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Dismed 👍 from me! and while on the topic of family shots..... here is my son, who is now 29, sharing his fathers interest in the Thompson gun.... back in 2000. and his younger sister did not wish to be left out, photo taken in 2017, probably after watching Bugsy Malone on TV.

Good decision, like I said above on hindsight, I wish I had done the same. However, my compromise was buying the Greg Fox Drum carrier and Indiana case, and the IMA case although not of the same quality, by far, still serves its purpose 10 years down the line. 👍

Attached is a picture of my IMA FBI case, bought back in 2013. Unlike the Greg Fox case, the IMA case does not have the leather strap fittings in the lid, for the spare parts kit container. Ian McCollum on Forgotten Weapons.com made a video, covering not only the FBI and Police cases, but also another one that I had not heard of before, a TSMG case made for the U.S. Secret Service. Thompson SMG Cases: Police, FBI, and Secret Service (forgottenweapons.com)

Something I used to dream about, discovering a hidden Home Guard arms cache of Thompson Transit chests, complete with drum and XX mags... Only thing I 'found', well called out too, was phosphorus grenades / bombs buried by the Home Guard sometime in WW2. They were dug up by construction workers while widening of the main A1M road, running from London to Scotland. I was part of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team called out by the police to dispose of them.

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Depending on the quality you are looking for... Greg Fox makes excellent hard cases to order. I am a repeat customer for him, bought two cases already, and on hindsight I should have ordered an FBI case from him, rather than from IMA. My IMA case serves it purpose though, no complaints, but Greg's are better quality. Here is an example posted by Troy..although Police style rather than FBI. Another happy customer of Greg's. Richard

IMA have been selling them for over 10 years now, I bought mine back in 2013. Here is a previous post on the subject of the IMA Repro FBI cases. Stay safe Richard

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Thanks Tom, I should have grabbed one of Merle's Flat ejectors from Dan, when I had the opportunity to add it to 85140 then 🙄

Any idea, around what serial number the early Savage guns began using the riveted ejectors? I have two pre lend lease Savage Model of 1928's in my collection, one S/N 18344 which has a flat milled ejector, the other S/N 85140 has a riveted ejector.

As found in William J. Helmers 2nd Edition of the "The Gun that made the 20's roar", while looking for information on the 'Alabama' hardcases.... still no further forward with that research.

Just like getting married....🤔

Still searching for more photos / information on line, and in books with limited success, but I did find another photo of John Stege, with a number of TSMGs at the Chicago PD HQ.

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Thanks, as always, you are an excellent source of information 👍from me!

I'll need to keep my eyes pealed for one of those them, I love the historic connection. 👍

Ppgcowboy, looking at the photo I posted, I would agree; maybe it is a publicity photo to assure the public that a Thompson will not fit into a violin case 🤔 As we are both members of the 'Gordon Herigstad viola case owners club', we know that is not the case, no pun intended, for the viola cases.

I may have answered my own question, discovered this photo from the 1920's, showing what I am led to believe is a Chigaco police detective holding a violin case with a TSMG in it.

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S Yes, it would have been around 2005 when the Bosnian deal went through, how time passes.

Looking at the pictures of the stocks and foregrips, I note that some of these weapons have had the position of the sling swivels modified, in the British / Commonwealth fashion. This reminds me of a book I read last year, 'No colours or Crest', wrote by Peter Kemp, who served with the Special Operations Executive. During his service he was based in Yugoslavia helping the various Yugoslavian resistance groups fighting the Italians, initially, then the Germans, once the Italians surrenders. The book reminded me of the ethnic issues faced during the Balkans wars since the1990's. It the book he talks about thousands of Tommy Guns and Gold, yes Gold, being delivered by the British to a small guerilla group commanded by a communist called Tito. So, when I saw those pictures I thought of Peter Kemp's book. Peter Kemp's first book, wrote of his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil war, 'Mine were of trouble', is an excellent read too. It was due to his guerilla war experience in the Spanish civil war, that he was recruited to help train the first British commandos in WW2, and eventually recruited for the SOE. Now watching favourite gangster movie 🎥..., Bugsy Malone.

That is correct; I helped a UK based dealer sort through a lot of Bosnian Surplus weapons a good few years back. Just as he bought them, the laws for exporting to the US changed, and he had to cut the barrels, as well as the receivers. That was more work for him 🙄

Having a little time on my hands, I have been looking though old topics tonight, related to Thompson carry cases. Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, why are certain cases named after States, are they the States that certain models were originally designed / manufactured? Which were the first Thompson cases produced? I read the Indiana cases were originally designed by E E Richardson, so could this have been the original cases made in the 1920's? Elsewhere I read the Police cases predated the Indiana cases? FBI cases were not introduced until the 1930's, 1935 to be exact reading another post with this link: https://historicalgmen.squarespace.com/1935-thompson-sub-machine-gun/# So were does the Alabama cases fit into this.... and the converted Violas, or were they just fantasy pieces invented by Hollywood? So many questions, who can give me some answers on any of these? Stay safe Richard

Merci Paul, maintenant je sais ce que je cherche.

Good points! I am travelling at the moment, story of my life, so did not open the link, I was just looking at the picture in the post when I replied, 49 of 65. So I never saw the other photos, lesson learned.