marks Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Well, it finally happened. F4 cleared on a WH 1928 I purchased from a long time family friend. It's not in mint condition but pretty nice and runs great. Came with a dozen stick mags and a Seymor L drum. The drum had a dent in the side so while I was waiting for the F4 to clear it went to Merle getting all fixed up and re-parked. I wish someone would have showed me the 'secret handshake' though. On my first trip out I'm all happy and ready to blast away. Standing on a gravel logging road I go to slide the drum in and it goes clean out the other side of the gun promptly landing on the ground! Fully loaded of course! I about crapped! Fortunately it didn't get dented (again) but has a couple new battle scars on Merle's fresh park job. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/sad.gif The rest of the day was pretty uneventful with a bunch of brass ending up on the ground and a dirt bank getting rototilled pretty good. And to say the least, I'm a bit more careful installing the drum on the gun! From the same friend I bought a WH M1 semi and I'm currently waiting on an F1 to clear so I can make it into a SBR. It's going to get a round trip ticket to PK's shop (he doesn't know it yet) to get the barrel cut and a few other things once the F1 is in hand. The gun is pretty much mint and I'm pretty sure it's only been fired a few times. Looking forward to having it look more like a tommy should with a shorter barrel. All in all I'm pretty stoked. I'ts been fun learning about Thompsons and hanging out on this board. Franks Thompson book was a good read as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS9091 Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Yes I did that to my friends Westy as well...thank goodness we were inside and it slide right out the other side and landed on the couch....Congrats on your latest acquisition http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 ll right! Another Westy fan. Now where's the pictures? You know we have to have pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks Posted June 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 O.K., I uploaded a few pics of the Thompson brothers http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif The Westy 28: http://www.cascadeaccess.com/~marks/tommy_pics/wh28_rt_side.jpg WH28_rt_side WH28_rt_rcvr WH28_lt_rcvr The Westy M1 semi: http://www.cascadeaccess.com/~marks/tommy_pics/m1_lt_side.jpg WH_M1_rt_side WH_M1_rt_rcvr WH_M1_lt_rcvr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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