DukeNukem Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) I would like to give a tip of the cap to one of our great members, Sandman1957, for paying great service to the colt thompson. Not many current videos demonstrate the difference between the rates of fire of the 1921 and 1928. Did a brief history, overview and some shooting. I am proud to own a few of these bad boys now and honored to be his friend. Enjoy! Beat Army,Beau PS - Sandman has three more videos coming out on some more cool things in his collection. Edited March 18, 2017 by DukeNukem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAW23015 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Great demo by Steve. I purchased my 1928 AOC from Steve in January 2016. Steve in very knowledgeable on Thompsons and a great guy. Thanks DukeNukem for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dudley Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R67 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Steve is a great guy. Awesome video! Way better than the un-specific and non-historical content already out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkih Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) Way to go Steve! So that's the "shooter" 1921 you were telling me about. Look forward to meeting you in person, and picking up my newest addition soon! Good video! Edited March 18, 2017 by michaelkih Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnj Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Great video! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 great video....I can thank Steve for helping me find a few specific parts i needed to make my S1928 correct...always helpful, always a good guy.....nice to see him in action and his beautiful thompsons.. i cant wait to get my 1921 kit back from PK now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Good job, Steve! In the slow motion portions of the video, I was surprised by how much the magazine moves around during firing. Kinda cool. I'm also amused when novice Thompson shooters comment on how much muzzle climb the weapon has...Correct stance makes it a non-issue. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukem Posted March 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I'm also amused when novice Thompson shooters comment on how much muzzle climb the weapon has...Correct stance makes it a non-issue. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.comYour totally right on this one. I made some videos with him too that have already aired (FNC vs m16 and Cfw bolt review). He could have mitigated a lot of his "struggles" loading mags and what not if had been able to get him more trigger time with our weapons. However we made 6 videos over a two day period so we really struggled to cram it all in. It becomes most apperent when he keeps cocking back the bolt on our open bolt subguns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 It looked like he was doing much better with it during the 1928 sequences...The learning curve is usually pretty quick, with the right instruction. I'm sure Steve helped him along the way. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrylta Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Steve,A great video, can't wait to see the other ones!Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Simply awesome! Can't wait to see more! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troll Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) Gents, Just got back in and logged on. Had fun making it, will post some on it tomorrow. I was totally unprepared, kind of a last minute thing. I had a great time doing it, and Curtis' work with the video and editing is amazing. Dave, Likewise never knew the mags moved so much side to side. Hope the others come out as well. To all, thanks for the kind comments.Sandman1957 Edited March 19, 2017 by Sandman1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Good job, Steve! In the slow motion portions of the video, I was surprised by how much the magazine moves around during firing. Kinda cool. I'm also amused when novice Thompson shooters comment on how much muzzle climb the weapon has...Correct stance makes it a non-issue. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com With respect to magazine movement, cf. the discussion in this thread: http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Merry Ploughboy, The previous thread makes more sense to me now, after seeing the magazine move in the video, but I still don't necessarily perceive it as a problem. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Merry Ploughboy, The previous thread makes more sense to me now, after seeing the magazine move in the video, but I still don't necessarily perceive it as a problem. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com I'd venture a guess that if mag movement causes an issue (e.g., failure to feed properly), it can probably be addressed by adjustment of the mag lip(s) in most cases. MP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcar Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Very well done video. I've never shot mine in "slow mo" before, I'm impressed by the amount of debris floating around as well....like snowflakes. Edited March 20, 2017 by Motorcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azboater Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Semper -FiGreat Video, look forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) As DukeNukem said we made four videos that day, and I have never done one before and really was not all that prepared. Got tongue tied quite a bit, and it came out better than I thought. Curtis did a superb job. Not to give away his future releases, but we did try and make something that would have a little flavor including history, and be fun to watch. Any and all misquotes are mine. I do have a very dry sense of humor as well and when edited you miss alot of the banter that was going on in the background. The Colt Thompson in the video 11317 was one I picked up from Jack, who at the time said he had a "lead on another Colt "that he wanted to buy. Thanks Jack, looks like it worked out for both of us. Jack was also extremely helpful in helping me restore that SN to all original Colt parts sans one. It had a WWII barrel on it, (it is a 21/28 Navy overstamp), but I wanted to set it up as if it was a 1921A. Dave from ThompsonBarrels.com made the barrel, had it blued and included the front sight and pin. RECON Bob put the barrel on for me, so alot of folks had a hand in this behind the scenes. I did not use original Colt Wood during that filming, but I have all original wood. The front vertical grip was original Colt though in the shoot. Unlikely to get that scratched up on someone's belt etc. The L-Drum was a "Keep Shooting Repro" that I marked with the same SN. Since its not a real L-Drum and since I used huge numbers it will not be confused with anything other that my dedicated shooter drum for 11317. I normally wind the drum when its on the gun, but since they had the camera on me I made the mistake of trying to keep the drum in the take and looked like a newby trying to wind the gun. Humor is good. People should laugh hard every day! Not sure what the time-line will be for more videos to come out but here are a few out takes to have you guessing. It you haven't looked at the VSO gun channel, you'll see other videos that DukeNukem did as well. When they get released will post links here. These were just for fun and hope ya'll like 'em. Edited March 21, 2017 by Sandman1957 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_brock Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 You're a real tease with those photos. They are tiny . Great video. At least you knew what you were doing, which is better than 90% of the youtube gun videos out there! I look forward to the others. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukem Posted March 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thanks Sandman well said. If anyone is interested here are my two videos which aired first: The smallest and most *controllable* SMG in the world FN FNC vs m16 I will keep you all posted as the VSO gun channel releases more videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Ron, Photo's updated! Figured out how what I did wrong. Updated (edited) the photos in the previous post.Enjoy! Name what you can see... Edited March 21, 2017 by Sandman1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppgcowboy Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I liked the video and observed intently the magazine shake, but what concerned me the most, and maybe I am nitpicking here, but I would have given a lecture to anyone who would throw my stock. Thanks for being the sharing your toys. My father was a Navel Aviator himself. Thank you for your service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Throwing the stock was planned. DukeNukem was there to catch it just off camera. If you noticed I did give Curtis a demo on how to shoot it (Correctly) without the stock. Got that from a Marine Raider who used one in WWII. In the clip he first puts it to his side, and I then corrected him after he fired it (without hitting anything). I showed him how to hold the gun pulled into his abdomen, center mast and sighting over the barrel. He blistered the steel at about 30 yards or so. You can hear it ringing. If you use this stance it is deadly accurate. He then edited out the first take, and kept the one where he held the gun center mast and rang the bell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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