philasteen Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 1919 Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Noted this same link on other boards this morning. This 1919 and collection is owned by Reed Knight. My understanding this is the only "known" 1919 out of one other collection which has all the other "known" 1919's. What is even better is checking out all the other guns, even a hardened TSMG fan will enjoy drooling over the rest of the pics in the same link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Seeing Reed's collection makes one look for the nearest oxygen mask just to be able breath properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Michael, Is that another Model of 1919 Thompson at the top right on slide 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 TD My those are some keen eyes. I did not see that photo. I am going to pull out my books and see if I can find a 1919 with a front sight. At this point I believe you are correct. michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimFromFL Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 For a guy who doesn't like pictures of his collection to be released, there sure has been a large number of postings about his collection on the board. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 If half of his M16's are ever sold, the bottom could drop out on the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jr Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Yeah, Colt Collectors, there is an original, one of the only ones out there. Remember if you own a Colt, its just an example of the original. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffen Und Bier Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Yeah, but people are still willing to pay $30,000 for one of those smelly ol' Colts http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 I believe that is the most amazing sight I have seen! I do not think that other gun is a 1919. There looks to be a rear stock rail on it...?? and I thought all 6 were accounted for (1 here, four in Ohio, the other destroyed????) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMG28 Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 The Model of 1919, s/n 17, is set up for a buttstock attachment, but is the only known 1919 to have been fully converted to accept a buttstock ( it initially did not accept a buttstock), though s/n 11 had an adapter riveted to it at some time. Interestingly, the first Model of 1921 (s/n 41) trigger frame also does not have the capability of accepting a buttstock. Since only the trigger frame exists (where are you s/n 41??), it is possible that this one is actually "scrap" and that a second was made that accepted the buttstock. The only five known examples of 1919's in private hands are the four in Ohio (s/n 7, 11, 17 and NO.) and one in Florida (s/n 26?). S/N 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9 (though I am not certain about 9) are in the West Point Military Museum. S/N 6 is in the Rock Island Museum. I was privileged to work the Orlando NRA show for TCA where all of the private ones were displayed together for the first time. They are truly a sight to behold. The history of the engineering changes as the models proceeded is particularly fascinating. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poprivit Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 47 photos of Class III hardware - whew! Wonder what all that metal 'n' wood would bring on the open market? Anybody know the history of this collection, as in, who's Reed Knight, and where did he get all these lovely toys. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/dry.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondAmend Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Poprivit, On the Subguns NFA discussion forum there is a current thread about this collection and Mr. Knight. See, especially the posting by Dan Shea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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