
The 1920's-30's
#1
Posted 25 October 2003 - 09:55 AM
Ok here goes , i am looking to buy a tommy gun for a film , and also for collection reasons (as i am really intrested in the Mob and as you all know the "roaring twenties" was created by the tommy gun) anyway im no expert except i know where the tommy guns were used and on who, but now i want to buy one i would really like some expert help. The tommy gun that i want to buy has to be the one that was more widely used by the Bootleggers of the 1920's-30's (the one that was more common and is more related to gangsters/mobsters ) I do not know which version to get . e.g 1921 or 1928 . Also from searching on the web i can not see any visiable difference from the image of the 1921 tommy gun and the 1928 tommy gun they both look the same is there any difference ? or is it just the inside of them which is different . So please help me out and give me your expert advice i need it ! .
#2
Posted 25 October 2003 - 10:08 AM
#3
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:01 AM
My grandfather told me once that his moonshine runnin' buddy carried one in the car with him when he made his runs in old Ky. My grandfather had it a couple of times but didn't like it. It probably ended up in a river in Kentuck.
#4
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:02 AM
#5
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:07 AM
Also i done a little history. Dillinger's tommy gun was the 1921 version. I got a link that i will try and put up. the gun is in a museum somewhere .
#6
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:23 AM
#7
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:24 AM
#8
Posted 25 October 2003 - 11:58 AM
#9
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:09 PM
If money is no object (or obsticale), you can not go wrong with a 21.
I prefer the very early ones without the compensator, but I can not afford one of these gems.
If you have the money, and absolutly want a 21 for historic ties to gangs, you may want to consider getting a 28 also; as a shooter. 21's are very valuable and it is hard to find orginal parts.
Regardless of what you get, ANY registered Thompson is going to get more valuable with time.
Norm
#10
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:10 PM
QUOTE (new member 5 @ Oct 25 2003, 11:58 AM) |
do they look the same ? |
for the most part, yes.
the differences are in the finer details.
#11
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:17 PM
#12
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:28 PM
also when u say the difference is in the finer details what would they be .
so far i have taken into consideration of what everyone has said so i am at the moment thinking of buying the
1921 tommy gun with/without compensator as so far this model seems to be the tommy gun that is most related to the mobsters and gangsters of the 1920's -30's
thanks for all your help everyone so far.
#13
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:30 PM
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net
$25 per 100 ($123 for 500) plus shipping and prices will soon be dropping (we have started up automatic-loading machines). Price breaks over 5,000 Blanks.
#14
Posted 25 October 2003 - 12:51 PM
#15
Posted 25 October 2003 - 01:14 PM
#16
Posted 25 October 2003 - 02:07 PM
The Film is a mob film in the 1920's-30's span based on an irish mob and its rise to power and its mob war with its rival the italian mob. The Mob war plays a major part with great mob hits.
So now i have found out that the 1921 version is the same as the 1928 by appearence only the guns internally are different . That is great information to find out . The people that have given me information have been a big help . Thanks alot.
#17
Posted 25 October 2003 - 02:11 PM
#18
Posted 25 October 2003 - 02:20 PM
#19
Posted 25 October 2003 - 03:09 PM
(though it has a horizontal foregrip instead of vertical)
#20
Posted 25 October 2003 - 04:13 PM