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I will ask him about the dimensions, he currently has my Thompson and is working on it. I asked him about the cases but he is sold out and said he does not plan on making another batch, so that is why I am looking for info on the home guard cases to build one myself. (I have a buddy that is a carpenter.) I am also curious about the shipping crate that help around 4 or 5 thompsons with mags for overseas shipping if anyone has any info. There was a pic in a recent thread about Russian thompsons, and turns out it was omega weapons systems picture.

RoscoeTurner; I am sorry if I seemed off putting. I grow weary of reenactors having a bad name when it is just a handful that ruin it for everyone else. Once again I in no way wanted to come across as argumentative or gruff... I just wanted to defend myself and the majority of my fellow hobbyists.

Lol yea, the iPhone auto correct is ridiculous sometimes.... I should have proof read, but my planning period was almost over.... I edited my "typos" sorry for the mistakes....

Yea, friction tape is very interesting and fortunately still very easy to find. Most hardware stores sell it next to the modern electrical tape, and honestly I like it far better, it works much better in most applications. I've seen the forearm pic to, I think that would be really uncomfortable... I also saw one where a guy tapes a mag to each side of his horizontal grip.... I think I am going to tape 2 30 rounders side by side, fixing my want of a 50 round drum if you remember that from other threads, and use 20 rounders as back up... Thank you all for your advice and information.

Thank you, I was planning on tapeing two together with friction tape as I am a demo guy and that's what would have been in my kit. I didn't want one upside down so I was going to do wood between them so they would be side by side. I Appriciate your info. Does anyone have expierence shooting or carrying like that? I'm curious if it will have any effect. My Thompson is off to Dan Block for some work so I can't really walk around the house to test. Thanks a bunch. WW2, My hobby is shooting steel plate and I frequently use 3 pair of 30 rd mags taped together. Both mags face upright and have a 1/4 inch plastic spacer between them. I use duct tape. If plastic and duct tape were not available in WW2 I don't care. This is with the Thompson. I don't tape mags with the Reising or Grease Gun. I' m right handed and always shoot the right mags first. All the pictures I've seen of WW2 and Korea show the mags taped one up and one down. I tried this and found the switch to be slow and clumsy and quickly abandoned this method. I do have a picture of the M3 SMG in Korea where the mags are taped in a "L" fashion like the Israeli's do with thier UZI s. I don't find this to be advantageous and don't do it. With plate shooting the fastest time wins, so if it isn't fast its abandoned. Jim C . Thank you very much for the info... I know many probably thought of this as a stupid question and ignored it. At events I want to use and display the proper WWII way. If you do it while shooting plates I am sure I will be fine while shooting blanks. I agree that the one facing up and the other down would be awkward and slow... I'm going to use the side by side method, and use tape and wood. Thanks again for the info...

Well one case is a little bit better then the record of Illinois.... Well if she is allergic to snow that leaves you with one option..... Texas.... Lol

I get what you are saying. Maybe we can discuss semantics and say I am a living history collector? Would that help? I know you nor anyone else on the forum know me from Adam, but I hold two degrees in history, and I care more about accuracy then anything else. If I can't find first person accounts (fresh from the era) or pictures I don't do something. I was thinking in a counter direction to you and thinking that by saying I am a reenactor I wanted accurate information and I take things seriously. I have a Thompson therefore I could slap together a case from the pictures I have in my growing collection of Thompson books (5 of 10 have arrived and I have read 2) and measure my Thompson to make sure it fits, then slap on some glossy green paint and say it original... However, that's not my way. The point of this thread is to get exact information from collectors who have been collecting longer then I have been alive and by chance might have an original. I want to build one correct down to the type of nails, so that when an original is put next to it you can't tell the difference, but fear not I am not a liar and will let people know I built it and it's a reproduction. Now I know you were trying to help by stating that we shouldn't throw around the "reenactor" word, I just want you to know the type of "living history collector" I am... I would love to buy nothing but originals and stare at them constantly, but the school district does not pay me that well, so instead of representing the Thompson falsely I am trying to gain as much information through this board as I possibly can, after all expierence is the best teacher. I want to pass on that information and stamp out lies and misconception. I am wanting to learn and learn right, I am sorry that a few reenactors are literally retarded and give us a bad name, but the same can be said for priests, teachers, cops, firefighters, door to door sales persons, hell almost any profession.... So please try not to judge me by the hobby that I adore and take to an extreme beyond most when it comes to proper historical accuracy, but judge me by the content of my posts and my desire to properly represent history in the most accurate way I can afford. (After all originals don't crop up on gunbroker for $200 BIN, every few weeks.)

