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  8. Curtis Tactical suppressor disassembly

    in The U.S. M3-M3A1 Message Board

    Posted

    Help needed?

    I recently purchased a Curtis M3A1 can and need some disassembly instructions. There is a video by "Machine gun Mike" on YouTube, but my baffles are different.  I cannot get the threaded pieces that the baffles are in, there are very narrow flats for a VERY thin wrench, I it would take 2 of them to disassemble the stack. Anyone have a similar can/problem?   

     

  9. Thompson barrels, MINT G.I. - no value?

    in Thompson Submachine Gun Message Board

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    On 8/30/2023 at 10:50 PM, reconbob said:

          I just sold (at GB auction) a MINT G.I. M1/M1A1 smooth barrel, and a MINT G.I. finned barrel.

    The M1/M1A1 barrel went for $141.00, the M1928A1 barrel went for $156.00. These are MINT G.I.

    barrels. To put this in context a new commercial Green Mountain aftermarket M1 barrel is $124.00,

    a "New Made" M1 barrel from Apex is $129.95, a   M1928A1 barrel, finned, threaded for comp barrel

    from Apex is $159.95. A new mfg. M1 barrel from Gun parts Corp is $181.00 and a new mfg. finned

    M1928A1 barrel from Gun Parts Corp is $256.00.

        There is a lesson to be learned here, but i am not sure what it is. I would have thought that

    the "value/price" for an original MINT G.I. barrel would be more than a new manufacture barrel.

    Is this an outlier? Or are the Thompson guys (and I admit that I am one of them) starting to fade

    away and with them loss of interest and value of Thompson items? A lot of us started watching

    Vic Morrow and COMBAT when we were kids but thats now over 50 years ago. Band of Brothers

    and Saving Private Ryan is now over 20 years ago...

    Bob

     

     

    With GB its seems to be a crap shoot. I have seen stuff go for ridiculous money, and other times the same items go crazy cheap, like your barrels.     

    I have had some success starting at .01 no reserve, attracts a lot of bidders, and hopefully you will get two affluent bidders trying to outbid each other. Always end the auction on a weekday at 10:00 PM EST sharp, and make sure your title has a complete description of what you're selling with lots of good pictures.  

  10. Firing pin mod video

    in Reising Message Board

    Posted

    On 5/11/2026 at 9:05 PM, Cort Tompkins said:

    I do intend to get back to this!  I've spent most of the last year or so getting ready for the impending Virginia AWB which is now sadly almost upon us.  But here in the next few months I want to return to the Reising FP project and will post some updates here once that happens.

    Welcome back! 

  13. M1 Bolt and Sear connection

    in Thompson Submachine Gun Message Board

    Posted

    On 5/6/2026 at 12:34 PM, reconbob said:

    Frank - I respectfully disagree with you rating this bolt damage/deformation as "quite common". I have had hundreds of Thompsons thru my shop for builds or repairs and almost never see this deformation.  Years back I processed 900 used, torched Thompsons (Sarco project. This was long before 1986 and they wanted to reweld/build them into guns). The bolts were torched but the sear notches were intact and there was thought of rebuilding them. None of the bolts had this damage/deformation. I have bought and sold hundreds of used bolts and this damage is so rare (if it is military bolt) as to not exist.

    I am willing to be educated/corrected. Anybody who reads this and is willing to take the time, check your Thompson bolt and let us know if it has the damage/deformation shown in the photo above.

    Bob/Phila Ordnance

    Hi Bob,

    Perhaps it's a case of civilian VS military use, as well as 80+ years of shooting as opposed to 20 or so years of military service?  

    There is no doubt that you have observed many more Thompsons than I but, but I have seen burrs on the sear surface of the bolt that gouged the trigger frame. (as depicted in a photo in one of the threads above)

    When I bought my first Thompson, a knowledgeable and respected enthusiast advised me to watch for 1. dress burrs on the bottom of the bolt, 2. always hold the button down when installing and removing a '21 or '28 buttstock assy and 3. always wipe down rear part of the grip where the web of your hand touches.   

    Respectfully, 

    Frank

  15. Firing pin mod video

    in Reising Message Board

    Posted

    Not my video, the guy who made it used to post here, but hasn't provided an update on his quest for a firing pin solution.

    This is his thread from here 

     

    ALSO Posted here 

    Broken firing pins are probably the most commonly encountered issue with Reisings. PaulF on this board posted an excellent "How To" regarding a solution to this problem. The post may be found at the following link:

    http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=8854

     

     

  21. Sturm Scammer - M45 Coffin Magazines

    in Swedish and Finnish Submachine Guns, S&W 76 and MK760

    Posted

    7 hours ago, NE Patriot said:

    Frank, they can seize your funds?!  That's robbery.  Sometime I've got a grand or more in there.  I'll stop that.  It's bad enough they discriminate against gun activity, but taking your money is a bridge too far.   

     

    Never leave any money in a Pay Pal account!

    When I complained about the seizure, they sent me a copy of the agreement I signed when I joined and told me to read it.

    Apparently, they will hold you liable for violating their policies, and by signing, you agree to it.

    I hate the way gun owners are treated by CC companies, banks and PayPal. 

     Legal gun owners have passed a background check, NFA owners undergo even more scrutiny. 

     

  22. Sturm Scammer - M45 Coffin Magazines

    in Swedish and Finnish Submachine Guns, S&W 76 and MK760

    Posted

    Be careful using PAY PAL! If you try to file a loss or claim for anything gun-related they will not pay and they will permanently freeze your account and seize any money in it.   (I know)

    Pay Pal also does word searches on gun sites to freeze accounts, that is why you will sometimes see sellers type Pay Pal as P**P** 

    BTW a Dana Reed from the Pittsburgh, PA area was/is a well-known scammer for years. 

  23. Had an unusual primer failure today

    in Off Topic Forum - If your post disappeared look in here

    Posted

    On 3/26/2026 at 5:59 PM, StrangeRanger said:

    I think it's probably just this lot.  I ran through 1600 rounds of Bulgarian with no misfires.  It was crappy ammo but it was reliable.  The last lot of Romanian I shot ran perfectly. I have hopes for another 1224 round lot to work normally.  I also have 840 rounds of Yugoslavian shrink wrapped around the original boxes and five 1280 round sealed "kielbasa cans" of Polish that I expect will run flawlessly.

    When all this is used up Tokarev ammo is going to get stupidly expensive especially if PPU stays out of the US market which seems likely

    ...and reloading won't be an option since PPU was the only source of inexpensive 85 gr, FMJs.  I shoot Sierra 90 gr RN projos in my Broomhandle (semi) but at $.40 per round just for the projos that won't work very well in a 1000 RPM M49/57.  (PPU projos were $.15)

    Back when 7.62x25 was impossible to find, I made reloadable cases out of .223 brass. I shortened the cases with a pipe cutter and sized-trimmed them. I had to ream the inside the necks because the brass was too thick in that area. I had a local lead bullet caster resize 85g .32 caliber bullets to .311. Worked perfectly in Tokarev pistols and a PPD40 I had at the time. The problem was recovering the (labor-intensive) spent cases, which the PPD would eject pretty far. 

    "Necessity is the mother of invention."    

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