cubguy Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) Wanted to share a pic of my Colts, excuse my sorry photography. I'm trying to learn.Top one has a neat history, owned by known mobsters in East St. Louis then went to the St. Louis PD.If only it could talk! The bottom one was a Montana Prison gun. They ain't much but I'm proud of them.Both have cut down 28 actuators and Savage bolts in them for shooting, don't want any miles on the Colt Parts. Edited April 9, 2016 by cubguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 cubguy,Very nice pair.Are they 21's or 28's ??????????Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCM Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Beautiful, wise to change out the internals for shooting. Photos look good to me !Thanks- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dudley Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Nice!! Thanks for posting. U D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R67 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Sorry Bud, no room for modesty here. Those are amazing pieces. Thanks for sharing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubguy Posted April 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Jim, these are Colt 1921s, just WWII guts for shooting them.The Colt parts are in the safe and labeled in case anything happens to methey will stay with the proper gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azboater Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Very nice Pair!Thanks for Sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrylta Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Very nice Colts!I'm impressed with the furniture, they appear to have untouched originals.Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I don't think the expression "aint much" applies in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m60mgman Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Henley Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Colts that nice; I'd be afraid to take them out of my safe, much less shoot them. Even with GI internals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubguy Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Colts that nice; I'd be afraid to take them out of my safe, much less shoot them. Even with GI internals. I understand that. But life is short and I've waited 40 years to get these.I am trying to be a good custodian I'm super careful with them no reloads only name brand ammo.I don't do 50 round mag dumps just 20 round stick mags usually when I use a drumit's either a WWII or a repo. I think I shot each of the NY drums once or twice for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Cubguy, you've got a nice set of Colts there. Life is indeed short. Enjoy them to the fullest. Bob D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Very Nice! I hope you are able to display both Colt's at an American Thompson Association (TATA) and/or Thompson Collectors Association (TCA) Show & Shoot in the near future. Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mills Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Admiration added from my end. They sure look great and you're a fine custodian of 'em I'm sure. Sometimes it's best to keep the Colts in the barn like you're doing with a little workout once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normal1959 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Wow. Very motivational.ThanksEric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubguy Posted April 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Very Nice! I hope you are able to display both Colt's at an American Thompson Association (TATA) and/or Thompson Collectors Association (TCA) Show & Shoot in the near future. Thank you for sharing! Tom, I really want to go to the TATA show, but it's 20 hours driving. Anybody from Texas going and want to carpool?I read on the forum about flying with machine guns and doesn't sound like a good idea. I guess I could shipthem ahead of time.to Tracie or ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppgcowboy Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) Do you want them out of your control for that long? Edited April 13, 2016 by ppgcowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauserMatt Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Though I haven't flown with the Thompson, I've flown with other guns multiple times. As long as you have your paperwork and you follow the TSA guidelines for how your firearms case is supposed to be, it shouldn't be a problem. Very, very nice pair of Colts..... I'm in the "they were made to be fired" club too.. As long as they're not abused, they'll outlast all of us. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtommygunner Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 I'm in New Orleans so I know what u mean about driving 20 hrs, I attended Tracys once and TCA twice. Enjoyed both. You should try and make them at least once, great people and a lot of fun. I hope to make it next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrylta Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Mike, It's good to see you out and about and posting!Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifthmdec Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 No big deal to fly with em... Did so for years from Reno to Vegas for the the now defunct Western Show and Shoot in AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hntrdarren Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Great looking pair of Colt's. Thanks for sharing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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