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This is a collection of spare 1928A1 parts that I had laying around the shop. All are excellent original US GI parts. There are two recoil spring guides, two ejectors, an AOC marked front grip support, two oilers, felt for the buttstock oiler, and two Lyman-marked rear sights. All for $90 shipped FedEx to you. Check or money order. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/oda572/DSC04615.jpg

So what's the next generation of this "scam"? I ask because I have seen the MG-34 kits that use an M-16 receiver. Is that on par with this? How far can I modify my M-16? Into a belt fed Shrike? Into a .50 cal rifle? All these are available and more. The serial number is traceable to an individual firearm and individual owner. The caliber and mode of operation are inconsequential if you ask me. ODA572

I decided to throw caution to the wind and purchased a couple of repro canvas Thompson carrying bags from Sportsman's Guide. They previously sold a model that held the gun, dettached buttstock and 4 - 20 rounders. They recently changed to a model that held 4 - 30 rounders. I took the bait and ordered a couple of the later model. Junk. The chi-com copied Lift-The -Dot fasteners were so crude they were all pulling right out of the canvas. Also the entire bag was single stitched with cheap sewing tread. They look good for a display perhaps but would not endure even the most modest of use. My two cents: nice idea but unacceptable quality. I shipped mine back. ODA572

This is a stripped bolt for a semi-auto Thompson. Used but in great shape. Fits both 1927A1 or M1 models by Kahr or Auto Ordnance. $40 shipped to your hideout. First "I'll take it" gets it. I suppose I could say that this bolt once belonged to John Dillinger but then I'd have to ask $4000 for it. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/oda572/Morestuffforsale014.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/oda572/Morestuffforsale015.jpg

I flew in a a B17G that belongs to the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) back in 1995 out of Lunken Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was named "Aluminum Overcast" and was on tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII. Cost me $500 but I flew for an hour, had 10 minutes at the controls, got a cool jacket, and a year's membership in the EAA. I would do it again in a minute. You could move about the aircraft so I grabbed an M2AC in the waist with an open window. That was as good as flying the thing. If it had ammo I'd surely have let it rip. There were six of us passengers and we all took turns in every position, waist gunners, radioman, bombardier, engineer, pilot, and aircraft commander. Could not access the tail gunners position in flight and the Sperry ball turret was off limits. I was the only one without a video camera and that was by choice. I just could not waste this experience looking thru a viewfinder. I took some stills and they photgraphed you at the controls. I will always remember that flight. If you ever get the chance you have to do it.

Thanks PK. After reading Phil's answer I thought I was losing my mind. I guess I lost just half of it. Thanks to everyone for the clarification on the notches.

While reading the Thompson FAQ section of this fine board, I saw a remark that I would beg to differ with. The point being addressed concerned the two notches on the underside of a 1928 bolt. It said that the first notch is where the sear catches the bolt. It says that the second notch (5/8th inch further back) is there for the sear to catch if it misses the first notch on semi-auto fire. (And that the third notch found on an M1A1 bolt is so that the safety can be activated with the bolt in the forward position.) Is this correct? I didn't think a 1928 bolt travelled far enough to the rear of the receiver to allow the sear to "catch" the bolt "at the first notch". I believe that the "second notch", beneath the Blish Lock, is the only notch that the sear catches. So tell me, am I wrong or is the FAQ story wrong? Must be a slow day at work for me to be thinking about this kind of stuff.

The serial number on the gun was 38xx. I'll bring it with me down to the 'Creek and hope to meet some of you board members at the Radcliff Inn.

I have an older (Pre-Kahr) semi-auto 1927A1 Thompson kit to sell at Knob Creek this weekend. It is from the '70's and is in very good condition. It is a complete semi-auto Thompson but is missing: front foregrip, receiver, and rear sight. So I need a little help in determining a fair price for this because I don't think I have ever seen a semi gun kit offered. I'll be at the Radcliff Inn Saturday night, leave out on Sunday morning. If anyone here on the board can help with a price or a buyer let me know. ODA572

Phil, That's just the point. I consider myself a pretty good shot and I just can't believe Oswald or anybody else could have made that shot from that window. Perhaps if I had a full scale mock-up of the buiding and Deally (?) Plaza and had Castro himself pulling a target behind his '59 Chevy at various speeds, I could have gotten good enough to have made that shot. Short of that, no way. I really don't care, after 43 years, who pulled the trigger. There are much bigger fish to fry today. It is just this writer's opinion, one who has a least a little "trigger time", that Oswald did not make the shot. And as Forrest Gump said, "I guess that's all I'll say about that."

