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With the help of many of the members here, and after looking at many guns, my dad now owns a Colt Thompson! Ever since I bought my #3148 Colt Thompson, my dad has always wanted one. Well, now I am happy to say that he is the proud new owner of #8844 Colt Thompson! It's a beautiful gun, and is from member gk1040 on this forum.

 

Now in the family, I have a 1921A and my dad has a 1921AC. How cool is that?! Best of all, this is his FIRST machine gun to buy.

 

I appreciate all of the help from the members here that helped me look at and go over all of the options we had, and send me leads, and a huge thanks goes to member gk1040. With his permission, here are some of the pictures sent to me and my dad for everyone here to see since that's what we all want to see anyways. Enjoy!

 

 

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Congratulations, Michaelkih you and your fathers Colt Thompson's are just beautiful!

 

By the way the video you did on your Colt M16A1 Carbine was great, I had just received my stamp on the exact same model . In the same condition!

 

Thanks for the really great pics of the Colt TSMG's!

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Congratulations, Michaelkih you and your fathers Colt Thompson's are just beautiful!

 

By the way the video you did on your Colt M16A1 Carbine was great, I had just received my stamp on the exact same model . In the same condition!

 

Thanks for the really great pics of the Colt TSMG's!

 

Thank you. Enjoy your Colt M16A1!

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Nice. Do you have the history of either gun?

 

All of it for mine #3148, and I think all of it for my dad's #8844. Nothing super interesting.

 

My gun was originally bought by a doctor in Coral Gables Florida who's address is about 5 miles from Al Capone's Florida home. The house is still there. I can make up a cool story for that in my head. Then it became a Coral Gables PD gun years later, then entered the collector's market in the 1950s.

 

My dad's was a PD gun, then I believe I have the complete trail of collectors from the PD to my dad.

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Nice. Do you have the history of either gun?

 

All of it for mine #3148, and I think all of it for my dad's #8844. Nothing super interesting.

 

My gun was originally bought by a doctor in Coral Gables Florida who's address is about 5 miles from Al Capone's Florida home. The house is still there. I can make up a cool story for that in my head. Then it became a Coral Gables PD gun years later, then entered the collector's market in the 1950s.

 

My dad's was a PD gun, then I believe I have the complete trail of collectors from the PD to my dad.

 

Any chance the wear on the sides of the receiver is from a motorcycle side car mount? I would think the wear might need to be just slightly forward of where it is located for the motorcycle mount. Maybe some type of squad rack. Just guesses on my part?

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NO 8844 is a very nice 1921AC Thompson. Congratulations to you and your father!

 

Great pictures. These pictures would make an excellent example of what should be posted anytime someone has a Colt's for sale. The pictures allow for an easy first evaluation of the product by a serious buyer.

 

If mine, I would file a Freedom of Information Act request to complete the package.

 

Thank you for sharing.

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Michael,

 

Your gun may possibly have a little more history than you are aware of. The Saint Joseph, Missouri, Police Department had four Thompson guns at one time. The numbers are: 2450 shipped January 24, 1931, 6123 shipped March 23, 1934, and 8264 & 8844 shipped October 15, 1930. So of the four guns the St. Joseph Police Department had, three of them had the possibility of being involved in the capture of the most wanted man in America at the time, none other than Fred "Killer" Burke of St. Valentines Day Massacre fame on March 26, 1931 in Green City, Missouri. Of course there is no way of knowing which of the three guns were used in his capture, but a film recreation of the event produced in 1931, using the real police and Sheriff's Officers that made the arrest, show one of the St. Joseph Police Detective's armed with a 1921 AC Thompson Submachine Gun. Maybe the gun he is holding is # 8844? Another Board member owns one of the other St. Joseph Police guns that may have been used. I'll let him post the information, if he cares to.

 

Below are some screen shots from the 1931 film documentary about the capture of, "The Most Dangerous Man Alive."

 

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Oh yes,and by the way, nice gun!

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Were the St Joseph guns the only ones used? Just curious if they commandeered any others from nearby towns.

Don't know the answer to that. The film shows the four St. Joseph Police Officers that took Burke into custody, one of them armed with a Thompson. Of course, the film is merely a recreation, but uses all the real people involved in the event with the exception of Fred Burke. There may have been more than one Thompson gun involved, I don't think we'll ever know, short of obtaining any written documentation of the capture by the Sullivan County Sheriff or the St. Joseph Police Department.

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Thanks for the post! Thats pretty dang cool. Maybe one day I can find that note the detective wrote and left on his desk saying taking out 8844 to catch Fred. ;). I can dream right?

 

Thanks again. This is why these guns are so neat!

 

Mike

 

Michael,

 

Your gun may possibly have a little more history than you are aware of. The Saint Joseph, Missouri, Police Department had four Thompson guns at one time. The numbers are: 2450 shipped January 24, 1931, 6123 shipped March 23, 1934, and 8264 & 8844 shipped October 15, 1930. So of the four guns the St. Joseph Police Department had, three of them had the possibility of being involved in the capture of the most wanted man in America at the time, none other than Fred "Killer" Burke of St. Valentines Day Massacre fame on March 26, 1931 in Green City, Missouri. Of course there is no way of knowing which of the three guns were used in his capture, but a film recreation of the event produced in 1931, using the real police and Sheriff's Officers that made the arrest, show one of the St. Joseph Police Detective's armed with a 1921 AC Thompson Submachine Gun. Maybe the gun he is holding is # 8844? Another Board member owns one of the other St. Joseph Police guns that may have been used. I'll let him post the information, if he cares to.

 

Below are some screen shots from the 1931 film documentary about the capture of, "The Most Dangerous Man Alive."

 

Burke-1.jpg Burke-2.jpg Burke-3.jpg St Joseph Sheriff-2.jpg St Joseph Sheriff-3.jpg

 

St Joseph Sheriff-4.jpg St Joseph Sheriff-5.jpg St Joseph Sheriff-6.jpg St Joseph Sheriff-7.jpg

 

Oh yes,and by the way, nice gun!

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