It still fires from open bolt right? If so... OnO

The carbines were made to fire from a closed bolt. No way to give it "overdrive"

Good ono was looking at some of your other guns and got alittle envious xD I have a decent amount but I like alot of your odds and ends ones

Thank you Austin, The accumulation of armament took place over many years. Its definitely not a coherent collection, Just as you say...a grouping of odds and ends that appealed to me.

I know what you mean, I own 20 at this point xD but im trying to diversify my collection at this point as much as possible ouo

You should take some photos, I would love to check out what you have.

I think I will!

I'll let you know when I do ouo

Infinite ammo

The only problem with 100 round mags, is the cost of a fill up.

learn to reload. I can reload .45 for less than $0.25 each
cheaper if I can buy brass in bulk

When I get into cowboy action shooting again this fall...I may do that. A typical match burns about 150 rounds of .45 long Colt.

what sized projectile do you prefer to use? I can forward you some links

I also have a spare press or two I'd be willing to let go of cheap, if I can find them again

I would have to check what weight I have been using. Its not so critical with the light charges and short ranges in CAS. I have to see whats going on this fall before I decide on reloading myself of contracting it out. Thanks for the offer though.

the cheapest remanufactured ammo I can find is $0.4458 cents per shot https://www.freedommunitions.com/am.....gr-fp-new.html

Thanks for the link. I will check them out.

What do you guys load? I caught a snipit of a cowboy who as an experiment loaded the pink ear plugs cause they were cheap...I forgot about it and didn't follow up...

For western action shooting we use all lead projectiles with a lighter powder charge. We also have longer range stages where we use full power ammunition.

There is a "quick draw" group that load wax slugs of something of the sort, mainly to shoot at very short ranges (and of course for safety)

Yeah it was a quick draw at near point blank range and he had some clips of just popping balloons to prove the shot was "there".

Why is it "useless"?

Well....its just not good for much but fun. Not particularly accurate, marginal caliber (for a rifle) and REALLY heavy ! But it does look GOOD!

if you ever decide to get rid of this "useless gun" I'll be more than happy to take it off your hands

I will keep that in mind!

ok. YOU OFFICIALLY ARE MAH MAN! A FRIGGIN TOMMY GUN?! i never shot that. but man, they must sound like angles sound...when they fart on your face

Sadly its semi-automatic only. But it givey you the idea of what the real McCoy would be like.

still works. it's a tommy, it can shoot confetti and still be respected.

Tis true. It definitely has that "do not screw around with me" look.

yep, like a nice sawed cannon shotgun, or a snug nose .38. those are weapons made to intimidate.

Yeah .45 cal "confetti" that turns targets to confetti!

lucky lol always wanted a Thompson

Would love to have a full auto version...but...one of those would cost about the same as a nice car these days.

that's true. maybe someday you can =D

I like the 1927 they have their good points and they have their draw backs. They are still used in some countries armed forces, that says a lot for the design.

As for accuracy that depends on the rifle, the shooter and ammo used. They were designed for close in combat, out to 50 to 75 yards, and to put a lot of lead down range quickly. They do say their effective firing range is out to 150 yards... But testing has proven that 45ACP can still be lethal out to 440 yards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDnsGe0QwhA

I have a Kel-Tec Sub-9 and a Hi-point 4595 TS, both being pistol calibers 9mm and 45 ACP respectively, they will put the world of hurt on someone if need be out to 75 to 100 yards, do you need more in most urban environments?

I agree that they can be useful. They were very effective in the jungles during WWII and I know of guys that carried them in Nam. If you do manage to connect with a .45 it will definitely do the job.

I have always had much more success with 9mm . I have had several 1911 .45s over the years and couldn't shoot them very well. Something with the geometry of my hand and the grips. Friends could shoot them well...so it was definitely me, not the pistol. I am not recoil sensitive, I shoot .45 long colt at matches and that recoil is much more severe than the APC. Go figure.

In the Army we were issues the 1911 and it was okay but didn't fit my hand. Then I got to shoot the Glock 17 and the 21... I like the 21 and 36 over the 1911. Dad really liked my Glock 21 over his faithful 1911 and his 45 Colt Revolvers. Dad had arthritis in both hands, that cut down on the shooting he could do. A mag or two with his 1911 and that was it... With my 21 two boxes later he was still enjoying himself.

That's great that your dad still enjoys shooting despite his arthritis, and that he found a handgun that he likes. Awesome. I had a Glock 17 when they first came out. I was VERY disappointed. Sold it off after about 2 boxes of ammo. Went back to that Browning P35....love that one.

Why not make it full auto and not tell anyone? I mean it's called the Chicago Typewriter for a reason you know.

To do that you would have to be a magician. None f the guts are the same as to full-auto ones. The receiver wouldn't take the new parts either. But its am appealing idea *looks for a magic wand*

It is still a "Raynard style" Chicago Typewriter ....I type with 2 fingers.... really slow.

You can actually make a semi-auto fire pretty fast with just two fingers and very rapid trigger squeezes but at the expense of accuracy.

That's true...trigger manipulation is a skill that has to be worked on. I don't go to the range often enough to be really good at that. Besides, as expensive as ammo is now, it could get expensive in a hurry. The old days of the surplus ammunition at a nickel a round are gone I am afraid.

as scarface would say
say hello to my little friend!

His little HEAVY friend. This guy weight a ton and the drum weighs in at 5 pounds by itself when full.

Wasn't there a modernized version of the gun?

