jkh@jade.UUCP (03/03/87)
X-Sub-Entity: Fort Collins Facility X-Hp-Mailing-Address: Mail Stop 55, Building 2-Upper, Fort Collins Facility X-Hp-Telnet: 1-229-3376 BELL: (303)-229-3376 X-Usenet: hplabs!hplb29a!clarke or hplabs!hpfcla!hpstob!srm2!hpihmaj!mic X-Mailer: Elm [version 1.4] One gentleman comments in mod.rec.guns that he has had difficulties with the Cherokee Gun Accessories people and asks whether anyone else has had problems. I have made three separate purchases from these folks, and have had excellent results each time. As I recall, the delivery times ranged from 3 to 6 weeks. The quality of the goods is excellent. I particularly like their target grip for the HK-91. It is quite a bit longer than the stock version, and larger in diameter. It makes the gun much easier to hold and reduces felt recoil. Marc Clarke, Loveland, Colorado Sat Feb 28 15:53:14 MST 1987
jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (03/09/87)
Article: 3:17 Since someone replied to my previous posting, I'd like to say that the items which I ordered from Cherokee in mid-November arrived in mid-February. I think that 3 months is an unacceptable time to have to wait. I also feel that contacting the Postal Inspector gave the Cherokee folks an incentive to make delivery. Now regarding quality, the HK 91 "Competition Magazine Release II" is not as well-made as its predecessor, which I purchased in 1982. The current production is not smoothly finished or symmetrical. Considering that one's thumb must exert a fair amount of pressure on the lever in order to release the magazine, one can get a nasty bruise. I had to take a file to the lever to get it to an acceptable state. In addition, Cherokee switched from stainless steel spring wire to something lots softer and presumably cheaper (for them). I will admit that Cherokee has not increase the price ($39.95) of the item since 1982, just decreased the quality. It is a shame that Hechler and Koch does not provide a magazine release lever for the HK 91. Owning to the differences between the trigger groups of the G3 and HK 91, the G3 magazine release lever kit will NOT fit into an HK 91. I also ordered the HK 91 brass buffer. This costs "only" $10 plus shipping. It is only a piece of rubbery plastic (polyurethane?) that one is supposed to GLUE to the rifle. A tube of super glue is enclosed. You can make your own brass buffer with a piece of scrap leather. I don't like the idea of gluing anything to the painted surface of the HK 91, since that cheap automobile paint chips off rather easily. (The G3 is parkerized.) All in all, I think that Cherokee charges as much and provides as little as it can get away with. Remember that those glowing stories in the gun periodicals about the magazine release are by writers who get free samples. I'll bet that those gun writers don't get their samples from the same stock as ordinary customers. Jon Kaplowitz