21NAVY Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I was having a random conversation this afternoon with a fellow in the bridge demolition industry and he out of the blue mentioned he had dredged up a Thompson in 2008 when they were repairing the derailment of the Turkey Creek Bridge a couple miles southeast of Guttenberg, IA in 2008. There was no wood left, the vertical grip screw was still there, He said it was way rusted but they took it to the service truck and wire wheeled the sides of it and the only thing notable was a circular area where the serial numbers had been ground off and could faintly read COLT'S Anybody know of any going's on in Guttenberg IA in the Gangster era? He figured someone just threw it off the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I bet it was one of the others that went along with Colt Chopper's recent find... Do you know what happened to it? David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21NAVY Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 He said the railway workers took it and gave it to the president of the railroad. I just sent him a pic of the recent Nelson gun defacement to see if he remembered what the grind marks looked like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21NAVY Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 He stated that the grind area was similar in size and shape but with it rusted you could just see the area had been ground off. And it was -10 outside.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Damn! If you could locate that relic... I bet the secret serial number could still be read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 How would that fall under ATF regs since it is most likely not serviceable? Would they still classify it as a machine gun or would it be "de-milled" due to mother nature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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