Frank I.

Welcome back!

Yes, There are a few in Quantico's storage vault.

I have not...

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

Quite common...too much semi-auto firing...its a MACHINE gun 😁

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

Priority #1 buy a copy of Tom Davis' book on the West Hurley Thompsons, it will save you a lot of grief and possibly personal injury.

I used to love going to the Aberdeen PG museum, lots of small arms and armor! From what I can recall they moved all of the weapons and armor to Ft Lee, VA (?), and most of it was still in storage https://smallarmsreview.com/us-army-ordnance-museum-aberdeen-proving-ground/

Gordon would be pleased that his creations have become Thompson collectors' items.

The Sterling is one of my favorite subguns, light, ergonomic, easy to control on FA. I am lucky enough to have an original PreMay dealer sample, its a late production model, the selector is marked 0-1-32

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.

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.

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."

A few years ago I had a minty almost new one, I had a hard time getting $50.00 for it.

The Ingram? M6 or MAC 10?

I posted this on the Reising Board, but I thought it would be of interest here as well, Federal Labs was also a Distributor for Thompson Submachine Guns. Just about every Police Department in West PA had several Reisings, probably because Federal Labs, a large Police equipment distributor, was on 41st Street in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. They were also a distributor for Thompsons. The late Gordon Herigstad took these pictures of the former Federal Labs building. That's Gordon's white Cadillac (with Oregon plates number 1921 A) sitting in front. I added a few related documents; it appears that the first ad was (U.S.) pre-war, around 1940. The last document states Federal Labs sold 4,119 Thompsons.

This article may help... https://smallarmsreview.com/sten-magazines-a-love-hate-relationship/

The one with a slot was originally for a 1928 Model, modified with the "step" at the back to fit the M1 and M1A1 models. The grips originally made for an M1-M1A1 do not have a slot. The modified grips are somewhat common.

During my research for my Reising book, years ago I found a lot of Marine Corps documents at the National Archives in College Park, MD. I though I would post a few here to stimulate this thread. Many explain Marine requests that resulted in the Reising M50 2nd Model, often (incorrectly) referred to as the "Military Model". There was no official designation by H&R or the Marine Corps other than the Model 50 or 55. Unfortunately, There isn't enough room for all of the documents.

Just about every Police Department in West PA had several Reisings, probably because Federal Labs, a large Police equipment distributor, was on 41st Street in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. They were also a distributor for Thompsons. The late Gordon Herigstad took these pictures of the former Federal Labs building. That's Gordon's white Cadillac (with Oregon plates) sitting in front.

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Straight from West Hurley AOC

Well, there have been some positive events in the NFA world recently... The LE signature being eliminated, FAST transfers via Eforms, many Pre-May guns are now transferable, and the removal of the $200.00 tax on SBRs, SBS and suppressors. There is a lot of pushback on the elimination of the tax, citing that since no tax is being collected, they should not be NFA. That could very well backfire, it is very possible that many states will ban them if there are no federal controls in place. In fact in Pennsylvania, a bill was already proposed to ban any shotgun with a barrel under 18" (and FTRs). The bill was defeated by ONE vote, but is sure to be presented again. Just my 2-cents

My first machine gun was a converted Colt AR-15, I bought it new as a semiauto for $400.00. I did a form 1, and Charlie Erb milled it for a GI sear for $50.00. During the 1980s the economy was not like today, $200.00 was a lot of money, and the LE signature was a problem for many. I sold that gun in the 1990s for $1500.00 and had a hard time finding a buyer. I also had a semi-auto Norinco AK I bought new s/n 0000031, for $295.00 Charlie Erb converted it for $125.00. After the 1986 ban, prices were increasing fast, I offered it to all my friends for $2300.00, they told me I was crazy, I was able to eventually sell it for that price. The 7.62x39 ammo was expensive and hard to find. I posted this article before, but it is a look at how machine gun buying was "back in the day". https://archive.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3854