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Front reads:

 

MAGAZINE TYPE "L"

THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN

50 CARTRIDGES CAL. 45

FOR 1928 MODEL WIND TO

9 OR 11 CLICKS

 

underneath the key is the thompson logo and

 

WIND TO 9 OR 11 CLICKS

 

 

Rear reads:

 

AUTO-ORDNANCE CORP.

NEW YORK

REGISTERED IN THE

US PATENT OFFICE

 

 

Is it a Westie or??

No nickel rotor blued on inside(blackish more like it)

 

 

DAW

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QUOTE (Dirk67 @ Apr 23 2005, 12:10 PM)

Is it a Westie or??

It is a West Hurley. The rotor hub that protrudes out of the front cover should be solid. The WWII variety Auto-Ordnance drums have a hollow shaft for the rotor hub and the Bridgeport, CT. address on the back.

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