huggytree Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=529207655 just curious what your opinions are.....id like a WW2 Thompson and dont mind paying a premium for NIB(which this one appears to be $5k extra) or is it just a rebuild that has not been fired? hard to believe a 74 year old gun is unfired(sold by someone w/ 0 GB history) Edited December 8, 2015 by huggytree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Yeah right. Do you see a Dulite or Parkerzied finish on that gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Gunbroker has always been the best place to find mint condition, unfired, WW2 Thompsons. Quite common on that site.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Oh Wow - let me get back in my chair. Huh - a reparkerized late war 1928A1 that is "unfired" ? Really.? They test fired them at the factory at least. Buy the gun not the story..... Otherwise a clean looking gun. My guess is there are better deals out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_brock Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Makes it easy to list if it's new and unfired as you only have to post a couple photos. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 if it were in new condition/ unfired it would be worth the $30,000.....ive seen this one listed for over a month now...always catches my attention weekly when i look through gunbroker...just thought id see what the pro's think about it......i didnt think it was possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 $30,000.00+ !! I think I'll buy it to go with my "un driven" 1935 caddy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 if it were in new condition/ unfired it would be worth the $30,000.....ive seen this one listed for over a month now...always catches my attention weekly when i look through gunbroker...just thought id see what the pro's think about it......i didnt think it was possible You would have better luck finding a Christmas elf at the North Pole compared to finding an unfired factory fresh military Thompson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lone Ranger Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Not uncommon for MGs to be advertised as such. My favorite are 70-80 year old guns, 30-40 year old seller. Amazing how someone can know it's never been fired when it has passed hands sometimes dozens of times over decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 $30,000.00+ !! I think I'll buy it to go with my "un driven" 1935 caddy!!! i see West Hurleys asking $25k (selling for high teens) i also see WW2 guns for $25k+....so $30k-unfired would be a true collector piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black River Militaria CII Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 How do they know it is unfired? Ask them........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 B R M CII;I asked a guy that once at a gun show, he said "he" never fired it so in his opinion it was unfired!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) what do you figure the gun is worth? $25k? sometimes a flash bulb or yellow sunlight will make dulite look like grey park in a photo but that looks like a parkerized refinish the first picture looks two-tone, maybe a dulite barrel and cutts Edited December 9, 2015 by buzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I asked a guy that once at a gun show, he said "he" never fired it so in his opinion it was unfired!!!! Same type will claim a gun is unfired even though you can clearly see arsenal rebuild marks on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Question on value - buy it for what it is - most likely a rebuilt late war C&R 1928A1. Reparked for sure. Matching ? real condition ? you would have to ask and get better photos. What is it worth ? guess it depends on what you want and your financial situation . the 21 Colt at RIA auction went for something like $35 K+ I guess if I had to choose - I would rather have a nice original Colt for $35k+ than a refinished 28A1 for $30k. I know price on C&R guns are going up but a real value on this one ? I would price it around $25k if I was selling it, given what I know about it. It would probably sell at around $22-23K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZelenka Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 There are certainly unfired WWII TSMGs out there. unfortunately they are not in the registry so they are worthless to any of us. Greece returned to CMP a number of new in the box M1 Garands a few years ago. Prior to that a NIB M1 was a unicorn. I can't tell you the number of stories I have heard about crates of NIB WWII military guns sitting in warehouses in Europe. A friend of mine working on a project to rebuild Bofors guns for use on AC130 gunships went to Greece looking for parts. He found a number of new in wrap 40mm barrels which he shipped back. In that warehouse, which he described as looking like the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, he said there were crates of new in the box US and German WWII arms. Crates of new MG42s, MP40s, Thompsons, BARs, 1919s, etc. He even said there was even a new looking 1917 Browning. Remember the 1000s of Stg.44s that were found in an warehouse in Syria a few years ago? They exist, just not for us. Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Unless I'm missing something or the seller has failed to mark the ad "SOLD", this 28A1 has gone unsold at $21,500 for going on two months: http://www.subguns.com/classifieds/index.cgi?db=nfafirearms&website=&language=&session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&results_format=long&db_id=26392&query=retrieval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azboater Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Dan Is correct.....do not ask me where I obtained this Photograph of the "Warehouse"......................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Dan Is correct.....do not ask me where I obtained this Photograph of the "Warehouse".........................The Lost Ark is in there somewhere too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oak Island!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 HOLLYWOOD for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 When I see a Model of 1928 Thompson advertised with lousy pictures as a 28AC instead of a 28A1, I wonder if it is one of the AC variation guns, normally found with the US markings ground off, the letter "C" overstamped on the number "1" and the letter "x" as a serial number suffix. If so, you may want to rethink this as a military World War II Thompson - unfired or not. If anyone calls or e-mails the seller, this is the first question I would ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mywifesgunakillme Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Definitely has been refinished. Nice looking piece, and probably hasn't been fired ...since rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamellarllc Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Un-fired you say.............! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurencen Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 4 years ago on a visit to Europe there was a fellow we met from Austria, he spoke of a warehouse he visited had crates full of Thompsons, MP40s and just about anything used in WW2, anyway had a few beers and went our ways, a few weeks later he sent pictures of opened crates, looked like new 1928A1s if I recall 12 to a crate and stacked 10 high, rows of them and his job was disposing of them for scrap, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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