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The officer on the left side of the hood getting the Thompson pointed at him and the officer top left appear to have Reising’s in their hands. Photo dates to at least 1942 and likely later.

For what it is worth, I cleaned one at the MN Military Museum years ago. A wife of a Korean war veteran had donated it to the museum. It had been in the house attic prior to the donation and the story was it was brought back to the US from Korea by the veteran . The was a torn square piece of fabric in the buttstock compartment. I did not write an information down as a quite a few submachine guns and other military firearms were cleaned. I expect it is likely a Form 10 registered gun at this point.

To start the serial number change over to pinned threaded boss. My Savage M1 frame has 2861?0 stamped on the trigger guard. I have not been able to determine what the fifth digit is.

I like the Ogden marked stock.

TD. I will dig it back out tomorrow and post a photo of the top of the frame. It is not very pretty M1 frame but it is mine. In my experience I found the M1 frames to be harder to locate than 1928A1 frames. I believe Taliaferro has a low number M1 on display. I am curious if there are any other very low serial number frames that are numbered like this threads #5901 example in Europe? Maybe Taliaferro would let you take a peak under the buttstock in August to see if there is a number?

Jim, the padded jump case is an excellent suggestion. Better solution then the leather BAR scabbard.

TD, not all Savage M1 frames had a pinned threaded boss. Some Savage frames had a machined threaded boss. The FULL AUTO marking on two lines and the George E Goll GeG stamp are the two best ID methods.

You could go old school. Not padded but original WW2. https://www.ebay.com/itm/295708418751?chn=ps

No felt in the breech oiler on the visible portion.

Bob, an excellent write up on determining the value of Thompson parts in 2024.

I believe Balder is in Norway and not in the US.

This thread is going to have me looking at my spare sears and sear levers. The odds of me ever needing any of my trigger frame parts is likely near zero. But they are not making them anymore.

I have a couple of questions regarding trusts. Asking for a friend...LOL I know these are lawyer type questions but thought a member may already know the answers. Is a NFA item that is held in a trust allowed to be transferred to an heir on a Form 5 after the trust maker dies? This is assuming there are no successor trustees. Trusts that I have read become irrevocable when the trust maker dies. What happens to the NFA item when the remaining trustees die and there is no one living named in the trust.

Impressive, thanks for posting this.

I spent 28 years working for a State Law Enforcement agency. Firearms/weapons were procured either directly from a manufacturer or through a law enforcement firearms dealer. We sourced M14’s at one time from a DoD program. What are the pre ‘86 samples and post samples that law enforcement agencies are actually wanting demonstrated from a 07/02 FFL’s. Larry Vicker’s type situations excluded. I can not imagine there are many weapons that a law enforcement agency would need procuring that are not available by Colt, Sig Sauer, H&K or any other manufacturers directly or through their established law enforcement dealer network.

A copy of a post of mine from June 8, 2013 For your drum greasing reading pleasure.... http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9464&hl=%2Bdrum+%2Bgreasing&do=findComment&comment=80671 http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9518&hl=%2Bdrum+%2Bgreasing http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10259&hl=%2Bdrum+%2Bgreasing

I put grease in my L drums at the recommendation of Merle Bitikofer the "Drum Doctor".

Bump one last time

Did your “gunsmith” thread the rivet holes on your receiver? Did you ask him to use rivets?

So I am curious, the USPS is saying pistols parts are a prohibited to send through the USPS system? My understanding as a non dealer FFL is that pistols themselves require an Dealer FFL and a USPS form to lawfully ship through the USPS system As far I can determine firearm parts including pistol parts are fine to send through the USPS. I believe they are the remaining carrier that allows a non FFL holder to lawfully ship firearm parts. Pistol Frames are a different level of USPS regulation but are still not prohibited if the USPS regulations are followed.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/national-firearms-act-handbook Tom, look at Section 13.8 of the BATFE National Firearms Act Handbook

It appears your Sten tube was manufactured and registered 5/11/1986 just prior to the Hughes Amendment enactment 5/19/1986. There were eleven machineguns manufactured on that Form.

I personally hope it is a transferable Thompson as it adds one more SMG to the shrinking transferable numbers pool.

Member Tom Davis who screen name is TD. There is a period after TD in his screen name. He is quite knowledgable on deciphering FOIA results.