"The Encore hammer smacked her upper lip. She's not really anxious for a re-run of that experience."
OWWWWW!
And I'm jealous. I can only dream of a Thompson right now. Has Thompson given him any advice on the extractor front?
I suspect my buddy has a lemon. Another person in town has the same rifle and puts thousands of rounds through it each month with no problems. The bad rifle broke the extractor on the 8th shot.
Thompson Encore/Contender G2 have been on my wish list since the early 80's. It has taken 23 years to be financially comfortable enough to drop some money on the Thompson company. The first time I fired a Contender was in March of 1983...a month before my #2 son arrived. He went to the range before his birth and still enjoys it as a 23 year old LCPL in the USMC.