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Paul in PA

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  1. WTS: USGI Thompson M-1 Submachinegun Bolt and Screws With Dave's Permission. Thanks for Looking, Prices include shipping. Thompson M1 Bolt, .45 ACP, Complete, in *Excellent* condition - Sold Marked S, Savage, some wear. USGI Thompson Wood/Stock Screws - Sold If there are any other pictures you would like, please just ask. Paul
  2. I use a light brush with LSA or CLP oil followed by a little white grease on the bolt wear points on the M-1. When running Merle's 22 kit just oil worked best for me.
  3. No interest / Not Mine Popped into my email Prototypes - Ben Edwards Designs (benedwardsllc.com) M1A1Perfectly produced to military spec using a process with 35 years of use. LIMITED RUN OF 10 Price $900
  4. Ok, here is a stupid question. I have been out of the Class 3 market since 2000. No purchases or sales since then. What is an E-Form in relationship to Class 3 items? My current pieces are all on a paper Form 4 with a "Tax Stamp". What happens when I go to sell? Delays? What is an e-File or e-Form? Thanks in Advance Paul
  5. 28 lower or M-1? Weird. How stable is it for shooting? Length of pull, came as a regular Thompson? Is it a AK folding stock? Does a mag fit into the mag well with the stock closed? Can you shoot it in that configuration.
  6. Over the lost couple of days, I noticed that the traditional sites where one looks for firearms, (Gunbroker, Sturmgehwer, Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association, CMP, etc), have been looking a little bear and thread worn. What's up? Particularly in the NFA world? I was looking for a Keystone Crickett for my granddaughter and there are only a few available. As I go over the NFA listing online or with Ruben or David Spiwak not much but MACs. Anything Remington, prices are going crazy/ Questions for discussion: - Are the auction houses sucking up the NFA sales, as sellers see big $$$s for the sales through them? - More private sales, between folks. The good stuff never makes it to the postings? - Not a lot of Thompsons, MP-40s, S&W 76s, or even STENs. Lot of MACs, and UZIs. - It appears that beltfeds are a slow mover as they appear to make it to the boards a little more but not in the numbers like we use to see. No MG-34s or 42s. - Lots of Dealer Samples on Gunbroker, I don't see those as retail sales - On the flip side, the prices on www.machinegunpriceguide.com appear to be falling? Confusing market - Confusing world Paul
  7. With all the shortages of ammunition and firearms and we are quick to point to a Democratic conspiracy. But I am more to see a more classic simple supply and demand squeeze. Does not matter if it is toilet paper, germ killer cleaners, petroleum based energy, or "Gunnns and Am-mow" as us gun toting bible thumpers are supposed to say. Demand: - Increase firearms ownership leads to an increase desire to shoot and in turn an increase demand for ammunition. - Increase demand caused by scarcity or fear of changes in ownership laws. Normal Inflation: - General economic changes in the cost of raw material. The economy as a whole. - As we reopen economy raw materials in general are being effected by cost inflation Supply Chain dynamics - Covid-19 health mitigation policies. The production of many items are being impacted. The wife and I went to buy some furniture. The furniture is manufactured in South Carolina, production times have gone from 10-12 weeks from order to we don't know when we will have all the parts in. We have run out of certain parts and are waiting on our supplier. - Factories now maintain shallow level of materials for production and spare parts to keep the line running. Why stock inventory we can get it overnight from ther supplier. - Component shortages. Now what I think may be the root cause of much of our woes - the bankruptcy of Remington in 2020. This took the inventory that Remington produced in firearms and ammunition out of the supply chain. If I want a semi-auto shotgun, I can no longer find a 1100 or 11-87, so maybe I will look at a Beretta or Bennelli. Or I shoot Remington Yellow Jacket 22LR, and now I can only find Aquila. What impact did this cause? You are starting to hear about shortages in Computer Chip supplies, the factories that make computer chips can't make enough for X-Box's, new cars, airplanes and all the devices that now have chips in them - so there are shortages in every day items and long wait times for smart refrigerators. At the end of the day supply will eventually return to equilibrium in all things, maybe with inflationary pressures. Maybe with government intervention. The government may influence society; as we are seeing with electric cars over gas powered. But at the end of the day, it is a slow transition. Two to three years out, Remington will be back on line and manufacturers will increase production. The world and social norms with change, and a new norm will evolve. But at the end of the day, be prepared. Does not matter if it is toilet paper or ammunition. Keep a ninety day to six month supply of toilet paper and a two year supply of ammunition. Buy by the case, not the round.
