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Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT

Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
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Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT

This is an MINT authentic unaltered unfired  WW2 Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson Full Auto SMG 45ACP LOW Serial Number 79069. This was an X Russian Lend Lease Thopmson SMG supplied to Russa and never shot.  This is a M1 and has the M1 Reveiver with the rear sight without wings and has a M1 blued bold that has the removable firing pin.  The receiver is stamped M1 and hasthe M1 fire control system with the paddlesfor the selector and safety lefers.. For the Thompson Collector this is a RARE find. It still had some of the packing grease removed as brought to New Zealand in the full grease from shipping in the 1940’s.   Comes with one 30 round and one 40 round magazine. This Thompson has the blued finish that was on the M1 models.  You cannot get one of these 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".

M1

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]

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  • Model: Auto Ordinance M1 Thompson SMG 45ACP MINT
  • Weight: 5.00kg