought it might have been a hole punched thru by my firing pin, but the primer indentation is normal. I took it to my gunsmith and after two days of trying he can't get the rifle apart to repair it. He sent it to Kahr, but I just talked to them and they're going to refuse it and send it right back to my gunsmith unrepaired. Kahr will only work on guns they manufactured.
I've been in contact with the ammo manufacturer and they need me to send the offending cartridge, and the rest of the ammo from the box to them for analysis. It sounds like CCI will probably pay for the repair if the issue was caused by their ammo.
Here's where I need the help.
Does anybody here know of a gunsmith that is qualified to work on this rifle? If yes, please send me their information so I can talk to them about this issue and see if they can help. I don't want to have it gone for 6 months or more so if the gunsmith can't deliver in a shorter timeframe than that, I'd rather not consider them.
All the help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Photos of the cartridge below!
Regards,
Gregory