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Ok here goes, an attempt to brighten an otherwise bleary year.

Tossing out here the MachineGunBoards.com 2020 Virtual Thompson Show - FUN Challenge

No travel expense, just a bit of your time to share items from your own collection.
How about we all post something interesting from our Thompson collection to share?

 

Here goes my contribution

 

Thompson NO 340 with C drum NO 340

the drum and Thompson were not shipped together and were never matched as such to the Thompson.

NO 340

originally shipped to Watkins Cottrell a hardware store in Richmond, VA, I have an Original tax exemption document from AOC that it was for the Richmond Police. Around 1924 NO 340 made its way into the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, where it stayed until the 70’s

 

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Awesome - thanks for sharing. LOVE the VERY early Thompson and the C drum! Some day I would love to add a nice C drum.

 

I love old ads and have a number of old Colt ads (relating to the M1911, Super 38, National Match, Ace, Service Ace). One of the oldest ad (VICTORY COLT) dates to 1912 and commemorates Colt winning the pistol competition to become the new service pistol.

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I love old ads and have a number of old Colt ads (relating to the M1911, Super 38, National Match, Ace, Service Ace). One of the oldest ad (VICTORY COLT) dates to 1912 and commemorates Colt winning the pistol competition to become the new service pistol.

 

Player_To_Be_Named,

 

I would really like to see the Victory Colt ad that you mention. The individual who shot for Colt during final competition to become the U.S. service pistol was none other than Eugene Reising, inventor of the Reising Submachine gun, among many other firearms.

 

Sig,

 

Thank you for starting this thread. I'm sure more folks will post interesting Thompson items once they determine how to display them for best presentation on the board. Maybe a prize for the best one? Though I'm not sure what prize that would be...perhaps bragging rights to the person who gets the most likes for their submission...

 

David Albert

dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

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SIG,

A very nice display. However, that stuff in your post is nearly 100 years old. Thompson enthusiasts are getting tired of the Colt's. Their time has passed...actually, long ago. Oscar and Theodore have moved on. And those overpriced very old C drums. You can do better than that! What's with the silver dollar? Again, tokens of a past age. How many are in your pocket right now?

 

Shown below is the modern era of the Thompson submachine gun...before the government shut everything down in 1986. With a little help from our friend in Delta, Colorado, notwithstanding the 5 year wait, this Model of 1928 Thompson gun from the state of New York is hands down better than that very old relic of yours. Oh, this new C drum from Taiwan works just as well and costs only a few C notes. Oscar would be proud. This C drum is used all time. And yours?

 

For all you West Hurley owners hiding in the closet, this West Hurley is for you!

 

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Great Thread SIG ;)

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TD, can't agree more. When I was in high school, I had a not too old Fiat 850 spider. It required an almost weekly tune up to keep on the road, my brother on the other hand had a cherry 15 year old 64 corvette stingray. It was extremely reliable and as much as we fought, he always let me have the keys for a date. The newer stuff is nice, but but at the end of the day, the old crap will make for happy endings as you know what I mean!

You're funny. Keep on writing.

My photos are on another device, will upload tomorrow.

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TD, I couldn't agree more. Those old pony guns are ancient history. I have a little trophy from a few years back, when I could hold and shoot one of these competitively, when an old worn out pony gun was beat by a fresh new West Hurley in the steel plate shoot.

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My M1 display at the OGCA.

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Brad Freeman, Earl McClung and Lynn "Buck" Compton when they signed my M1 at the show in Louisville. Earl and Buck are gone now. Only Brad is left from the original members of 506 Easy Company.

 

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Buck

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The display:

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The three oil bottles that have orthorhombical shaped bodies have spout caps that include a "needle". The cap with needle was patented in 1895 (and the patent expired in 1912). A link to the patent:

https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=00537888&IDKey=0F99AF98E9D2%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D0537888.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F0537888%2526RS%3DPN%2F0537888

 

The Challenge: There is an error in the patent. Can you find the error?

 

Answer here:

https://imgur.com/0PiEkU9

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The Challenge: There is an error in the patent. Can you find the error?

 

 

Nice history lesson on oilers, even though I was hovering close to finding the error, my patience this morning was not enough to finish it, too early and not enough coffee yet!

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I kinda went crazy with the cases, got an Alabama case, FBI case, Police case, Indiana case and one of Gordon's Viola/Violin case.

Here is an Alabama case. People have no idea it holds a Thompson, some think a flute is in it.

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Sig,

 

My Richmond PD Bridgeport Model 1928. If your gun was at Richmond PD they must have been rack mates (maybe not if your gun went to the FRB in 1924 as mine went from AOC to the Richmond PD in 1943).

 

Robert

 

Ok here goes, an attempt to brighten an otherwise bleary year.

Tossing out here the MachineGunBoards.com 2020 Virtual Thompson Show - FUN Challenge

No travel expense, just a bit of your time to share items from your own collection.
How about we all post something interesting from our Thompson collection to share?

 

Here goes my contribution

 

Thompson NO 340 with C drum NO 340

the drum and Thompson were not shipped together and were never matched as such to the Thompson.

NO 340

originally shipped to Watkins Cottrell a hardware store in Richmond, VA, I have an Original tax exemption document from AOC that it was for the Richmond Police. Around 1924 NO 340 made its way into the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, where it stayed until the 70’s

 

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M1928 that is purportedly the lowest serial number "commercial" Savage Thompson recorded thus far. It originally came with a vertical foregrip with a sling swivel attached to the side as found on some British Thompsons. I replaced it with a standard horizontal type. The only non-standard markings are the indecipherable markings on the attached photo. They don't appear to be standard Brit proofs.

 

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Not a 43 but I saw Midwest has a Ppsh in pretty good shape. They are usually open to some negotiation too. Hard to go wrong with any Russian ww2 sub gun, however there is something to be said about the gun that propelled them from the sewers of Stalingrad to the heights of the Reichstag.

 

 

 

Looking for a pps-43 but wont pay $25,000. If a bargain shows up Id grab it. With prices going up on most guns my collection is probably done.

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