joseph12297 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hi Folks There is an auction for a wire stock off a WW2 M1. Is this some aftermarket deal? I can find any info on this. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=342115285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hi Folks There is an auction for a wire stock off a WW2 M1. Is this some aftermarket deal? I can find any info on this. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=342115285Joe,Why don't you send Frank an email and request a pic of this stock installed on an M1 TSMG??Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Looking at it I suppose that a very short rear attachment screw could go through the hole on the wire stock and then the front rounded end of the wire stock might fit up against the front stud. Wouldn't want to try bashing any Nazis in the head with it though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piep Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Method of attachment on this would be??Then how stable could it have been?? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondAmend Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I believe Deerslayer is correct on the attachment. I'm pretty sure the collar part slides over the two joints to lock the stock when the stock is deployed. What I'm not seeing is how the stock is prevented from flopping open when it's folded forward and at the side of the gun. Maybe there's spring loaded detent balls in the joints that aren't shown in the photos. Maybe it was meant as a special stock for paratroops who would have the gun in a pouch or firmly against their body until they landed, then the stock would be deployed and left deployed. Or tank troops who would leave the stock folded and the gun in a rack till the troops left the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Asked for a picture of it mounted.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin601 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 It does not look like the rear mounting screw would allow the slid lock to slide far enough forward to lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hay, I've got an idea. Why not ask Frank G to post a pic of the unit installed on a M1SMG.?? Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Allright who's the bastid that ran it up on me? Hmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piep Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 It was I... my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 LOL we had to try... Of course with a BIN of $500 I don't think our 40 bucks will do anything...It was I... my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) For a Thompson, show me anything to even suggest that this was ever made for a Thompson. This is surely a bogus claim by a seller known to skirt around accurate details like even mentioning the West Hurley name when he advertises those Thompsons for sale. Just another ploy to sell something that isn't what it appears to be, we call that deception! Mike Hammer Edited May 21, 2013 by Mike Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Re-asked for a mounted to gun picture.Chhris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 So here is a question about this stock.... Would it be legal on a semi auto (assuming it still had the 16.5" bbl)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThompsonCrazy Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 OAL 26" + is the name of the game.Unless you live in MI or elsewhere where it is 30"+ and then you have to register it as a pistol. TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 OAL 26" + is the name of the game.Unless you live in MI or elsewhere where it is 30"+ and then you have to register it as a pistol. TCFed law is 26" with stock in open position. I believe most states follow this but you would want to check first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Ended and relisted . I jumped right in with a $1 bid. Re-re-sent a request for a pic of it mounted.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Ok, I got photos of it attached to gun. It looks like something the cat left for me in the litte box a few moments ago. And my $3 high bid is still tops. If you email me, I'll send some pix as soon as I can. My main computer crashed explorer and I'm working off a 10 year old computer that takes forfreaking ever to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Your 3 dollar bill ain't worth crap now bro! You got my email, send me pics of the rare and wonderful item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Matheson Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 For what it is worth, I seem to remember several years ago RPB Industries, of MAC 10 fame, making a M1A1 type Thompson that was suppressed and had a side folding wire stock. This may be one of the stocks from their "Special Purpose" Thompson kits. S/F B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) The RPB Thompson was covered in another thread here. It has a buttstock of steel tube, not wire. There is a picture in post number 9 in the following link: http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12839 Edited May 25, 2013 by Big Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3BigDaddy Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) Ta Da! http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p178/z3bigdaddy/Thompson%20Stuff/wirestock05252013aa_zps2ac1ae19.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p178/z3bigdaddy/Thompson%20Stuff/wirestock0525_zps55e14971.jpg Edited May 26, 2013 by Z3BigDaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) It definitely doesn't look USGI.....might be worth a three dollar bill. Edited May 26, 2013 by Bridgeport28A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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