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Felk TF919: Australia and Spain Team Up to Make a Lousy Pistol (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-02-10 12:00:02 +0000 UTCEdward Felk was an Australian who decided to produce semiauto pistols in Australia. In 1994 he patented a couple features of his new design, and set about finding a way to produce it. He ended up subcontracting with Star of Spain to produce barrels and slides, while the polymer frames were produced in Australia. The Star parts were pretty well done, but the frames were fairly poor quality. The original translucent polymer magazines were also a problem; they tended to crack.
The first version of the gun was the TF919 in 9mm (also the TF400 in .40S&W), with an open slide reminiscent of the Beretta family, and a manual safety lever that pivots out the back of the trigger itself. A second pattern (the MTF919 and MTF400) came out in the late 1990s and used a more conventional closed slide and a Glock-like conventional trigger safety.
All of the patterns are quite scarce today, as the whole project was a commercial failure.
Comments
Jerry Harkins
This gun looks like a child drew their idea of a pistol after watching a bunch of movies and playing a bunch of video games.
Guido Schriewer
that trigger safety is horrible. screams click if there should be bang. sights seem fine. the slide... well not the worst looking.
Paul Beck
Yet another reason why I Deeply Despise Tupperware guns!!! 🤠👍
Fred V PATTERSON
Thanks for the show and tell. I had never seen one of those Felk's. I have never seen polymer lowers made ,But aren't they made in an injection Mold as One piece .The seam we all see is from the trimming of the lower.
Forgotten Weapons
I wasn't able to find any numbers, unfortunately.
Thomas Batha
How many do you reckon they made in total?
Kenneth Marshall
New South Wales - That about sums it up.
Minion
Felking hell! I'll take my stubby holder and let myself.
