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Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT

Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
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Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT

This is an RARE authentic unaltered unfired  WW2 Auto Ordinance M1A1 Varient Thompson Full Auto SMG 45ACP Serial Number 159858. This was an X Russian Lend Lease Thopmson SMG supplied to Russa and never shot.  This is a M1Ai Varient  It has the M1A1 Reveiver with the rear sight wings BUT has a M1 Chrome Bold that has the removable firing pin.  The receiver is stamped M1A1 but the upper receiver internals are what was supplied with the M1.  Back then when they switched to the M1A1 Receiver with the better rear sights wings they comtinued to use up the M1 parts when assymbling the Thompsons.  The fire control system on this is the same as on the M1A1 with the rods and not the paddles as is on the M1. For the Thompson Collector this is a RARE find. It had most not all of the packing grease removed as brought to New Zealand in the full grease from shipping in 1940’s. .   Comes with one 30 round and one 40 round magazine. This Thompson does not have the Greeen Parkerized finish as was comon on the later M1A1 but has the blued finish that was on the M1 models.  You cannot get one of these varients 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".

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M1[edit]

Fire Controls on an M1 Thompson. Front lever is the selector switch, set for full auto.

Responding to a request for further simplification, the M1 was standardized in April 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M1. Rate of fire was reduced to approximately 600–700 rpm.

First issued in 1943, the M1 uses a simple blowback operation, with the charging handle moved to the side. The flip-up adjustable Lyman rear sight was replaced with a fixed L sight. Late M1s had triangular guard wings added to the rear L sight, which were standardized on the M1A1. The slots adjoining the magazine well allowing the use of a drum magazine were removed. A new magazine catch with the provision for retaining drum magazines removed, was produced, but most M1s and later M1A1s retained the original. The less expensive and more-easily manufactured "stick" magazines were used exclusively in the M1, with a new 30-round version joining the familiar 20-round type. The Cutts compensator, barrel cooling fins, and Blish lock were omitted while the buttstockwas permanently affixed. Late production M1 stocks were fitted with reinforcing bolts and washers to prevent splitting of the stock where it attached to the receiver. The British had used improvised bolts or wood screws to reinforce M1928 stocks. The M1 reinforcing bolt and washer were carried over to the M1A1 and retrofitted to many of the M1928A1s in U.S. and British service. Late M1s also had simplified fire control switches, also carried over to the M1A1. Certain M1s had issues with high rate of fire climbing up to ~800 RPM. The exact cause remains unknown, but was resolved with the transition to the M1A1.[65]

M1A1

Both sides of the Thompson M1A1 shown with 30-round magazine

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. I

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  • Model: Auto Ordinance M1A1 Variant Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
  • Weight: 5.00kg