Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 http://www.imfdb.org/images/f/f2/Them16.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUTTERRATT Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Was that the movie with the giant ants ? If so that was a good movie for its time. Thats pretty bad when your shooting at a ant so big you don't even have to aim... Edited February 22, 2011 by GUTTERRATT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah, that was the first good still I've found of James Whitmore (Sgt Ben Peterson) and the Thompson he used to kill the first giant ant. I wonder what happened to the giant ant mock ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey250r Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I love those old grade 'Z' movies! The Son of Svengoolie plays that one and a bunch of other 'bad' horror movies on Saturday night. Son of Svengoolie page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rader Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 1 fat guy and 1 tall thin guy, got the ant, and put it in there van. They hope to get alot of money for it. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Michael Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I think he liked the Thompson. Didn't he carry one in the movie Battleground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 smoker Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 So if that`s what you use on giant ants...is the Thompson a bit of overkill on moles????????????.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah, that was the first good still I've found of James Whitmore (Sgt Ben Peterson) and the Thompson he used to kill the first giant ant. I wonder what happened to the giant ant mock ups. They were demilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 How come the hole in the end of the compensator is so freakin' HUGE?!?!!?!? Bored out for a BFA of some type maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUTTERRATT Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 How come the hole in the end of the compensator is so freakin' HUGE?!?!!?!? Bored out for a BFA of some type maybe? A super 45 ACP. Ant Creaming Projectile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Most of the Stembridge Tommys had that big comp opening....like in "Sahara" http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/5/56/Sahara43_9.jpg/790px-Sahara43_9.jpg Oh, here's an even better shot of one from "Dillinger" http://www.imfdb.org/images/f/f9/Dil-tommy5.jpg Edited February 22, 2011 by Hawkeye_Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21NAVY Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 That's the little known .750 "Express Magnum" Thompson, developed by the precursor of Homeland Security. It fired 500 grain stellite tipped Exo-skeleton piercing bullets. What was James Arness shooting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpedersen Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Here's the movie them... THEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyfivecal Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 the channel listings show that monday night 2/28, at 6pm, TCM will broadcast "Battleground" with James Whitmore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 the channel listings show that monday night 2/28, at 6pm, TCM will broadcast "Battleground" with James Whitmore. One of the best WWII movies ever made.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/Battleground.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Michael Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hawkeye Joe you'r right. I have the DVD, but I will be tuned in tonight. Love the sound of the clips ejecting from the M-! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyfivecal Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) the channel listings show that monday night 2/28, at 6pm, TCM will broadcast "Battleground" with James Whitmore. One of the best WWII movies ever made.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Hawkeye/WWII%20pics/Battleground.jpg thanks for attaching this photo Hawkeye, in addtion to being a classic, it sums up the grit and desperation of the both the battle and film. and the Thompson in profile is classic in its own right. Edited February 28, 2011 by fortyfivecal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLansky Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Does the large compensator cover the blank fire adapter/barrel plug for blanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yes, I believe it does, plus I think it enhances the muzzle flash....those Tommys in movies really blew out the fire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconbob Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I think another reason for the larger hole in the end of the comp is to make it easier to remove the blank adaptors so you can check/clean the barrels. It so happens I have done quite a few blank barrels lately. We use a 1/2-20 thread blank adaptor which is 1/2" dia. The hole in the end of the comp is only slightly bigger than .45", so we ream out the end of the comp to 0.510". But you still have to shake/coax/fuss to get the blank adaptor to fall out the end once its loose inside the comp. Back in the day they probably just bored the ends of the compensators bigger to make them easy to work on, figuring (and they were right) that 99% of movie-goers would not notice. Oh - and lest you worry that we're "blanking" perfectly good barrels they are special new barrels designed for blanks. They are 10.5", are machined and ground to profile just like the originals, and when fitted to a WH or Kahr semi the gun is still a legal rifle not an SBR. The battle-reenactors really like them. Annnnd...I saw a behind the scenes story on the making of Battleground. They set up the stages and scenes and filmed it in a giant refridgerated warehouse so that it would look realistic - seeing the breath of the actors, etc. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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