Kuna & Jakl 9 Updates
The Good & The Ugly, But No Bad
The Good
A few weeks ago over on the 2A Cops YouTube channel, I posted a quick update about my beloved Springfield Kuna, which I have been basically abusing the snot out of and it kept on kicking, until it didn’t.
At the time that it decided it had taken enough abuse, all I knew was that the safety selector had become stuck in the fire position. Other than that, the gun was still completely functional. As my Kuna has been SBR’d, that complicates sending the whole gun back to Springfield, but since the problem was in the lower, they were okay with me just sending that it.
About two days after they got it back, I got an email stating that it had been repaired and that a piece of debris had become lodged in the safety selector causing it to stick.
I show you that piece of “debris” (picture me making large air quotes with my hands) in the video below. I also tell you exactly what the piece of debris is, and even know exactly how it got there.
Long story short: It was not the Kuna’s fault remotely. It was a total freak occurrence that included about 500 rounds fired, a slightly loose suppressor and an end cap strike. To get the full story, watch the video.
The Ugly
Then we have the Jakl 9 from Palmetto State Armory. The ugly has only remotely to do with this gun, and the ugliness is 100% my fault. That said, the new ugly does not have any negative effect on how the gun functions.
Speaking of how it has been functioning, it has been 100% flawless, except for the 4-5 malfunctions that I personally, expertly induced.
You see, PSA shaped the magwell on the Jakl 9 such that it would not accept a Magpul D50 magazine. Being the super duper, ultra professional, completely untrained gunsmiff that I am, I figured I knew better than the engineers who designed it, so I modified the magwell to allow the D50 to be be installed.
If you want to see the ugly up close, watch the video above. If you own a Jakl 9 and you are sitting there nodding in agreement, trust me, don’t.
And just for those who are going to comment “drum mags don’t feed reliably anyway,” I have used these mags dozens of times in competitions in my Jakl and they have never once experienced a malfunction, until I put them in the Jakl 9.
Here is a short clip, that I cannot put on YouTube lest they will kill my video, in which I dump the nearly full mags without any feeding issues.
The Lack of Bad
Both of these guns have been rock solid little PCC’s. If you are looking for a small, folding 9mm sub-gun/PCC, either of these would be a solid choice. If you want to know more about either gun, I did a full length video review and a written review (which can be found here) for both guns.