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I stand corrected, its just something I have heard many times from many sources so took it to be correct - but I am always happy to be corrected. Ta Alistair

The reason for not supplying magazines full was that they may take a while to get to the troops in teh front line, and with uncertain stock rotation etc you may receive mags that had been sitting loaded for several years - if the spring is left under tension for that long it could get damaged and so may stop working. I imagine even once you had loaded your mags you would unload them when you were back out of action to ease the spring - on a programme I was watching about a week ago about British troops in the Gulf they were unloading their magazines when they came in from a patrol so it looked like they didnt want their magazines compressed for even a matter of days. I recently bough this ammo tin http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2293902910 would this have been the type used for Thompson ammo? or is pistol ammo in some way different? Thanks Alistair

Had a better look at the markings on the gun and it has RLB stamped beside the GEG, andy idea what or who RLB could be? I have pics if that helps Thanks again Alistair

nope, sorry Alistair

Hi, Yup im in the UK, its an old spec deac - I had been planning getting one for a bit but the price tag put me off when I saw this one with a bit of surface rust for 1/4 the normal price I had to go for it. Their are no proof marks on the barrel. I know that all sorts of arms made their way into British soldiers hands so just about anything can be explained away but I am mainly looking at the main official supply of Thompsons rather than other means of obtaining one. Alistair

Thanks for that - I do British WW2 in living history displays and I know ideally I would have a 28 with finned barrel and flip up type sight, I just wanted to know if the smooth barrel would be correct or if it was just a slight inaccuracy I would have to live with - the gun was only £200 when in theory it should have been nearer £800 so I wasnt going to argue over details. Thanks Alistair

I have just bought a deactivated 1928 Thompson and was hoping someone could help me with a few details on it, it has no serial number this appears to have been ground off at some point - it has a Lyman battle sight, a smooth barrel and a cutts compensator - I take it from the first 2 features it would be late in the production run, could anyone pin down what kind of date those features would be combined? On the main body inside and out are markings of GEG in a circle - what does that stand for. Would a gun in this configuration have been supplied to Britain during WW2? I cant think of any pictures of 28's with smooth barrels. Thanks in advance Alistair