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Good Lord! Wonder what's GREEEED in chineese http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

good lord! you guys think you got problems with lead build-up in the comp after shooting FMJ? I shoot hard-cast lead round nose 230 grainers 99% of the time ( 100-200 Rds / weekend) since FMJ is so darn expensive in my neck of the woods ( 5x more! ). Guys, you should see the layer of lead i have to deal with come clean-up time. The word "chunks of lead" describe it completely! They are a true cast-iron (or is it cast-lead) bitch to remove. Have tried chemicals, to know avail. oh well, elbow grease, mallets and small chisels always work, if a bit primitive. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

Full-Auto .45 / Hawksnest: Man, sorry to take so long to reply! My computer "died" for 2 weeks, so I wasn't able to reply ASAP. Anyway, i'm from the Philippines, from Cebu province to be exact. Going to the U.S....? Well, i can dream, can't I? Getting a visa to go there is kinda hard, the U.S. embassy people here giving new meaning to the term "hardnosed", and the fare alone one-way is 4 mos. salary for me. Maybe one day a trip to a TCA shoot would be truly cool! When that happens, i'll be looking for you guys there! In case you're wondering how somebody who has a TSMG not afford a plane ticket there Thompsons here in my country are practically dirt-cheap. Got mine for about a months wages ( 15,000 pesos or about approximately 280 U.S dollars ). They're cheap since most gunowners here think they're "old and ineffective", to quote one sadly misinformed friend of mine. The hot ticket here are dressed upped M-16s and M4s, sold at prices 3-4x that in the U.S. However, those few of us who own TSMGS and i know of about half a dozen others, are, like me , highly enamored with our guns and would not ever think of parting with them. Those not so hot about TSMGs usually start asking about where to get one once they see me empty a 50 rd. drum in one long coool burst! Yeehaah! Anyway, once again thaks for your help guys, and i DO hope to see you if and when i go to a TCA shoot!

Full-auto .45:

To Hawksnest: Thanks a lot, man. Your answer made me appreciate the gun more. On the lighter side, to all the comments on "dating" my Savage, LOL! Took me a few seconds to grasp what you guys were commenting on! Went like this"...why are they all talking about asking her out when all i was asking was to help DATE my...OH O.K., DARN I GET IT! LOL! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Hmmm, sometimes all this Thompsonitis can be bad for my heh,heh understanding of yankee humor! Makes me wish i could go to a Thompson shoot in the U.S. one of this days. Date my Thompson, huh?! Nyahahahahahah Hawksnest, once again your help is most profoundly appreciated!

Hi guys! Need some help on finding out when my Savage 1928a1 TSMG was made. Its serial number is S-135695. I know i really should be the one to research on this but from where i com from there's zilch literature on Thompsons. Any help would be highly appreciated. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif

http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/blink.gif 15k? Good Lord! At the present U.S. dollar - Philippine peso exchange rate that'll be 840,000 pesos. Dang it, thats three and a half YEARS salary for me here! I really am eyeing my Savage 1928a1 with some new-found respect... http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

My Savage 1928a1 had a lot of front-back play too. Fixed it up by carefully fitting a very thin steel wire in between the upper and lower halves on the left side. Had some difficulty sliding them back together, but once done, zero slop! I was thinking that this method can't hurt since the upper and lower receivers are not reciprocating together and so can't wear themselves out, but i'd really like to hear PK's opinion on this.

http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif hehhehheh once had a guy try to sell me a 179 rd. drum for my 1928a1. Wow, i ask him how he knows its a 179 rd. drum and he says he was able to stuff 179 rds. of .45 acp into it. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Obviously, this i had to see. After 4 days of good-naturedly egging him on he comes to my house with the drum and proudly shows it to me. Turns out it was the drum mag of a USAS-12 shotgun. I was laughing so hard i forgot to ask him how he was able to stuff 179 rds. of .45 acp in it. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

to PK: Yes, the Blish lock still has its ears. There are some shiny areas on it, but basically no significant wear. And thank God for that, cuz if it were damaged, there,s absolutely no place here in the Philippines ill be able to get a replacement! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/sad.gif To PhilOhio: I think you got something there, Phil! N320 has a burn rate between Hodgdon Clays and Royal Scot powders. Problem is, the only easily available powders here are by Vihta Vouri and by Vectan. No American powders! Darn! Think ill try V-V N310, burn rate a bit faster than Bullseye. To PK and Philohio: Thanks a zillion for your replies, I appreciate them a lot!But guys, one more question. If i continue using this powder and the resulting flaming of the ejection port, will it damage my gun? Or is it inconsequential? Thanks in advance for your replies! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif

Have a Savage 1928a1 that i shoot a lot. Have had no problems so far after more than 3,000 rounds. However what bothers me a little is the presence of a substantial tongue of flame that frequently goes out of the ejection port when the gun is fired, especially on full auto. Now, I know that since the tommygun is an open bolt design, there will always be some flame coming out there, but in my case the yellow flame seen is much worse than that i can see coming out of the muzzle and compensator, sometimes up to around 3 inches long. Is something wrong, or is it normal? I use reloads using a 230 gr. LRN bullet with 4.8 gr. of Vihta Vouri N320, basically the starting load, going at around 890 fps. My recoil spring is 67 coils and 11 inches long with .042 wire. Any ideas on whats going on will be most appreciated.

Thanks for the welcome, Walther63a! Nice to talk with folks who share a passion for the TSMG. About those who would not want us to have guns, we have our share of those here. Not yet as noisy as those where you are, but definitely on the way. Our gun laws are pretty draconian on paper, but have so many legal loopholes that dedicated people( like me, with regards to owning full-auto weaponry) can with some effort be able to legally own and shoot these oh- so pretty powder-burners. Again, thanks for the welcome! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif

in the 1 1/2 mos. i've had my 1928a1, some 3000 rds of 230 grn. LRN reloads under 4.8 grns of V-V N320. Goes 890 fps ave. I know, I know. Spare parts for thompsons in the Philippines are practically zilch, but I CAN'T STOP SHOOTING IT! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

Hi jf Castro! Nice to hear that there's another tommygunner in these olde Philippines! I'm from Cebu ( where Danao's at , hehehe) and am part of a 3-man group of tommygunners here who absolutely love shootin', fondlin', and starin' at our Thompsons! I have a Savage 1928a1 with finned barrel and Cutt's Compensator ( ser.# s-135695 ) and my other buddies have an Ao and Savage M1 respectively. Got mine for 13t pesos ( 220 dollars to you yanks out there) and obtained a WWII Bridgeport L drum to go with it just 2 mos. ago. Had to have a repro made of the butt since only God knows where the original is now. Have shot more than 3000 rds ( mostly lead reloads ) thru it since then with nary a bobble and i just cant seem to stop! Here's hoping we can shoot together one day! What city you from?

http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif heyheyhey walther63a! don't knock Uncle Sam's decision to give some thompsons to third world countries! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Otherwise, i'd never have found out the joys of tommygunning! I'm from the Philippines, and i own a Savage 1928a1 w/ a finned barrel and Cutt's compensator. Got the gun bout 2 mos. ago and have fired more'n 3000 rounds thru it. I just cant stop http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif Got an L drum for it Bridgeport WWII and average 400 rds thru it a weekend. Gosh, 1930srust was right! IT IS almost as good as... well, you know what i mean! Rest assured, THIS tommygun in THIS third world country is gonna be well taken care of! AND shot a lot!!! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif