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Rest in peace Lee. My favorite Lee story was when we did the very First All Thompson display at NRA in Philadelphia. Lee was a smoker so he had to go outside to smoke. While there he would sit near the protesters. You know the ones who are anti NRA. He struck up conversations with many of them. Found out they were a church group Hired to walk around with banners etc. For this the church got paid and the members got a free lunch. Lee got a number of them to sign up as new NRA members . Including one life membership. That was Lee. He could talk to anyone. We will miss you. Tracie Hill

Hope this helps Tracie

FYI. There is a version of the comp that uses a straight cut on fins. Tracie

Last Call Door Closes June 1 Tracie

Well the deadline is approaching. June 1 is a hard deadline this year. Tracie

May I suggest you stop looking at a book that was written in 1982 and trying to establish a base line on when anything was made. When Roger wrote that good it was based on his experiences at that time. Time marches on and a lot better research has been done since then. Please look at the Thompson Encyclopedia Vol 7 for a good look at canvas items. Thanks Tracie Hill

I agree with Tom, I think that by 1942 Russell MFG was using the R. M. Co and date codes as were required by the US ordnance department. The RUSCO marked 1942 appears to be added later. Why someone would bother doing this is a mystery. Tracie Hill

I just sent you one. See if you can see it. Tracie

Yes there is. For $100 per volume plus ten for shipping I can provide you all volumes. PayPal or check Let me know. Tracie Hill

Thank you David for all of your work. Tracie Hill

Glad you liked it. The serial number listed is giving up even more information. See next issue. Tracie

I hope they checked the guns before hammering on the bolt face to see if they were unloaded. BOOM Tracie

Only four months out Tracie

Bumped back up since I have been getting requests. Tracie

FYI there is sections in the new book series The Thompson Encyclopedia on the Chinese m23 and others. look forward to your work Tracie