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Great photo, thankyou for sharing. 👍

Frank, Like yourself, I am fortunate enough to also have two, if you count Gregs drum carrier, which I do 👍 I have posted photos in the Gallery of my cases, including the Gordon Herigstad viola case. Richard

Agreed on eye candy and definitely worth the wait, I highly recommend Greg Fox to anyone looking for a case for their Thompson, he is a Craftsman with a capital 'C'.👌

Well, after being patient for a number of years, I took the plunge and ordered an Indiana case from Greg. Upon completion earlier this year, it was delivered to my friend in Texas for safe keeping, until I could arrange onward shipping to Europe. Last weekend I was passing through Paris, France on business and met up with my friend who was also over in Paris on business; he had been good enough to hand carry the Indiana case with him across the Atlantic. So, the case then had only one last short journey to make, across the channel to England where it has now been united with the rest of my collection. The quality and craftsmanship of the case is something else, definitely worth the wait, thank you Greg, it was a pleasure to do business with you, once again.

With Davids permission, following on from the above post, I have 6 breach oilers, see photos below, if anyone is looking for one. $30 apiece or $50 for two including shipping. It is not my intention to make money on this, just cover my costs and shipping, so 50% of proceeds will be donated to the forum, I know David could always do with a little support. If you want one, or two… PM me.

As Bug said, Gale & Polden manual

Ouch, sorry to hear about that shipping error, enough to break one's heart.

It looks well used and abused. If only it could tell the tale of it's journey...

There is some good TSMG shots in, tongue in cheek, Michael Keatons Johnny Dangerously.

Just wait till those Thompson's found in the Ukraine start filtering through as parts kits too. No doubt the big players are already eyeing up the booty 🤔💰💰

10045 is blank, nothing listed for it! So I look forward to you updating 'Gordon's Quest' with the details.

Yes, but not a lot of info: 10445 1928 Navy United States Army

Treasure the memory while it lasts 👍

Gene, I personally have never come across any separate change document like you found👍 I guess a lot of them are misplaced over the years. It is the same with the British small arms training pamphlets, it is not often you find the individual amendment sheets. I do believe there were four change sheets issued for FM23-40 though, I only know this, as the final revision dated 1964 actually states that "changes 1, 2, 3 & 4 inserted". As to a list of changes to manuals, I am sure they exist somewhere, maybe another member on the board can help us with an answer to that one though, as I have no idea. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Richard

Here is a link to my old post comparing a regular FM 23-40 to the one, which I presume is an Australian version of the manual.

Thanks to TD for tipping me off about this article, which arrived this morning in the mail. It was originally published in the Hertfordfordshire Pictorial in Feb 1942. When my wife looked at it, she said sarcastically, "Boys with Tommy guns, no change there!, even for grown up boys!" Stay safe Richard

Reading this topic reminded me that my personal weapon for six years during the 1980's, 'Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne F1, (FAMAS F1), had a central charging handle, positioned under the carrying handle which gave the weapon the nickname 'Le Clairon' (the bugle). The weapon was also designed to be able to change the extractor / ejector from a right-handed to left-handed user, very simply. We were taught how to do that in basic training, and a picture paints a thousand words, so if interested, check out link below where Ian demonstrates how easy this was to do. In basic training a few recruits managed to loose the small spring in the breach block, and received a few slaps for that, so they did not make the same mistake in the future. The FAMAS can also fire grenades direct from the barrel, so every member of a platoon had the option to fire anti personal or anti vehicle grenades and with the supplementary fire selector switch, added around 1985, (under the butt stock), we had a three round burst option on the weapon, as well as full auto. No aftermarket gadgetry on this one, just a sound ergonomic design. Like your father, Rekraps, I never gave my old personal weapon a second thought, until reading this topic this afternoon. Stay safe Richard