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Auto-Ordnance
The Gangster Era
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On February 1st 1999 Auto-Ordnance was sold to Kahr Arms.
From discussions the finish of the Kahr Thompson replica is a smoother finish from that of the original Auto-Ordnance Corp. of West Hurley. The wood is still slab like, but other grips are readily available. Kahr semi's function fairly well, and increase with reliability with minor adjustments to the magazines, or magazine catch. I would strongly urge owners to place a modified catch in, allowing the use of GI surplus magazines. They work more reliable with unaltered GI magazines. Kahr will service what they sell! Kahr purchased AO with design flaws, lock stock and barrel, now it is up to them to correct the problems. The information below is from the Kahr Site: With the objective to introduce modern manufacturing features to make the Thompson submachine gun more reliable without taking away from its historical design, a computer 3-D model was first created. Design engineers created a 3-D model utilizing advanced CAD/CAM software where exact measurements of each component were made. After ensuring proper assembly and function of the 3-D model, 2-D drawings of the gun were generated. These new engineering drawings are used for the manufacturing process. Employing the capabilities of CNC machining centers, the Thompson's main components are precision machined, cut from solid steel exactly to the engineering blueprint. High-tech manufacturing is applied so that the main components are manufactured in one or two operations to minimize any deviation in tolerance. Machining parts to the tightest universal tolerance facilitates easy assembly and assures proper operation of the Thompson. The Thompson submachine gun is manufactured in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the region commonly known as the "Gun Valley". Auto-Ordnance factory personnel are artisans in gun manufacturing and take pride in their fine workmanship. Each gun remains American-made, hand assembled of select quality materials. 
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