New Thompson 1927 A1

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Originally Posted by masaes727

The rattle your getting could be coming from the stick mag not seeding well. I had the same gun not that long ago, with the same issues. The hole in the back of the mag where it literally locks into the gun is not in the exact spot it should be. Its about an 1/8 to a 1/16 off (to high). To remedy this I slighty elongated the hole at the bottom with a dremel tool. This made the hole sorta look like an egg. But, solved the problem, no more rattle. The drum mag, I never really did figure out. Mine would not feed well at all and getting in/out of the gun was an adventure in and off its self. YouTube helped figure some of it out.

The rattle is between the upper and lower when assembled, so the mag isn't involved.

I was made aware of the mag release issue even before I bought the gun. The 30 round pre-NY ban stick fits and feeds OK. My problem with the drum mag is that it won't move into position without binding up really tight about halfway in.

Fear not, the rifle and drum mag left via FedEx yesterday, headed to the factory in Worcester, Mass to have my laundry list of issues attended to. It could have left Friday, the day the pickup was originally scheduled from the other end, but since I was basically ill-informed of this, no one was here to see it off, even if it had been packed and ready to send--which it was not.