Thank you, I was planning on tapeing two together with friction tape as I am a demo guy and that's what would have been in my kit. I didn't want one upside down so I was going to do wood between them so they would be side by side. I Appriciate your info. Does anyone have expierence shooting or carrying like that? I'm curious if it will have any effect. My Thompson is off to Dan Block for some work so I can't really walk around the house to test. Thanks a bunch.

I spent around 6 hours looking before I posted, I collected many pics and some good info, but no dimensions.

A little clarification. Do you want to know how to tape mags together or do you want to know if soldiers taped mags together?? Jim C Both.... I have a stich nazi authenticity officer so extra pictures are always welcome in my evidence collects. The previous thread had info on various methods use etc... I can take tape and wrap it around mags I'm not stupid. However, expierence is always the best teacher so I figured any advice would be nice.

I remember reading about this in one of the threads, but I can't find it now. I have a few pics of guys doing it, but I was wanting some more information and recondmendations. Thanks in advance.

I would like to do a thompson case collection for display at WWII reenactments. I am interested in the military transit cases, home guard cases, and any other crates/cases you can think of. I would Appriciate any info, period of use, pictures (especially) and for the wooden cases any detailed dimensions and pictures (for reproduction cases) would be great. Thank you all.

Lol I tried to remove the barrel on my Thompson and that failed miserably.... So I figured while I was sending my Thompson to Dan block to do a bunch of stuff the is out of my capability... (like the removable stock kit.) I would have him slap in the kit. I feel you with stupid laws, I live in the communist state of Illinois... Do what I am planning.... Go to Wisconsin.... Good beer, good cheese... Their gun law is pretty much do what you want.... Heaven....

That's really neat. I don't know much about conversions, but I think that case is awesome. Is there anyway you could take some detailed pictures and dimensions? I would like to have one made as I have never seen one in person. I think it would look great with all my other crates at reenactments. Thank you for your time.

I do a lot of business with At The Front as a reenactor... His mags and 5-cell pouches are great... He says he got them from a Chicago police department that was liquidating stock. I purchased several mags and pouches from him last year in anticipation of buying a Thompson, the feed great and work with a modified mag catch no prob. I reconmended anything from At The Front.

Yea you can pull it back with two hands without the springs, but with the springs you can do it with just a finger. I would send it off and have a pro do it, but if you want to save money order the kit from Tommy Gunner.com and have fun.... My 2 cents worth....

Happy birthday.... It's late but I didn't know... Hope you had fun at the range. If that was my semi you were test firing I just want you to know its an honor that you were the first to fire it. (I don't have a range to shoot at where I live now... It's sad) Anyway just wanted to say happy birthday an thank you for all that you do both on the forum and in your shop.

Sorry for my French but dumb bastards.....

I will

I don't think it is photoshopped... If you zoom in they cut down a 16.5 inch barrel (it is finned all the way to the compensator if you look in the gaps.) put the compensator back on, and then put the weaver rail shroud on.... I don't think its perminate just put on for a photo...

Okay, thank you... I have pics of 1911 specific crates and .45ACP only crates from WWII, but I have only heard of the Thompson specific crate so I was curious. Thank you for the info though.

I hope it's photoshopped but people do many stupid things in this crazy world of ours....

Maybe that would have something in it...

I did, but was unsure on the authenticity. They help for stencils, but that's about it. Relics.org sells a reproduction crate, but they admit they just made up the info and size. I set up a crate display and have around 40 (mix of original and reproduction) but I want to make sure on dimensions and whatnot before I build.

The Kahr factory detachable stock will interchange with the originals. Note that the stock (and pistol grip) on the NON-detachable Kahrs are the M1 pattern, not the 1928. There are also bolt-on plates that adapt the NON versions to accept detachables, but they require milling the grip frame to accept the plate. For all the work involved, and if you wanted to go to the "fire control" as a bolt hold open, you would be better off getting a stripped GI grip frame and working from that. The issue of the Kahr/Hurley 3/4" wide grip mount vs the original 1/2" version is very well covered in past threads. But, to briefly restate it: the grip mounts are interchangeable, but the barrel must be removed to do the change. TD from this board wrote a very informative article on the reproduction parts in the November 2011 Small Arms Review. What is the difference in the pistol grips? I know the differences between the stocks but was un aware of a pistol grip difference. The M1 pistol grip has a notched section cut out of the rear. This will be very obvious in photos. You can cut a 1928 grip to work on an original M1 (or West Hurley / Kahr non-detachable guns). Early wartime production of M1 Thompsons reportedly used modified 1928 grips. Good to know thank you for the information.