
Rob
Posted 13 March 2006 - 09:40 PM
Posted 13 March 2006 - 09:46 PM
Posted 13 March 2006 - 09:53 PM
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Is this not a real Thompson manufactured in the 1950’s by Numrich Arms? |
Posted 13 March 2006 - 11:01 PM
Posted 14 March 2006 - 12:07 AM
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My hats off to George and Ira Trast for starting a new production line when they felt the market was right |
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Unfortunately, Richardson, Pearl, Philadelphia Ordnance and all others like these do not fall under General Thompson's line of succession. |
Posted 14 March 2006 - 01:02 AM
Posted 14 March 2006 - 07:40 AM
Posted 14 March 2006 - 08:25 AM
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Now for point #2 regarding your opinion that no guns were “manufactured,” and they were only “assembled” at Numrich. Assembling is manufacturing. This may be a subtle nuance that you want to argue in the strictest sense, but I can assure you that our U.S. manufacturing metrics include an enormous amount of manufacturing which involves assembling of pre-fabricated parts of various origin. This leads to manufacturing efficiencies. Very few manufacturers actually make all the parts they use to assemble (manufacture) their products. In the case of Numrich, they would have wanted to use any receivers that existed, and may have also done some fabrication as part of their manufacturing process to fulfill orders. Incidentally, since you like to quote the Cox book, you might want to take a look at the paragraph prior to the one you quoted about Components Corporation of America. In speaking about the guns and parts included in the crates that Numrich purchased in 1951, Cox states, "NAC also manufactured the Thompson from these spare parts and other parts they purchased around the world." It seems Cox understood in 1982 the meaning of "manufactured," and included the reference in his book on page 3. |
Posted 14 March 2006 - 09:15 AM
Posted 14 March 2006 - 09:50 AM
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It seems Cox understood in 1982 the meaning of "manufactured," and included the reference in his book on page 3. |
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Kahr Arms purchased the new Auto-Ordnance Corp. from Numrich Arms in 1998, apparently believing that they were actually buying the original Auto-Ordnance Corp., not the one created by Numrich Arms |
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