Savage made Thompson 1928 A1 - PICTURES

[CLASSIC12]

That is a GREAT piece of history you have there, very neat! I agree it has been around, British home guard perhaps? It doesn't appear to have been shot much if at all. The compensator has no carbon fouling at all, none in the slots, none in the inside below the cuts, none. I know it may have been replaced but it sure looks original to the rest of the gun. There doesn't seem to be any wear on the bolt or Blish Lock from running a bunch of ammo either. The hammer, hammer pivot pin and firing pin spring all seem to be missing along with the recoil spring. Perhaps this was a demonstration/function weapon for the home guard that was carried from place to place for safe training purposes, really great Savage Thompson.

 

Thanks. I have another theory on the missing pieces : the regulations here oblige the owner of a full auto weapon to store the bolt separately from the rest of the gun (in safes). Maybe the previous owners removed the hammer and recoil spring instead of the bolt to keep the look intact.

 

I will chase the seller (auction house) to see if they or the previous seller still has the parts. Or have them buy them and deliver to me. I am not really interested in a display weapon, in want it in full working order, even if I will not use it extensively.

Edited June 22, 2015 by CLASSIC12

[CLASSIC12]

Inspection marks, to the best of my limited knowledge:

 

Flaming bomb: U.S. Military acceptance.

GEG: George E. Goll, Auto Ordnance inspector

RLB: I think means Roy L. Bowlin, Savage inspector, but I'm not sure...

 

Thompsonstocks.com for fore grip. Not sure if he ships overseas.

 

I don't know where to get the missing firing mechanism parts in Europe.

 

Many parts are available here but can't be exported due to ITAR.

 

It takes special tools and knowledge to remove a Thompson barrel. Whoever tried obviously had neither.

 

Thanks for the infos and links. I have located a vendor in Austria, will see if he ships to Switzerland. I think the grip can be saved.

[CLASSIC12]

Recoil springs for sale.

 

Thanks Mike, will look into that.

[CLASSIC12]

Check Ebay for the missing parts, several vendors in France and and other eastern europe countrys sell thompson parts all the time on ebay.

 

Thanks for the tip. When there's a will there's a way indeed.

[CLASSIC12]

Received two stick mags separately in the mail

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5110.jpg

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5111.jpg

 

It gives the gun a different look, more military in my opinion, I like it (and probably more practical too).

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5012.jpg

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5112.jpg

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5113.jpg

 

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/18/96/16/39/img_5114.jpg

 

[CLASSIC12]

Bought a few more mags, a weird seller had lots of different mags, supposedly accumulated them in case he buys the guns that go with it. But he does not have a Thompson, or an M14, or Steyr AUG ...

 

I already had the drum mag and one of each 20 & 30 rds stick mag.

 

The 30 rounds. I am not familiar with this US .30 cartridge

 

 

SW CO, also unknown to me

 

 

Seymour

 

 

The 20 rounds

 

Seymour again

 

 

Auto Ordnance

 

 

And this unknown manufacture, anyone knows something about this ?

 

 

Some were clean, some were quite dirty, like 60 year old grease in it. But they all came out very nicely, close up pics shows more flaws than reality.

Edited July 19, 2018 by CLASSIC12

[ron_brock]

http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9897&do=findComment&comment=84466

 

Ron

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Classic12: the link Ron provided above is a fantastic mag resource.

 

Is the book American Thunder III by Frank Iannamico available for purchase from Switzerland?

 

Andrew