Bridgeport28A1

I believe the Adams Mass. PD is the Law Enforcement sign off by the police Chief in 1994.

I currently have some Paper Form 4's (5320.4) Revised October 2023 working their way within the system. Were you the transferee or transferor on the paper Form 4 from last September? Box 3a. Transferor's Full Legal Name and Address Box 3b. E-mail address Box 3c. Transferor's Telephone I do not see a box on the paper Form 4 for the transferee to list an E-mail address on the October 2023 revision. Maybe I am missing something?

Florida man.

Just remember to clean your firearm soon after shooting so you don't end up with rust and pitting. The ammunition has corrosive primers.

I sold a great rifle to that guy.

I think the FAL is more enjoyable in full auto as compared to a full auto M14. This is based on shooting a F/A FN FAL and a F/A US military TRW M14. I would pick the M14 the as winner when shooting sem-automatic.

I believe Shotgun News came out three time a month. One issue would have the big Sarco ad, one would have the Paragon Sales (Chicago, IL) with their neat WW2 cartoon style advertising. I sold a Winchester model 52A .22lr rifle to an east coast collector in NY. About 4 or 5 hours later I got a call from a west coast collector wanting to buy the same rifle. He said he frequently lost deals to east coast collectors due to the time difference on mail delivery of the Shotgun News. The Gun List did come out monthly and was definitely more organized when it came to types and models of firearms listed. The pre internet days were a fun time to collect.

The sling attachment on the vertical grip in ArcNSpark post is typical of British use.

Alpine is mentioned but no Arctic reference that I could see in the article.

I believe the 1928A1 military Thompsons left the Savage and Bridgeport factories with paddle style levers. They also left the factory with no crossbolt rear stocks.

Paddle style levers on a 1928A1. The very early M1 Thompsons also used paddle style levers for a short period of production.

Thanks for the posting photos of the Winchester packaging.

Are you able to share how these two lots of Winchester were packaged? Are they recent Winchester production or older lots?

Only WW2 European Theater ordnance stamp I am aware of would be P.B.S. which is Peninsular Base Section located in Italy. I have only seen it on overhauled M1 rifles. The stamp is usually located under the rear handguard and is only visible when the handguard is removed. I have not seen a US ordnance depot stamp on a Thompson that was not within the USA. If are known examples I would love to see them.

What is the significance of the perforated number two and other characters or numbers that also appear across the label? The number 2 is just to the right of $4