Robert Henley Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 After almost a one year wait for my stamp, I got my AO Bridgeport Thompson Model 1928 AC. I understand it came out of a PD which obtained it in, if I recall correctly, 1941 or 42. I'll do a FOIA request now that I have the gun. No PD markings, and smooth as silk. The trigger frame matches the receiver. Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Congrats Robert you have a nice piece of history there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Congrats...dont see 1928ac's for sale very often do you believe the finish to be original? (i notice the rivets on the rear sight are not silver)...the type of sight is most likely correct for your year i prefer the police guns as they are often matching # and original finish.... cant tell from your pics...who is the maker of your drum? (united industries?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Robert Henley,Congratulations on your purchase. If the serial number is No. A.O. 44002, I know the department that originally purchased it. A FOIA request is a very smart move. I suspect this 1928AC Thompson was originally purchased in July 1943. That said, the FOIA response will provide that information. I am interested in the markings on the buffer pilot. Can you let us know the manufacturer of that part? All good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dudley Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Very Nice!! U D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Very nice chopper. Too bad the transfer took soooooooooo long.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Congratulations on your AOC "Bridgeport". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Nice SMG. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcar Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Congrats! You will never regret it. AC's are a cool piece of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Very nice indeed! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Congratulations on your AOC "Bridgeport". Nice AOC bolt and actuator, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Henley Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Congrats...dont see 1928ac's for sale very often do you believe the finish to be original? (i notice the rivets on the rear sight are not silver)...the type of sight is most likely correct for your year i prefer the police guns as they are often matching # and original finish.... cant tell from your pics...who is the maker of your drum? (united industries?) Huggy, It looks like the original finish to me, but I'm not sure. I've told the story before of me sending my 6" Colt Python to the Colt Custom Gun Shop to be refinished about 20 or 25 years or so ago, and to this day I can't tell it's been refinished. Someone more capable than me needs to look at it and answer that question. The pictures, however, don't really do it justice. I used my three year old Motorola phone in not the best light conditions. I probably need to get my Canon camera out and take some high quality pictures. It's a beautiful gun IMO. The "L" drum is a United Specialties drum which I bought while waiting for the transfer. I researched it in The Ultimate Thompson and, if I recall correctly, it's a 4th generation model. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 the #1 thing i look at is the rivets on the rear sight...if they arent silver i think its refinished....ive yet to see an original gun w/o silver rear sight rivets.... the finish wear on your gun looks somewhat correct...its been used......maybe someone tossed on a new rear sight at some point and did blued rivets....does the rear sight color match the rest of the gun? are the rivets the same color as the rear sight(like it was finished together) its a nice gun no matter what...guys here can never decide on whats original or not unless its park'd..... enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Rivets? Really. How many Thompson guns have you examined without "silver" rivets where you can document a rear sight replacement? Question: Has the rear sight been replaced on the below Thompson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 TD i think what huggy is saying is if the rear sight rivets have bluing on them the gun is typically been refinished. If they are white metal the gun has its original finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijive Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) Petroleum 1, on 24 Aug 2018 - 06:51, said:TD i think what huggy is saying is if the rear sight rivets have bluing on them the gun is typically been refinished. If they are white metal the gun has its original finish.Petroleum, Right, and what TD is saying is that all Thompson guns with original finish do not have silver rivets. Not sure where Huggytree is getting his information. The best way to tell on Robert Henley's gun would be to check the area where the US is ground off on the 1928AC variation. Quite often they left this area bare metal and didn't touch it up with any finish. Most have developed a brown patina in this area where the original finish was removed. The other area to check would be where the C is stamped where the 1 (in A1) was removed. Edited August 24, 2018 by gijive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 this was a discussion a year or so ago.......its the first place i look when judging an original finish gun....I am not close to the expert you are Tom.......ill try to find that link where it was discussed for pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Nice purchase, have fun with your new typewriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZelenka Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 I think that Huggy has confused the fact that my original finish gun has bright rivets. I have seen far more with blue colored rivets. The way I tell with an AO gun is the shape of the rivet head. It appears to me that AO built guns have rivets with dimples in the center of the head. Savage guns have flat headed rivets. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Henley Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 I went to the range this morning, and put a couple of hundred rounds through it and it ran absolutely flawlessly--smooth as silk. Let's see if this YouTube video is visible: https://youtu.be/BlhQ0-5ZYrA This is a fully loaded "L" drum, which worked flawlessly. One thing that surprised me was I ran a magazine through it on semi-auto just to test it, and it was unbelievably accurate. I literally was able to hit the small numbers on the target at will. A bullseye every shot. And again flawless performance. I can see why the troops like this gun. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 I own AO 51983, must have been made close to the date yours came off the line. Mine is a U.S. Model of 1928A1.Happy it runs well as mine does. Start laying in parts to keep it running and have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geefal Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 the #1 thing i look at is the rivets on the rear sight...if they arent silver i think its refinished....ive yet to see an original gun w/o silver rear sight rivets.... the finish wear on your gun looks somewhat correct...its been used......maybe someone tossed on a new rear sight at some point and did blued rivets....does the rear sight color match the rest of the gun? are the rivets the same color as the rear sight(like it was finished together) its a nice gun no matter what...guys here can never decide on whats original or not unless its park'd..... enjoy!Just to add my two cents here also, my AC which was a police gun and never refinished does not have "silver" rivets either. Generalizations on the internet are a bad thing and this is a great example. One person makes a statement, ten people quote that, ten people quote that ten and now as 100 people have said it, it is fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo25mm Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Great find, as a retired NYC cop, I would probably sell my whole collection to get one. Good luck with it! And have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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