Jack Wright

PM re barrel sent...

Thanks, Richard

I have the same gun. Mine is S-62648. Would be interested in exchanging pics, if you are interested. Like Dire Straits too!

I will buy the 1928 S-marked barrel for $475. Please email me at jhwright1938@gmail.com to arrange payment details. Thanks, Jack Wright

A few years ago, I purchased six 20-round magazines with the witness holes soldered up from a fellow board member (Sandman) to go with my cash-and-carry British Model of 1928. Five of the six mags are Auto Ordnance and one is a Crosby, all in excellent condition. We all know that the Brits did this to keep the dirt and sand out for use in North Africa in WW II. This past weekend, I was able to acquire a 30-round mag (a Seymour) with the witness holes soldered up. The mag has noticeable finish wear and has clearly seen significant use. I was completely unaware that 30-rounders had been used like this, only having seen 20-rounders prepared for use in this way. Does anyone have any mags like this or know anything about them? Would very much like to know more about them. Please reply if you have any info on them...

Huggy, a comment about your wanting to find an original S-marked barrel for your gun. My British Model of 1928 has an S-marked barrel, but the S is fairly large, lying on its side, and read upright from the butt end of the gun. It also has pronounced serifs on both ends of the S. Most S-marked barrels I have seen have a smaller S on the barrel collar parallel to the barrel fins and no serifs on the S. Given the low serial number of your gun, I believe the barrel I have on my gun would be the correct one for your gun as well. Anyone else have an S-marked barrel like mine?

My British Model of 1928 (S-62648), which has its original barrel, has a Stevens (square S) marked grip hanger...

I think it is very unlikely that the typical British Thompson has its original butt stock. The stocks were probably removed from the guns, disassembled, and the sling swivel relocated from the bottom to the top of the stock. The reinforcing screws were added to the front of the stock at some point along the way. Then the stock was ready for reassembly, using whatever metal was available. I doubt anyone kept track of the stock’s original metal. Once reassembled, the stocks were probably put back on the guns with no attempt to match the stock with the gun it was on when it arrived. This work was probably done on a large group of guns at once as quickly as possible. Time constraints likely resulted in all the butt stocks and metal parts on them going to guns other than their origionals, except, of course, by rare chance. Does anyone know what the exact process/procedures for this rework were.

This is a British-modified stock. The two screws were added to reinforce the front of the stock to prevent it from breaking. The British also relocated the sling swivel from the bottom to the top of the stock. You have a classic British stock. I have the same stock on my British cash-and-carry Model of 1928. Cool stock! It is a WWII stock...

What does the W mark on the butt stock mentioned above stand for?

My cash-and-carry British Model of 1928 does not have a punch mark on top of the receiver nose, nor is there a punch mark in the loop of the P mark on the barrel. The only mark on the receiver nose is the British crown, which also appears on the right side of the receiver in the three o’clock position and on top of the actuator. The P mark on the barrel collar is upright when viewed from the buttstock end of the gun. The gun does, however, have ton markings on the barrel out past the end of the fins, which, as I understand it, were applied when the barrel was proof-tested when the gun left British service...

Actually, I have a spare milled ejector for my Model of 1928 British Thompson. It is marked with the S on the backside. I do not know whether the milled ejector on the gun is marked or not; I’m afraid to try to take it off to see...

There is a milled ejector currently for sale on Gunbroker. Is there any way to tell whether it is the real deal or a repo?

Are there any markings on it to indicate that it is a repo and not an original part?

Did not know that. How would such a gun have the Woolwich mark on it? I was under the impression that the Woolwich mark was applied after the gun reached Britian, not at the Savage plant where it was made.