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Started by JTinIN , Aug 24 2004 08:25 AM

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#1 JTinIN

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Posted 24 August 2004 - 08:25 AM

Just have to say how impressed I have been with how helpful and professional everyone has been one line and in particular by the number very nice e-mails I have received.

Guess goes to show that all the realy nice members of the greater NFA community own Thomsons ... which I had always suspected.

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John

P.S. Only Question is why did I not get a TSMG ten to thirty years ago ......

Edited by JTinIN, 24 August 2004 - 08:26 AM.

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Posted 24 August 2004 - 08:36 AM

Better yet --- ten Thompsons thirty years ago!
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 08:50 AM

Half dozen would have been fine (1921, 1928 and M1 each for myself and the son).

No one I knew 30 years ago had a Thomson, being in my late 20's everyone had MACs, bolt Uzi guns, Form 1 M16s and one odd Grease gun from a PD - the Thomson's were for the "older guys", with the thousand dollars for a Colt ... sad.gif

While I now that will be sick, in 86 when a M60 was three grand, what did a nice 1921 or 1928 Colt go for back then?

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Posted 24 August 2004 - 10:05 AM

JTinIN,...from old price sheets I have... M 60s,$2,000-$3,000 and about $3,000-$4,000 for a nice 21 or 28N...circa 1985...HTH, wink.gif
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 03:10 PM

QUOTE (hawksnest @ Aug 24 2004, 08:36 AM)
Better yet --- ten Thompsons thirty years ago!

Ah, but someone did.....

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Posted 24 August 2004 - 04:11 PM

Looks more like thirty-one (31) Thompsons! blink.gif blink.gif blink.gif
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 11:21 PM

QUOTE (The1930sRust @ Aug 24 2004, 03:10 PM)
QUOTE (hawksnest @ Aug 24 2004, 08:36 AM)
Better yet --- ten Thompsons thirty years ago!

Ah, but someone did.....


Do you have an inventory list of what is racked up? ... cool photo in any case.
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Posted 25 August 2004 - 12:38 AM

Chris,

Do you chat often with the owner of all those Tommies in the picture? Please let him (her?) know that I am interested in doing some trading.

I don't have many guns I'm willing to part with, but do have a spare kidney.

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#9 The1930sRust

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Posted 25 August 2004 - 06:01 AM

Oh, I don't know anything about them. I am sure someone does...Arthur? Murray?
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Posted 25 August 2004 - 06:18 AM


I believe the 30 odd 21's do or did belong to Nick Tilotta of Western Firearms.

They have other Thompsons for sale now and again.
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Posted 25 August 2004 - 06:29 AM

That is a pic of part of Nick Tilotta's collection. Nick owns Western firearms and probably has the largest privately owned collection in the US. He's a great guy to both talk with and deal with. He does have Thompsons for sale from time to time.
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