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I now have 22 bolt/barrel combinations tested successfully, and expect to have the proper size barrel nuts in hand in the next few days. The modified bolts and barrel nuts will still need to have some touch-up bluing work, but I hope to be assembling the first 22 kits in the next 2-4 weeks. I will be sending individual Emails to each of the first 22 people on my original request list for you to confirm that you still want the kit, and to provide you payment information. I will also need to know how many magazines you want with each kit. Work continues to get an additional three kits tested successfully to fill the orders on my first list. In the next 3-4 weeks, I hope to have information on the manufacture of the parts needed to complete the kits on my second list. In addition to the parts needed, one limiting factor on those kits will be the bolt/barrel match-up. I have a limited number of barrels, and I have discovered that the alignment of the installed barrels varies a bit, so I need to match each bolt to each barrel. I still expect to be able to fulfill those waiting on my second list. As these additional kits are completed, I will be contacting each person on the list via Email to verify and complete the sale. For those who have requested additional parts, such as ejectors or extractors, I will not be selling any of those parts until I can confirm that I have enough to complete entire kits for those who have requested them. I still have you on my original list, and I do expect to be able to make those parts available, but my availability may be limited to one of each part in some cases. Thanks to all for your patience. The saga continues... Roger

TSMGguy means the front sling attach point has been swapped from the right side of the gun to the left side- something that can only take place by removing the barrel nut and barrel.

Before my wife and I got married, we had this conversation: Her: "You have a lot of guns. Do you spend a lot on guns?" Me: "Yep, I've got a good bit of money spent on firearms. Let me show you something." Opens spreadsheet showing collection. Me: "Here is what I've spent on firearms, and down here is the current totals for what I spent versus current market value" Her: Looking at totals and increase. "You know, I really don't have a problem with that. Looks like a decent form of investing." That's shortly before I proposed!

I have one drum without the elongated loading slot. It is easy to load if you first remove the TSMG drum adapter. Roger is the next Drum Doctor!!! Thank you for all you do for the Thompson community.

Frank, Any further correspondence with the USMC Captain? 1926(?) Chicago: USMC guarding U.S. Mail Express Curtiss JN-4H with 1921A TSMG President Harding instructed Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby to meet with Commandant of the Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John Lejeune to "detail as guards for the United States mails a sufficient number of officers and men of the United States Marine Corps to protect the mails from the depredations by robbers and bandits." April, 1921, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby told his new detachment of 50-plus Marines and officers: