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That doesn’t appear right. Compare to a well used any original actuator WWII or earlier. Doubt one would see comparable marks or wear. A long time ago I bought a new reproduction 1921 actuator from someone in CO, IIRC about 2006. Never made notes of who made it. With just a few rounds cycling through I noticed marks on the actuator, but not in the same area as you have, nor strikes like that. This one had very authentic knurling, think of the width of knurling on early Colt actuators. I happened to be at a shoot with Gordon Herigstad, we looked at it and filed away enough material to make sure it was not striking the receiver. This was NOT one of Doug Richardsons actuators. I shot thousands of rounds with that, it finally broke an ear about 4 or 5 years ago, I was pissed! No comparable reproduction 1921 reproduction actuator that I have found other than having a knurled 1928 one milled down. The difference being primarily the look and band width of the knurling being different.

Excellent find there Congratulations

Looks good hope to get something similar one day

Congratulations Diana and John, nice theme also

Interested in one.

Bump after another SOLD item thanks all

Loop works for me, it's clean when I am done

I start with a strong Blast or Spray of Gun Scrubber or something similar from the breach end into the chamber and thus out the barrel muzzle end, to blast out some of the grime and loose stuff. I have seen others even use brake cleaner. I am pointing the muzzle down usually onto an old newspaper to absorb the mess. Then a bore snake from the breach end a couple times at least. Spend time at the breach end cleaning that area. Following with patches from the muzzle end with a brass cleaning rod soaked with Cleaner and then when those are coming out clean, finish with a patch with protecting lube of some sort on it.

Sorry to hear that. Yup, they are not made to be shipping like that. Greg Fox he is 1921A on this board, makes his own cases and sells them, send him a PM I would bet he could assist.

BUMP

There are a couple copies of this out there that I know of. Looks like another is out there.

Can you share Dave Mason's expertise and contact?

still has an S mark, yes? Hard to remove that without removing much material

Brad i remembered and found this video of a Thompson firing and a blown barrel. I could be wrong but I believe the video represents your #4 state. link to thread video

1 of 2 rear sights sold

Thanks Mark Cox Supplement marked as sold

Here are several items that are duplicates or not desired in my collection to make room. I travel quite a bit so depending on where you live there are possibilities, no promises, for a face to face meet, inspection and delivery. Send me a PM and we will correspond by email, text or phone. To get it out there I have nothing else for sale. Early Doug Richardson 1921 Display Receiver with a modern wood carry case that is convertible to FBI or Police configuration. $6,000 plus shipping and insurance. A complete replica display Colt Thompson produced in 2002 by Doug Richardson (DR), Much effort was made to create an as authentic as possible replica display Colt era Thompson. Features include: Colt Thompson markings with later 1922 Patent Date. Correct DR display actuator and pilot. On to the display receiver Doug installed his DR finned Colt style barrel along with a DR compensator. Then Doug polished and blued a military lower frame to match, these have similar markings as the later Colt’s. On the lower frame, additional effort and detail was taken to install Colt style checkered fire & safety control pivots as well as a checkered no hole magazine release, these parts were crafted by a master Thompson smith, Paul Krogh. Finally, there is Dan Block wood fitted. On the rear stock, took the effort to correctly make the oiler hatch screw on the back of the butt plate, appear as a Colt does with a slight protrusion, one of several details that were paid attention to after a long critic from the late Gordon Herigstad. This display Thompson can grace your office, vault, or man cave, every day and/or be displayed at shows, then can be handled by others without the concern of a live firearm, nor risk of damaging a very valuable firearm. Along with the Wood Carry case also included will be a Gordon Herigstad walnut display stand, that will allow the Thompson to display with either an L drum or XX mag. Very Hard to find Police Style case (SOLD as of 9/11/23) $5,000 plus shipping and insurance These are quite hard to find, I can honestly say in all my travels I have only seen handful of these. This case has a clean interior, no significant fading with no tears and the handle is still attached. There are keys and I have made them work, they are not original to the case, and as such I recommend the key only be used for display. The lock latch flipper was broken between when I bought it and later picked it up by someone, I had a professional install another from a period similar lock latch and it works. Extremely Rare 1921 Handbook 1st Edition, with the Embossed cover, and this one has very interesting documented George Goll provenance. (SOLD as of 9/7/23) $4,000 plus shipping and insurance This handbook clearly was used as stated in the provenance. it has some separation of the cover shown. It does have the Index Line sticker. You want this in your collection for the rarity and the provenance. L drum Worcester type 1st gen body, 2nd gen rotor /cover $1,000 plus shipping and insurance XX Patent date mags 24/24 - Maguire $100 / each plus shipping and insurance Original 1929 Catalog $500 plus shipping and insurance The cover is separated, it displays well. No Navy flyer. 1936 Catalog, harder to find early Nassau Street address $450 plus shipping and insurance This displays well but the inside of one page was cut, shown in the picture. Cox Supplement (SOLD) $50 plus shipping and insurance William Douglass Military Museum Catalog (SOLD as of 8/11/23) $100 plus shipping and insurance RUSCO Canvas carry case with matching RUSCO strap (SOLD as of 10/15/23) $500 plus shipping and insurance Couple of WWII era Lyman Rear sights (BOTH SOLD) $200 / each plus shipping and insurance These were for a project never started

