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It appears that the guy standing on the left may be carrying some type of TSMG Web Gear?

https://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28941-thompson-sub-machine-gun-us-marine-corps-service-kit/#comment-259556

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Its a Billinghurst Requa Battery Gun.

Sidney J Garris was the owner of S&S Arms in Albuquerque. If he is still around he must be pushing 90 years old.

96 year old Factory Dummy Round Circa 1929 with box. Cardboard wax covered casing with Eley London Headstamp.

Have you attached the screws yet, buttplates will “flex” somewhat when tightened down.

I am not aware of any cuts to BATFE Mission Critical Operations Funding, short of the DEI Program Elimination? I don’t ever recall a time when so many voter mandates have been addressed/fulfilled so quickly post election 🤔

Are those faint markings under the S? Many imported Thompson’s were marked in this same area in small letters.

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First TSMG photo that I have seen with a soldier carrying a cleaning rod.

Fabbrica d'Armi Terni (Terni Arms Factory) 1951.

On a side note I noted that magazines and accessories on that site seem to bring a 200 - 300% Premium over US Prices https://gunsnz.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4692&search=Mag&description=true&category_id=279

I am not sure if these pouch’s were ever confirmed to be original USMC Issue. The original consensus years back when they hit the market in great numbers, was that they were original TSMG R.M.CO 1942 Pouches, that were released from Russian Lend Lease Surplus and had the USMC Markings later added by an unscrupulous dealer. Keeping that in mind, I personally would not value it at any more than any other WW2 Pouch.