Who Knows West Hurley 28's?

[reconbob]

   The first thing would be to make sure you have an original one piece buffer pilot vs. the two piece brazed buffer pilot.

  Does the gun work/shoot properly or does it jam, failure to feed, etc? The main thing that can be wrong is that the angle cuts for the bronze lock are improperly machined. But if your gun works OK the assumption would be that the angle cuts are OK and nothing dramatic would be required.

Bob

[Doug Quaid]

Does it run good?

That's really the only thing anyone cares about when it comes to WHs.

[TD.]

jkpollo,

Welcome to the Thompson forum. And congratulation on your new West Hurley Thompson submachine gun!

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TD.

Tom Davis, Jr. 

 

[Canuck]

That is an early, low serial number, Westie. Do you know if it is in original condition or has it been modified over the years. It was likely made with surplus GI parts before AOC ran out and began making the junk. 

Edited March 30 by Canuck