Also, you planning on making a new American mafia? :P

This may be the one you are thinking of. It was made in the early 1980's

Nope! definitely not....no such thing as the Vulpine Mafia....just ask Guido and Nunzio.

I could be mistaken because, I saw a show about creating guns and there was a request of making a modernized thompson smg w/ those tact rails and such to add attatchments easier and instead of the wooden grips. I could be wrong.

"Right". XD

Could be....they stick rails on everything these days. I will keep my eyes open. Thanks.

A MYTH adventures reference? I haven't read those in years.

OMG Shady...I loved those books. I need to do a re-read.

Oh my gosh there is a set of books I have not had my nose in in years...

I loved them in junior high, along with the Phil Foglio graphic novel adaptation. I read the Dragon's Wild books last year and enjoyed them, though I was shocked to find out that Aspirin had died. He was only in his early sixties. Very sad.

I agree.... I was hoping for an endless supply of MYTH INC. books. We also lost Brian Jaques about the same time (Redwall series and Flying Dutchman series.) Recently we lost Terry Pratchett too.

Celebrity deaths don't normally move me, but onions were definitely being cut when I read about T.P.
I was fortunate enough to meet him at several readings over the years, and he was always gracious and extremely funny. I think Discworld will stand as one of the best realized fictional worlds ever created and Pratchett himself as one of the all-time greats of English language humor, easily the equal of Wodehouse and Chesterton.

You were fortunate to have met T.P. There are only a few writers that I would REALLY want to meet and the 3 we mentioned would have been at the top of the list.

Are you familiar with Ted R Blasingame books about the Blue Horizon?

I just googled them along with Fred Patten's review of the first volume. Definitely up my alley. I really enjoyed Phil Geusz' "David Birkenhead" series, which if you aren't familiar is sort of Horatio Hornblower as anthropomorphic space opera. I will certainly check them out.

I worked at a large, independent bookstore in the mid nineties and was fortunate enough to meet a number of authors, including Kurt Vonnegut and George Carlin. Good times.

The Blue Horizon series consists of 3 volumes.

The Blue Horizons Captains Log Vol1
" " Vol 2
Blue Horizon 1261

They are very much like the David Birkenhead Books.

I had to have them made at one of the "print on purchase" companies I was so impressed I ordered all 3 volumes printed in hardback and sent them to Blassingame to have them autographed. Neved done that before. Would do it for the Birkenhead books if they were obtainable in hardback.

Working in a bookstore would have been right up my alley. Sadly never thought of trying. RATS!

Iirc, the Birkenhead books are available as individual volumes or as an omnibus edition. The latter especially I imagine you could have custom re-bound, though it might be on the unwieldy side.

Working in a bookstore was lots of fun and I met many cool people. Unfortunately, the pay was absolute crap. If I could make even what I made waiting tables at, say, a used and rare bookstore I'd go back to it in a heartbeat.

I do happen to have a book binder close by. I have abbe putting a magazine in annual bindings for many years...so he would not be alarmed with another request.

It seems that the Omnibus version is only available on Kindle. Do you know of another bookseller that may have it in hardcopy?

We have a mystery book store here in Houston that I go to occasionally. The owners said what you did. No pay at a chain....so they opened the bookstore and work for themselves. They have a loyal following, Inside is full of wing chairs and an old sofa (and a coffee pot going) It would be a great thing to do in retirement.

nice! a classic Thomson. (1950s' mafia style!

Thanks, it definitely draws a crowd at the range.

It also makes a GREAT Valentine's day gift!

(I really hope somebody gets the joke.)

I do !

*makes note; not to go into garages on Valentines day*

It's so pretty! Always want to fire one.

They are almost a work of art. I have fired a full automatic one once many years ago. Its an experience you wont forget. There are some ranges that will rent things like this if you buy their ammunition. You might give it a try.

I'll have to look into it. thanks!

I know a guy who has a real Thompson. It has a name scratched into it. "Machine Gun Kelly" Oh, by the way, he also has a photo of him scratching his name into it.

I remember old "Scratchy"

Wow that is really cool.

Thank you Dan, Its a lot of fun.

Hehe~ It Sorta Looks Like The Old Mob Guns

Exactly...its even made by the same company that made them in the 1920's

Awesome!!!!

A fox with a automatic weapon hopefully he doesn't roll a critical

Fortunately us foxes are very even temp.....HEY YOU...what the hell are you lookin' at!!!

Oh...sorry...what were we talking about?

What a lovely Tommy gun.

Thank you Olden, its a lot of funb to take to the range.

Looks like fun lol.

Something about ww2 era guns I love well that and its a true gangster gun ^^

But does it fit into the classic violin case!?

This one would not. It has the carbine barrel length. Original full autos had a 5 inch shorter barrel. This FBI case was designed to hold both types. (I believe you could put a full auto in there with the stock attached.)

Tommy Gun!
Tommy Guns are awesome. Impractical, but awesome.

Modern mid-size arms firing an intermediate cartridge like the 5.56 x 45mm or the 7.62 x 39mm are actually slightly better for the kind of work the Original Thompson was created for. Especially with a sufficiently short barrel and a proper 3-position giggle switch. (selective fire with some kind of auto function (burst or full auto))

Definately a dated design, massively heavy, and unnecessarily complex....but nothing has the charisma of a Thompson with a drum. =^.^=

Love Thompsons and that classic gangster/Mafia feel

I will tell Guido and Nunzio that you approve. =^.^=