Ho Ho Ho now i have a machine gun
 

Ho Ho Ho now i have a machine gun .Think thats a quote from bruce willis's movie " Die Hard"

Sweet toy!! History channel had a series on WW2 guns - said that Uncle Sam was paying $200.00 for a Thompson during WW2, meanwhile my grandfather was making $20.00 a week mounting AA guns at the Fore river Shipyard

Dan,

Is this a Savage or a West Hurley gun?

You need a correct Kerr "no-buckle" sling for it to get the maximum cool factor.

that would be a ????? how you say fake. Ho Ho Ho

When I arrived in Nam in Feb 68, my first unit I was assigned to had not upgraded there TO&E Table of Organization and Equipment and was still working on a 1958 TO&E. I was issued an M3 Grease Gun, **** lock and load, a piece of junk that rusted within an hour. Thump Thump Thump was it's firing sound. Why couldn't their TO&E had one of those Thompsons...............

Amen. Although a repro, get a repro Kerr sling for her. She will thank you!

I will let the owner i built it for know, thats the sling he provided for it.

Sweet! Is it a M1 or an M1A1?

Mike:cheers:

Impossible to tell unless it was real and had markings. Or you took a real one apart....

Actualy i am not sure of the difference

I posted this at one time. For a full explanation, search the site here. The short story is that the M1A has a hammer and spring loaded firing pin just like the 1921 or 1928 TSMGs. The M1A1 has a fixed firing pin milled directly into the bolt and no hammer or other internals. It is a true, direct blowback gun.

Dan, here is an example of the sling your customer needs. Look for the original TSMG manual online for how to mount this. It is not as simple as it might appear.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...ectorid=229466

thanks, he supplied all the parts , i just assembled it

Even a non-firing replica looks super. They are just one weapon that are in a class all their own. Nobody mistakes that profile for other rifles.....or a least I don't think so. I bet your customer will be well pleased.

Back in the days, on my Diesel Submarine, we had a gun locker full of "28's and M 1 Tommy's. I remember the stocks wobbled on the 28's and the M 1's were mint (like new). Later in 1967 on my first (only) nuke missile Boat, we still had a locker full of M 1 Tommy's. All of my boats had 1911's and a few Garands. IIRC, in the Thompsons we used 20 rd mags. I really loved the M 1, heavy but most comfortable and comforting. Go to youtube and check out USS Wahoo in WW2 and see what a Thompson and B A R could do to " Remember Pearl Harbor".:rockon:

Just flat out cool. I've always wanted a Thompson and an MP40. Even repro fakes would be nice. Just never had the cash and the opportunity to buy at the same time. Looks like a real good job. (applause). :D

Charlie

I can see that Bruce Willis would say this in the movies..Ho Ho Ho now i have a machine gun, but this is a SUBmachine gun. Cool though..good job.

thanks everyone, I think he said the parts and reciever came from sarco, in the movie i think he had a HK mp5.

This kit was a m1 kit , I think he had the kit for awhile looking for someone to assemble it. thats alot of cash for a bunch of parts plus you have to buy a reciever to, makes for a pricey display gun.

Below, they offer the Lyman sight for an additional c-note; I just forked over $175 to Sarco for a sight, all by itself. Best price I could find...other sellers start at $250! Read somewhere the 1917A1 sight leaf would fit, but those babies are in the $400 range!

Too bad we can't get these kits in NY state, huh?

Nice work Padre!
It displays great for sure.
I own a M1A1, bought under stressing circumstances. With the time passing I learned how to enjoy it. The good note is that my little beast is live (not deact).

All the best,

Douglas.