Here is my video of the Tribute Gun Salute to both Lt. Mike Kline and Mike Wank at the All Thompson Show & Shoot. There are other videos. RIP to you both. IMG_9650 720.mov

Great find there Merry Ploughboy, now we know at least some of and likely the original source of the Old Wives Tale.

Thanks ppgcowboy That's what I suspected and could not do myself, that both would tip one way or the other and I was not positive that the Police case would balance better than the FBI case. My case dimensions just are not the same even if it is reconfigurable. So, it does appear that there is an Old Wives Tale, OWT, regarding the Police case balancing better. In your test the FBI case is better balanced. The Police case weighs 1.3 lbs more on the receiver side and the FBI case weighs 0.71 lb more on the barrel side. So, the OWT goes down in a cloud of smoke from a "C" drum dump.

StrangerRanger and Bridgeport28A1 thanks for the suggestions. If I had both Police and FBI cases, I would have done this already. All I could do is get a directional approximation with my wood case. Unfortunately, I don't have the equipment to do this, someone else will have to step up if interested. My first post closed with; "So, enjoy and perhaps we can have a true scientific repeatable measurement one day." I did not and was not suggesting that I could take this further, myself.

I am bowing out on any further discussion on which came first.

First look at Fed Labs material shows only their, my word "Super Heavy Duty" fully armored case holding in addition to the Thompson, a Riot Gun, Projectiles both Short & Long Range, Grenades, Billies and Billy Shells. I would not want to try and lug that thing around, much less drop it, that could be bad! I doubt anyone will find in a Fed Labs catalog a Police Style case. The purpose of my 1st post here, is to get the conversation going, wondering if we have an "Old Wives Tale" regarding the Police case being better balanced compared to the FBI case, as shared in Ian McCollum's video. As my first post stated; "The only true way to compare would be to weigh actual Police and FBI cases loaded and with some better methodology than I did, which I will not get into here. So, enjoy and perhaps we can have a true scientific repeatable measurement one day." I am in no way shape or form, claiming my rough test was definitive.

Yup, I would only suggest weighing with a scale to weigh each end someway, not by the handle, without getting into all details, that is how I went about it to come up with the %'s in the first post.

Great points there MP I would have done a full test but I only have a wood case shown and an Original Police case. My intention was to just see if it was that much, if at all. Really need both an original Police and FBI case, along with the Thompson and accessories full loaded. I suspect the Police case will balance to one side and the FBI to the other side and if weighed it won't be a lot of difference in the proportion from one side to the other.