Lightweight Thompson Questions

[peter kohler]

i have a steel m1 and 28 a1 both fitted with the blank shooting barrels for ww2 reenacting. both were done by dan block. he also modified my mag catches and some easy pull springs along with the selector switch which holds the bolt back on my 28 for easy drum installation. I was thinking about getting a light weight 27 and putting the blank only barrel in it for my grandson. can I hear the pros and cons on buying one? anyone use theirs for ww2 reenacting? I see lots of them for sale at a reasonable price. thanks for any info

peter

[deerslayer]

Aluminum guns are to be looked at a lot and shot a little... Others have reported wear to feed ramp and other slow recoil induced damage. I don't know that anybody has documented complete breakdown but it would wear faster no doubt.

[peter kohler]

I was beginning to think id asked a foolish question. thanks for the reply.

[Merry Ploughboy]

Aluminum guns are to be looked at a lot and shot a little... Others have reported wear to feed ramp and other slow recoil induced damage. I don't know that anybody has documented complete breakdown but it would wear faster no doubt.

 

IIRC, the U.S.military had an experimental aluminum Model 1928 Thompson made in the WWII time frame. It went bad, and it did so faster than a semi would cause it shoots faster.

 

I don't have an aluminum Thompson, but I've often toyed with getting a T5 pistol so I can have a pistol that shares mags with the 27A1 carbine. I don't think I'd be able to afford the ammo cost to ever shoot it enough to wear it out.

[StooperZero]

i have a t5 i sbr'd years ago .

 

 

i have roughly 1600 rounds through it now, i don't think i've ever had even 3 stoppages of any kind.

 

Only wear is the feed ramp and I had to drill/tap for larger screws to hold the rear sight assembly on properly.

 

 

 

mine had a smooth barrel so I bought a gi barrel withh cutts for $40 and put that on.