katanafred Posted June 24, 2024 Report Share Posted June 24, 2024 https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/1055491267 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted June 24, 2024 Report Share Posted June 24, 2024 what is the SN on this gun ? just askn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted June 24, 2024 Report Share Posted June 24, 2024 The seller says the receiver and trigger frame match and the trigger frame is either 233 or 238 (crappy pix) Still, why no pix of the receiver S/N? For $50K you'd expect a few more pix in the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted June 24, 2024 Report Share Posted June 24, 2024 This Colt is NO 238. I have always liked this Colt Thompson but am well aware of its shortcomings. Anyone interested at 50K needs to purchase (and read) my newest book, A Colt Thompson Buyers and Collector Guide, for 25 bucks on Amazon. I could do a clinic on this Colt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted June 25, 2024 Report Share Posted June 25, 2024 Looks like it was hot dip blued. If you're interested in originality, you probably need to steer clear of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83Baron Posted June 30, 2024 Report Share Posted June 30, 2024 And it sounds like it doesn’t have the original 21 bolt? So can’t be worth near that price if not truly matching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconbob Posted June 30, 2024 Report Share Posted June 30, 2024 One always wonders what the true value of a Colt is. Of course, its whatever someone is willing to pay for it. With the parkerized finish, the pitting, and the M1928A1 bolt and probably actuator, and what looks to me like a replacement front vertical grip, would it be fair to say that on a zero to ten this gun would be a 5 ? Since the guy has only put up 9 photos for what he thinks is a $50K gun he probably knows the more you see, the less you are going to like what you see... Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Quaid Posted July 4, 2024 Report Share Posted July 4, 2024 Gunbroker is full of True Optimists. And optimism is in such short supply in these dark days! Seriously, the guy may just be fishing. Guns sell for crazy prices sometimes. Some people don't care how much a gun costs. When I sold my first Thompson, a NIB west hurley, it went for what a REALLY nice USGI gun would sell for. The buyer lived in an area where they give their kids $100 for ice cream. Seriously, I know a guy who has a Dippin Dots shop there, he says he's constantly changing $100 bills for little kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiz Posted July 4, 2024 Report Share Posted July 4, 2024 3 hours ago, Doug Quaid said: Gunbroker is full of True Optimists. And optimism is in such short supply in these dark days! Seriously, the guy may just be fishing. Guns sell for crazy prices sometimes. Some people don't care how much a gun costs. When I sold my first Thompson, a NIB west hurley, it went for what a REALLY nice USGI gun would sell for. The buyer lived in an area where they give their kids $100 for ice cream. Seriously, I know a guy who has a Dippin Dots shop there, he says he's constantly changing $100 bills for little kids. Wow, $100 bills for ice cream. Not in the part of PA where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanksguy Posted October 21, 2024 Report Share Posted October 21, 2024 What was the history behind Colt Thompson SN-238 (?) ....... .......and sorry, my books are currently in storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt Chopper Posted October 21, 2024 Report Share Posted October 21, 2024 It was originally sold to Guarantee Bank and Trust, New York city, IIRC, it was the bank owned by Thomas Fortune Ryan, he was the one that bank rolled General Thompson in the development of the Tommy Gun. Kind of an interesting connection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryboy77 Posted October 26, 2024 Report Share Posted October 26, 2024 (edited) Sometimes wives get on us to get rid of things in this hobby. I have known a fellow to put an absurd price so it doesnt sell,and if it does sell it dont hurt do much. Considering the story that sounds like a collectable Thompson based on history if not condition.Kinda like if they pulled Churchills thompson out of storage and it was rusty it would sell because it was his regardless of condition. Edited October 26, 2024 by Countryboy77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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