SAFETY RECALL: Caracal "C" Unfixable. New Recall Information Within.

That really bites. I have an F that was recalled and replaced. I also have a C. Really like the guns. The new ones look interesting. I'll give em another shot.
 
I heard that one of the primary designers of the Glock was also behind Caracal
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It was Wilhelm Bubits, who designed the Steyr M and S pistols. He worked for Glock for a time, but I don't think he was behind the actual design.
 
Caracal "C" Unfixable. New Recall Inforation Within.

I can't say I am the least bit surprised, nor do I understand the desire to throw money away on a company with little to no established track record. On top of that factor in where they are based and it all added up to a big zero interest from me.

I politely kept my mouth shut during all of the gushing over the Arabic swooped gLoCk and was proven correct.
 
I don't think they can work through this. Even with a rebrand it would be difficult. The world is a very funny place, and a gun recall like this is not easily forgotten. We are not talking about Coke Zero, or Pepsi Tab.. We are talking about a weapon with such an extreme fault that each one in existence is being declared "no fix."

Bad, bad, news...

I looked at their website several times over the last few months. I might have considered a product from them in the future. Not any more. I wouldn't trust anything in their line.
 
I'm going to make this a sticky thread for awhile.

I'm reminded of Browning's recall of just about every .40 High Power that they released in the first year.
 
I guess I am odd man out on this one... I would not have a problem at all buying from this company. Why? They are standing up and trying to do the right thing with the recall. A recall/payment is better then ignoring a problem.
 
I can't say I am the least bit surprised, nor do I understand the desire to throw money away on a company with little to no established track record. On top of that factor in where they are based and it all added up to a big zero interest from me.

I politely kept my mouth shut during all of the gushing over the Arabic swooped gLoCk and was proven correct.
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Agreed.
 
^ Me too.
New companies are supposed to build their reputations on good quality and value above those of their established competitors.

There are just a few parts in a gun that can not be allowed to fail, the slide is one of them as its almost certain to smash the shooter in the face when it comes apart.
They failed miserably.
 
That really bites. I have an F that was recalled and replaced. I also have a C. Really like the guns. The new ones look interesting. I'll give em another shot.
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^^Same boat ^^

A slide should not fail like the two we've seen on Pakguns. What kind of ammo are they shooting in Pakistan? I've shot over 400 Ranger +P rounds and 1500 more standard pressure through my C without incident.
 
As to the information itself, wow. I have never heard of a recall like this where the manufacturer states there is no possible fix and all firearms must be returned. Idk how a company recovers from news like this.
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IIRC, the South African Vektor - which looked like a ray gun - was also a safety disaster and declared unfixable.

The pakgun pictures of a guy who got hit in the face isn't good advertising.
 
I cant figure out why they're saying it cant be fixed?
The website says its due to a bad heat treating, and apparently the slides are coming apart at the thin left side and through the ejection port on the right (obviously the weakest section of any auto pistol).

Why not simply replace all slides with new redesigned beefed up and properly manufactured & heat treated slides?
Recalling and junking all of them seems worse for their reputation than correcting the problem.

What else is wrong with the gun causing it to be junked altogether?
 
What kind of ammo are they shooting in Pakistan? I've shot over 400 Ranger +P rounds and 1500 more standard pressure through my C without incident.
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The Pakguns thread shows a pistol (or pistols) with the slide tidily broken in two across the ejection port, but no appreciable damage to the barrel.

Shooting overpressure ammo normally results in barrel and specifically chamber damage. This may simultaneously damage the slide, but it normally bulges outward rather than breaking in half so neatly. I've seen a BHP with a slide that broke due to an overpressure round; the barrel had ruptured from the breech to about 1" forward, and the sides of the slide had been noticeably pushed out laterally before they failed.

I believe that the problem is that the Caracal slide is too weak to withstand repeated battering against whatever part limits its rearward travel. IOW I don't think the slide is breaking the moment the round fires; I believe it's breaking as it cycles back.
 
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These look a lot like Steyr M pistols. I recall reading a debate about whether the unblocked, cocked striker system on a flexible framed polymer pistol had led to some ADs, and now Caracal has some, too.

Maybe the decision the refund came from the realization that replacement slides weren't going to 100% address the mechanical safety problems.
 
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