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Where have all the Tommys gone?
americanthinker.com ^ | 6/17/2016 | Thomas J. Hall

Posted on 06/17/2016 6:25:09 AM PDT by rktman

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Ever pick one up with the drum mag? They are HEAVY!. A buddy has the civilized (civilian) version and you gotta eat some Wheaties if you're gonna tote it around. And to think, you used to be able to pick them up at the hardware store. Didn't Sears sell them too? Can't remember for certain.
1 posted on 06/17/2016 6:25:09 AM PDT by rktman
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I was about to say the same thing. With a stick mag, they are 12 pounds, with a drum it is a real bar-bell.


2 posted on 06/17/2016 6:28:11 AM PDT by wrench
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To: rktman

Same reason people don’t generally drive ‘57 Chevys as commuter cars.


3 posted on 06/17/2016 6:29:20 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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They had a new one at Cabela’s several months ago and unloaded it was >heavy< - can’t imagine how much heavier it’d be loaded, it was the drum version - came in a violin case with the title “Chicago Typewriter” ... what a funny name to give it.


4 posted on 06/17/2016 6:30:23 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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“General Thompson intended it to sweep trenches clear of enemy soldiers, but the Germans, rather inconsiderately, threw in the towel before development work was complete.”

Reminds me of what Mad Jack Churchill, the last man known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow, said about WWII:

“If it wasn’t for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!”


5 posted on 06/17/2016 6:30:41 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: wrench

I’ve got a semi-auto version of the M1A1 Thompson which wasn’t made to accept drums (neither were the military ones). The weight for the one with 12” barrel was 11 lbs. With the 16” barrel this one has, it weighs a little more.


6 posted on 06/17/2016 6:32:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: treetopsandroofs

Crazy-ass Scots. Love that story.


7 posted on 06/17/2016 6:35:59 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Gaffer

Just heft one of the original walnut USGI stocks. Just the stock by itself makes an impressive club.


8 posted on 06/17/2016 6:36:44 AM PDT by wrench
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With a 10 round Magazine
and a Bullet Button?

Somewhat annoying, but Cool.


9 posted on 06/17/2016 6:37:01 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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I managed to lay my hands on one in the ‘Nam and figured it would be the ultimate brush-cutter.

The weapon plus the steel magazines weighed a ton (the ammo isn’t exactly light either) and kicked my butt on patrols.

Wnet back to my M-14 and didn’t regret it.


10 posted on 06/17/2016 6:38:01 AM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Big Red Badger

I have 20 round and 30 round stick magazines for it. I don’t live in a ‘bullet button’ state (Georgia).


11 posted on 06/17/2016 6:38:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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If they weren’t that heavy they’d be even harder to keep the muzzle down while firing.


12 posted on 06/17/2016 6:38:37 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: wrench

It would be a real work out for Arnold..... Arnold Stang that is. The other arnold, he can hike his sorry ass back to Austria.


13 posted on 06/17/2016 6:38:48 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: wrench

Yes. They are a piece of art, really. Real steel and good tight walnut.


14 posted on 06/17/2016 6:39:45 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: SkyDancer

That’s where my buddy got his. With the violin case. And a drum mag.


15 posted on 06/17/2016 6:40:11 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: circlecity

A 45 mac10 is lighter. Would probably handle about the same


16 posted on 06/17/2016 6:40:35 AM PDT by wrench
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To: Gaffer

Do the old stick mags work ?
I hope to upgrade when I leave
this stupid gulag.


17 posted on 06/17/2016 6:43:08 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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What happened to the Tommy gun?

Prohibition happened. The Mafia made them so popular that the Feds banned them.


18 posted on 06/17/2016 6:44:09 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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The old fashioned Thompson is way too expensive for street level Chicago thugs.
It would be hard to shoot holding it sideways.
They don’t look modern gangsta enough either.


19 posted on 06/17/2016 6:44:35 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Big Red Badger

If you have the new M1A1 semi-auto from Auto Ordnance (which is nearly exact to the military version except for semi, barrel length and magazine catch), to use a real mag from WWII or after, you need to oval-out the mag catch hole in the magazine in the military version. A file or Dremel works fine. This done, they work just fine.


20 posted on 06/17/2016 6:46:00 AM PDT by Gaffer
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