Hawkeye_Joe Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Anyone ever seen this done before?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/PICT5108a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruuth Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 How do you know that's a thompson grip in the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Maybe I should have said "Thompson "style" grip"... OK?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne W Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Just a guess but it looks like it could be some kind of strap attached to the forearm instead of a hard grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Looks like the sling is laying on the ground under what ever he is hanging on to. If that be the case, it's too long to be a Tsmg grip. Still interesting pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThompsonCrazy Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) The photo has good resolution. I saved it to my desktop and enlarged it. It looks like his grip is fairly wide like there is something of substance underneath his hand. If he was grabbing a strap or something slender his grip would be "tighter". The part hanging from the underside is wierd. The world may never know? We've seen those Thompson horizontal grips with the verticle rear grip installed? The width of the gentlemans grip makes me think it is something similiar to a 21/28 vertical grip. I wonder if the thread size is the same on the BAR as the Thompson? TC PS: This is the first time posting with new Avitar so if someone already has it just let me know and I will delete it. I don't remember seeing it before. Edited November 11, 2008 by ThompsonCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inertord Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) It looks like possibly a "field modification" made by attaching a Thompson SMG Grip to the BAR Standard Forend. Also note that he removed the bipod / Flashhider. GI's could / can be pretty ingenious with "un-official" field modifications to suit their individual preferences. Edited November 11, 2008 by inertord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Anyone ever seen this done before?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/PICT5108a.jpg I,m watching the History ch. "Battle History of the U.S.Marines" and guess what they showed? A very short clip of a marine firing a BAR with a vertical for grip. It was to fast to get any details, but you could tell that he was holding a vertical grip. Just a new piece to the puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) he probably joined the Marines out of Chicago.and was so used to having the vert.grip on his Tommy back in Chi-town.that when they issued him the b.a.r. he said what the f..... i want the grip. so he modified his 1918a2. you can tell by the trigger group it probably was a 1918a2, however they did modify 1918's.. to that configuration,and yes removed flashider's and bipod's. they all did it for the most part.however have never seen the two mags taped together deal on any Bar pic's.just the welded two mag deal to make a forty round. well going off to s.a.r. another exercise in futility. Ron p.s. almost forgot keep the history alive. Edited December 4, 2008 by colt21a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billie32 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I actually have in my collection a M1 Carbine stock with a Thompson vertical foregrip attatched using dowels. Looks like a field modified piece to me, unfortunately don't know what happened to the gun itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I actually have in my collection a M1 Carbine stock with a Thompson vertical foregrip attatched using dowels. Looks like a field modified piece to me, unfortunately don't know what happened to the gun itself. The M1 stock;is it straight,folding or sliding wire type? I seen a sliding wire type with a vertical forgrip attachedon an aftermarket carbine. I think it was a Universal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billie32 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 it's a USGI carbine full stock. Cartouched and everything. No cutout for M2 parts either, a straight WWII M1C stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 All on Okinawa......Thompson-like foregrips. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/BAR7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Great pics! Looks like the grip addition was a popular modification, factory or otherwise. I guess the next question is, were these fabricated by the marines themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Those ships had big machineshops, I'll bet they were done by the Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMerc Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Disregard. Edited February 9, 2009 by FireMerc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 But that's not a Thompson style grip on a BAR, that's a vertical grip added to a Thompson forearm. There was another thread on that subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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