For forty years I have sniped ground hogs in Ohio. I was "high sniper" in Special Operation Training at Mott Lake on Fort Bragg, NC while I served with the Fifth Special Forces Group. Etc., etc., etc. All true. But ....... I never had an opinion about Lee Oswald until I looked out that very same window at the Schoolbook Depository in Dallas in 1982. I looked at the traffic, the height, the angle, the speed. After that I knew that Oswald never made that shot. I know that I could never make that shot. At least not the first time. So go look out that window and ask yourself if a loser like Oswald could have done it. I know a lot was made of the fact that he was a "Marksman" in the military. Remember, "Marksman" is the LOWEST classification you can earn, beneath Sharpshooter and Expert. They'll keep you on the range all day and night till you "earn" Marksman. The truth will never be known now about this death. Even if the truth was told, it would not be recognized. JFK, RFK, Marilyn Monroe, and Roswell, New Mexico. We'll get all the answers in heaven.

John Dillinger had a very different opinion of the 1907 in .351. Of course he left it behind at Little Bohemia. Just couldn't carry it and a Thompson. Pretty Boy Floyd used one too. Enough of a reason for me to have one in the collection.

Am I really missing something here? I just watched a horizontal forearm for a 1928 Thompson sell for $301.00 on Ebay. It wasn't even as nice as the one in my last kit from the good folks at SG. And I thought all the nuts in the world were wearing underwear on their heads and wanting to see Allah. Add this to the list of WTF? for me.

I'll take it. Email on the way.

That would be John F., not his drunken little brother Ted.

http://www.subguns.com/classifieds/index.c...query=retrieval You vintage Thompson owners no longer have a monopoly on outrageously priced collectibles. Just goes to show a little provenence can go a looooong way.

You want this one. http://64.184.32.112/cmmg_images/tbl_images/Guns/

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I didn't want to come off as a whiner. Just thought I'd stir the dust. As for the tax stamp wait, I've been there five times, but not yet for a Thompson. Just figuring out which kidney to sell ........

I'm sure somebody around here must know Hawkeye Joe. I'm not going to trash the guy but I am getting a little worried about a deal we made on this board. July 26 I sent him funds for a barrel removal tool. You can see his reply to my post in the archives. Well, things have gotten awfully quite from Joe. I've been burned before and this is how it starts. It's just that he has time to post on this board but can't answer my emails. So, Joe if you're reading this, please pop the tool in the mail if you have not done so already. If you have shipped it, then a thousand pardons are yours. Anyone caring to comment, please do.

I am in need of some help finding someone with a Thompson barrel removal - installation tool. This is the one with the fore grip support slot. If anyone has one to sell or even rent, please let me know.

I'm not familiar with the Italian webgear suggested, but if I had to guess right now I'd say it has Sten gun written all over it. Lift-the-dot fasteners look Anglo to me.

I think I have spoken to that same "customer service professional", and I use the term loosely. I called to ask the list price on a Thompson receiver only. After ten minutes of convincing her that I know you have to have an FFL to order one, did she finally give the list price. And she did that in a huff too. This company is working hard towards it's own demise.

I was at the Creek Saturday and heard a most distressing annoucement on the PA. Someone had walked off with an M60E3 from a dealer's table. At first I thought who could get away with something like that but then I thought where else on earth, besides Somalia and Baghdad, would a person carriying an M60 over his should be considered normal? If anyone has more details about this, please post.

You know what's funny? I know a guy who is wondering if he should trade his Frankford Arsenal M16 or converted SP-1 for a converted 1927A1 Thompson. A lot of black rifle fans are telling him not to. Oh, wait, that guy is me! What we may have here is collector of contemporary / modern firepower looking to visit, as best as he can afford, that classic era of days gone by. When machine guns were hardwood and blued steel. We may also have a collector who has been in that antique era too long and wants something sexy, modern, and seen on TV tonight. Something synthetic and space age. A gun at home with lasers and night vision. To the person who sees these guns with only dollar signs, they don't match up perfectly. And that observation is valid. But it is not only about that. I came on this board a couple of weeks ago looking for Paul Krough because he and Doug Richardson did the work on this Tommy. I was doing my "due dilligence". I've been able to email Paul and learn about the history of this particular gun. Seems like a great guy and a great gun. So keep voting and opinionating, it has been very helpful and I really mean that. Thanks, ODA572 http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/oda572/DSC00416.jpg

Well, a rather embarassing first day for me at Machinegunbooks.com. I found Paul right here and now have his email. Guess it pays to look around before asking for help. Please excuse my being so nieve. ODA572