What a fabulous collection indeed. I'm sure I don't have to tell you that were all envious!
New To The Message Board
Started by
pca16
, Dec 28 2004 11:32 PM
35 replies to this topic
#21
LIONHART
-
- Regular Group
-
- 2785 posts
Long Time RKI Member
- Gender:Male
- Interests:Thompsons of course. All Manufactures and Models.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 03:02 PM
#22
philasteen
-
- Board Donor
-
- 1118 posts
Long Time RKI Member
Posted 29 December 2004 - 03:10 PM
Bradford's a little too far for me - we'll have to designate a stand-in for my photography services.
#23
full auto 45
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 4788 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Looking over your shoulder right now
- Interests:Thompson's, Any Machinegun, Harley's and scuba diving. In that order.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 04:48 PM
Chuck, you better re-up! We need a drinkin' partner. Me and Frank and Phil just can't handle it all on our own! 
#24
TM76
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 262 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Interests:Riding my Harley ,Traveling, Shooting my Tommy Gun, Target shooting, Teaching my kids,grandkids safety with firearms.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 05:28 PM
Welcome Brian , nice collections ,come to the TCA meeting in ohio and meet some new friends
and Mike I'll drink to that !!
See Ya
Tino
#25
pca16
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 88 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Smethport,PA
Posted 29 December 2004 - 06:09 PM
TINO - I BELIEVE I SAT AND HAD LUNCH WITH YOU AND YOUR WIFE AT THE SAR SHOW? SOUND FAMILIAR...................
#26
Walter63a
-
- Regular Group
-
- 1430 posts
RKI Member
- Gender:Male
- Interests:Guns (Thompsons, Lugers, and Walthers mostly), History, Politics, Education, Nature, etc.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 07:03 PM
Welcome to the boards Brian (pca16)! 
It is indeed good to know that there is a fellow Thompson enthusiast that close (I'm in Western New York). I think I might be able to visit sometime when the weather is better. I have an analog and a digital camera, but they are not top quality like Zamm's, just consumer quality. I live in Lockport, N.Y., just 20 minutes north of Buffalo. Bradford is about 80 miles south of Buffalo, just over the N.Y./PA border. Let me tell you guys, Bradford is known for good snowfalls and has set some records for cold nights during the winter. I think I found my new best friend in Western PA! 
Regards, Walter
P.S. Maybe I'll see you at the TCA show/shoot also!
It is indeed good to know that there is a fellow Thompson enthusiast that close (I'm in Western New York). I think I might be able to visit sometime when the weather is better. I have an analog and a digital camera, but they are not top quality like Zamm's, just consumer quality. I live in Lockport, N.Y., just 20 minutes north of Buffalo. Bradford is about 80 miles south of Buffalo, just over the N.Y./PA border. Let me tell you guys, Bradford is known for good snowfalls and has set some records for cold nights during the winter. I think I found my new best friend in Western PA! Regards, WalterP.S. Maybe I'll see you at the TCA show/shoot also!
#27
First Sergeant
-
- Regular Group
-
- 782 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:South West Ohio
Posted 29 December 2004 - 08:00 PM
Mike,
I've re-up'd....the checks alfeady in the mail. I have faith in the three of you, maybe I can run interferance if need be.
Chuck
I've re-up'd....the checks alfeady in the mail. I have faith in the three of you, maybe I can run interferance if need be.
Chuck
#28
full auto 45
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 4788 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Looking over your shoulder right now
- Interests:Thompson's, Any Machinegun, Harley's and scuba diving. In that order.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 08:29 PM
Don't run interference, just run to get more!
Holy crap! I just realized I forgot to mention Tino! Man am I sorry.
Holy crap! I just realized I forgot to mention Tino! Man am I sorry.
#29
TM76
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 262 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Interests:Riding my Harley ,Traveling, Shooting my Tommy Gun, Target shooting, Teaching my kids,grandkids safety with firearms.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 10:07 PM
Brian
I remember you now, we had a real nice talk about tommy guns and things and about people we know.
It was at the picnik tables at the SAR show on Fri. If I remember right, you are a member of the TCA club.
Your about five hours away from me,I used to hunt ( McKean Co. ) in your neck of the woods.
Nice to here from you again.
More later
See Ya
Tino
I remember you now, we had a real nice talk about tommy guns and things and about people we know.
It was at the picnik tables at the SAR show on Fri. If I remember right, you are a member of the TCA club.
Your about five hours away from me,I used to hunt ( McKean Co. ) in your neck of the woods.
Nice to here from you again.
More later
See Ya
Tino
#30
Mike Hammer
-
- Regular Group
-
- 868 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Louisiana
- Interests:Travel, sun worshiper, margaritas, hot chicks, painting, scuba diving, movies, collecting movie memorabilia and autographs, guns, hot chicks, micro-beers, hot chicks, and did I say hot chicks?
Posted 30 December 2004 - 07:18 AM
PA. seems to be a powerhouse when it comes to Thompsons. I know another fellow there who has 10 Colt Thompsons, several of them very low serial numbers. What is it with that area, why are they so numerious around that part of the country? 
Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
#31
Merry Ploughboy
-
- Regular Group
-
- 1056 posts
Long Time RKI Member
- Gender:Male
Posted 30 December 2004 - 07:42 AM
I'm not a PA resident, but a former co-worker was and now is again.
To somewhat paraphrase him, PA tends to be mostly NFA friendly and there is enough wherewith among the residents to make PA a sort of NFA heavy region. Lots of NFA generally brings lots of TSMGs (all boats rise with the tide, so to speak).
All above is hearsay, so could be totally off.
MP
To somewhat paraphrase him, PA tends to be mostly NFA friendly and there is enough wherewith among the residents to make PA a sort of NFA heavy region. Lots of NFA generally brings lots of TSMGs (all boats rise with the tide, so to speak).
All above is hearsay, so could be totally off.
MP
#32
colt21a
-
- Regular Group
-
- 3810 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:gone
- Interests:nothing
Posted 30 December 2004 - 12:34 PM
BRIAN>glad you found the place.had a nice talk with you at the s.a.r.show..as you know i was with k/var of vegas table's at the show....so if all those rpk's rpd's and ak sample's did not make sense...i am also a member of k.c.a.
which will be written about in a future issue of russian gun magazine's celebrating mr' k's 85th.birthday!
as i had told you i had liked the story you had in sar magazine months past!!
i have a 100 storie's myself.....and had over 100 colt's to write about...boring info to say the least!!unless somebody is going to write another book....{never happen}
this is a good place to hang and chat...enjoy!
and have a good new year...
take care,ron
which will be written about in a future issue of russian gun magazine's celebrating mr' k's 85th.birthday!
as i had told you i had liked the story you had in sar magazine months past!!
i have a 100 storie's myself.....and had over 100 colt's to write about...boring info to say the least!!unless somebody is going to write another book....{never happen}
this is a good place to hang and chat...enjoy!
and have a good new year...
take care,ron
#33
2dogsfightin
-
- Regular Group
-
- 72 posts
Long Time Member
Posted 30 December 2004 - 05:22 PM
I have this feeling that I am your long lost son. It would a shame for the possibility of this to go unexplored. 
So whadda ya think DAD.......
AWESOME COLLECTION
Seroiusly. I have a friend in Bradford that I have been thinking of going to see this summer. If I do maybe we could get together for a chat. or?? If it works out Ill let you know.
2dogs,,,,, OUT
It would a shame for the possibility of this to go unexplored. So whadda ya think DAD.......AWESOME COLLECTION
Seroiusly. I have a friend in Bradford that I have been thinking of going to see this summer. If I do maybe we could get together for a chat. or?? If it works out Ill let you know.
2dogs,,,,, OUT
#34
Zamm
-
- Regular Group
-
- 831 posts
Respected Member & Artist
- Gender:Male
- Location:Long Island, New York
- Interests:Thompsons, and all their goodies!<br>Obsolete Victorian Photomechanical processes,<br>Etching, Engraving and all Printmaking,<br>Entomology, specializing in Coleoptera,<br>Arachnology, specializing in Theraphosidae.
Posted 30 December 2004 - 07:12 PM
Brian,
As Walter stated, I am up to my armpits in expensive photo gadgets,
so, it would be an honor to photograph your fantastic Colt collection.
Hell, it would be an honor just to look at them!
Anyway, perhaps in the spring, some of the local members could get together for a field trip.
I was thinking, it would be great to start archiving these beauties for the future, perhaps a Thompson photo
database, complete with all their particular idiosyncrasies...
Best, Zamm
As Walter stated, I am up to my armpits in expensive photo gadgets,
so, it would be an honor to photograph your fantastic Colt collection.
Hell, it would be an honor just to look at them!
Anyway, perhaps in the spring, some of the local members could get together for a field trip.
I was thinking, it would be great to start archiving these beauties for the future, perhaps a Thompson photo
database, complete with all their particular idiosyncrasies...
Best, Zamm
#35
pca16
-
- Board Benefactor
-
- 88 posts
Respected Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Smethport,PA
Posted 30 December 2004 - 10:31 PM
I WOULD CERTAINLY ENJOY ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VISIT. I HAVE A CAMP NEARBY WHERE I SHOOT MOSTLY. WE CAN ALWAYS LODGE THOMPSON FANS. THE INVITATION IS IN ERNEST..GETS LONELY TALKING ABOUT THOMPSONS TO MYSELF............
#36
john
-
- Regular Group
-
- 679 posts
Long Time RKI Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Posted 30 December 2004 - 10:52 PM
Nice to meet you. I'm still recovering from your list (ack! Ack!)
I can't say if I met you at SAR as I'm terrible with names, and then the internet tosses "handles" into the mix.....
But I probably saw you and I don't easily forget a face!
Here's hoping to "meet" you (again?) at the TCA show this summer!
john
I can't say if I met you at SAR as I'm terrible with names, and then the internet tosses "handles" into the mix.....
But I probably saw you and I don't easily forget a face!
Here's hoping to "meet" you (again?) at the TCA show this summer!
john