  8. I second the request for info on a M-1 Thompson buffer option
  9. Thanks Dan for the OK. I have for sale a KAHR 1927 Foregrip and Rear Pistol Grip that I have no use for. The foregrip has a 3/4 inch channel/ These are practically new, I got these in trade. Please see the attached pictures. Asking SOLD Shipped via US Priority Mail. A donation has been made to the Forum. Thanks Paul
  10. The time has come where I am seriously considering selling my last Class 3 item, my WW-II AO USGI M-1A1 Thompson. None of children or their spouses have a real desire or the ability to buy out their siblings out to inherit it. So I am planning to make it simple and sell my Thompson and all the spare parts and accessories. Cash is much simpler to divide in an estate. As I delve into the eventual sale I have some questions. First, I can't remember if I ever filled a change of address with the ATF. My form 4 says my old address, which is served by the same Post Office, just a few miles away. So I did not change states. At the time of when I moved I sold all my other Class 3 to pay off part of the mortgage. All the other class 3 had the old address and cleared for sale over the first year or two I was in the new house. No issues. Questions: 1. Should I have informed the ATF of the Change of location? I am assuming so but what I did I can't remember it is over 20 years ago. 2. What form? Should I inform them with? 3. Should I sell, how do I complete the Form 4? New Address I assume? Thanks in Advance Paul
  11. Is Bob still actively engaged in the business? Or has it passed to his son/son-in-law (I think)? I have dealt with OOW in the past always a good experience, but in the last six years I have not, for many reasons. Some personal, like my collection is shrinking as I age or in their case their focus appears to have changed and not much interests me there anymore. Nothing bad, but they appear to be going after the DoD-PD work more and less focused on the Collector market.
  12. Are these early M-16s and full-auto AR-15s C&R eligible? Or are only the Mod 1 Armalite Marked Colts? I know what the ATF identifies on the C&R web site, and I know the 50 year rule. But I never see these early class 3 weapons listed as C&R eligible. Really would like to buy an M-16, but would like it to be C&R. Thanks Paul
  13. Heavy, yes. Fun yes. I enjoy the option of shooting 22's out of my Thompson, the extra weight allows for a steady platform. I would like to have a another Class III 9mm or a multi-caliber AR-15/M-15, but my Thompson is all I have left of my collection. Merle's kit gives me an option. I would say it has a limited market, but is a must to have if you want to shoot. I see it as allowing full-auto with less wear and tear on my Thompson.
  14. I find the question of C&R much more confusing when we get to the Colt M-16 Family. Colt model no. Military designation Production Years 601 AR-15 Initial orders 1961 602 XM16 Orders begin 1963? 603 XM16E1 1967 until 1982 603 M16A1 1967 until 1982 C&R Eligible = Older then 60 years / 2020 minus 50 equals 1970 Currently only the Armalite, AR-15, Model 601, cal. .223, mfd. by Colt. Must be marked "Armalite." is classified as curios or relics. Has anybody seen a 602 or 603 transfer as a C&R eligible NFA?
  15. YEP, Is this factory or aftermarket? Also it appears the grip bar extends past the fore stock?
  16. Available to me locally, private sale. A new Auto Ordnance 1927A1 Thompson Rifle Commando Model with AO factory Tag in 45 acp. This 1927A1 was built in 1992 and was never shot. Still has the Auto Ordnance Hang Tag in the trigger guard. Walnut stocks were painted with a black textured paint. Has the goofie bayonet lug? Not certain this is factory. What's a value on this? He is asking 1,250 - which sound high. How good are they? Thanks Paul
  17. Not Thompson specific, but a number of us shoot the Thompson in the Iron Sights class. Pennsylvania Class Three Competitors http://www.pennsylvaniaclassthreecompetitors.com/sub-gun.html
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