Auto Ordinance M1A1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT Still in the Grease.

This is an authentic unaltered unfired WW2 Auto Ordinance M1A1 Thompson Full Auto SMG 45ACP Serial Number 504350. This was an X Russian Lend Lease Thopmson SMG supplied to Russa and never shot.  It still has much of the packing grease as it was brought to New Zealand in the full grease as supplied in the 1940’s.   Comes with one 30 round and one 40 round magazine. This was the last of all the Thompson SMG’s made in WWii and has the firing pin machined in the bolt head and has a Greeen Parkerized finish.  You cannot get one in this knid of condition anywhere.

This rifle is a restricted firearm and requires a collectors endorsement and a PTP to transfer.  Call us if you are intersted in the piece of WW2 history.

The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy Gun", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano", or "Trench Broom") is a blowback-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun, invented by the United States Army Brigadier general John T. Thompson in 1918. It was originally designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, but was not finished until after the war ended.

The Thompson saw early use by the United States Marine Corps during the Banana Wars, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Irish Republican Army, the Republic of China, and the FBI (following the Kansas City Massacre).

The Thompson became notorious during the Prohibition era as a signature weapon of various organized crime syndicates in the United States in the 1920s. It was a common sight in the media at the time, and was used by both law enforcement officers and criminals.

The Thompson was widely adopted by the U.S. armed forces during World War II, and was also used extensively by other Allied troops during the war. Its main models were designated as the M1928A1, M1 and M1A1 during this time. More than 1.5 million Thompson submachine guns were produced during World War II.

It is the first weapon to be labelled and marketed as a "submachine gun".

M1A1

The M1A1, standardized in October 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M1A1, could be produced in half the time of the M1928A1, and at a much lower cost. The main difference between the M1 and M1A1 was the bolt. The M1 bolt had a floating firing pin and hammer, the bolt of the M1A1 had the firing pin machined to the face of the bolt, eliminating unnecessary parts. The reinforced stock and protective sight wings were standard. The 30-round magazine became more common.