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Sold My Colt Choppers, Time to Sell these Books, Weights 20 pounds , Never Opened as New As it can Be $300 shipped It weighs 21 pounds !!! Must Have for Thompson Collectors Two large, very heavy quarto hardbound volumes bound in silver-decorated maroon leatherette, and housed in a matching slipcase. Containing over 2,200 pages total, this 6th (and final) edition explains the various models designations; lists over 15,000 serial numbers; when, to whom and where the guns were shipped (including foreign shipments); their locations today (if known); plus Thompsons used by such infamous gangsters as Al Capone, Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, "Ma" and Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, and others! Plus the infamous guns shipped to the mysterious George Gordon Rourke and other shadow buyers. Also included are Drum Magazines, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Thompsons, FBI Thompsons, a biography of John T. Thompson, an extensive alphabetical index to both volumes -- and much more! This is the ultimate fulfillment of author Gordon Herigstad's (d. April 2015) dream: More than 2,200 pages of information about the legendary Colt Thomson Submachine Gun! An invaluable reference on the subject, and an instant collector's item in its own right! You'll LOVE these books -Individually Numbered - Only 1000 were produced.

All, Found this picture online at Getty Images. Wish I knew the story behind this gun, it definitely saw some use. Notice the missing piece of the front grip exposing the grip mount. I can't read the small plaque, which may be a clue to its origin. Anyway, it is a serial No. 2373, not in Gordon Herigstad's Colt Serial Number Book.