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next day test: one o-ring was added forward of the conical rubber buffer to reduce the possibility of slide over-travel.

lock of the slide with empty magazine activating the slide catch was intermittent. Removing the o-ring and using only the conical buffer again resulted in 100% reliability.

note that this was a brand new in the box, never fired store bought GBB and I bought 2.

One is Black and tan, second all black and both exhibiting the same issue.

One thing to note and this is to get the grey matter working for the techies: with the short suppressor supplied with the pistol it locks back every time with the two grommets in place.

With the suppressor off (with the factory setup grommets in place it will not.

I wouldn't mind some feedback on this because i'm either off my meds or there are others out there with similar experience.

incidently and worth mentioning, the same issue occurs with my Umarex/VFC HK45CT Mk.24 Mod 0

Suppressor on, it locks back on a empty magazine 100% of the time, Suppressor off, it will not lock back.

on a positive note I only ever want to run the HK45CT with the shorty suppressor on (because it looks fricking awesome and makes a cool, metal "ting" when it recoils)

the HK45T without it on the field so I suppose it's struck the balance I was looking for although I had to adjust the factory set-up on the Marui pistol to achieve these results.

All in all it's a well built, esthetically pleasing pistol but I can see without a doubt that brand new out of the box isn't always 100% reliable (everyone can relate to this in the airsoft world) and after all, isn't this why we love his sport? it either bounces off a tree or wall in utter grief, rage or despair (usually in that order) or you concede defeat, suck it up, learn and put in the time and show it some love unless it's a (add your own brand here).

If you have experienced this same issue with the TM HK45T and/or the Umarex HK45CT please add to this thread with solutions you have found to work.