St. Valentine's Day Massacre Colt #2347 On Display at Mob Museum

[dalbert]

Phil Askew is in Las Vegas currently, and visited the Mob Museum.  Turns out that the Berrien County, Michigan Sheriff's Office has loaned them Colt Thompson #2347 for display.  For those who may not know, Colt #2347 is the primary weapon proven by firearm forensic pioneer Calvin Goddard to have been used in the St. Valentine's day Massacre in 1929.  A 50-round drum was fired through it by Al Capone's thugs to kill 7 people in a garage in Chicago.  The late Lt. Mike Kline of Berrien County displayed these guns several times, many of them with The American Thompson Association, and I was lucky to know Mike, and to have close personal access to #2347 and #7580.  I once fired 50 rounds through #2347.  Eeriest time I ever shot a firearm.  It has little file marks along the trigger guard indicating number of kills.  If I recall correctly, Goddard also proved this Thompson to have been used in an earlier murder, maybe 1926.

Anyway, not sure how long #2347 will be on display, but Phil was nice enough to send me the photos.

Thanks, Phil!

David Albert
dalbert@sturmgewehr.com

[Phil Askew]

If you go to Vegas this is a must see. There is a Speakeasy downstairs thats really koool !

[wv1928]

1. WOW !  I HAVE BEEN GOING TO VEGAS SINCE I WAS LITTLE KID,  BEEN THERE ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES SINCE AND NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE MUSEUM  I WILL SURELYL WILL MAKE IT THE TOP OF LIST OF SEEING OLD FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

[Frank I.]

Articles 

https://smallarmsreview.com/machine-gun-forensics-and-the-st-valentines-day-massacre/

https://archive.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2403

[David]

It’s a cool museum. They have the wall there as well.