My Thompson 1927-A1 Semi-Auto Chicago Typewriter

[Jamie6.5]

View attachment 394566 While giving the cashier my credit card I told the guy "I thought I needed something special for my 65th birthday" and my wife says "It's not your 65th birthday, that's not till next year! What are you going to get for your 65th?"

Hopefully you convinced her to get you a pallet of 230grn hardball so you have plenty of practice ammo.

 

[Captain O]

Tommy Gun - The Chicago Typewriter
Well I finally went and did it. About a month ago I bought a gun on impulse and went a bit over the top.
I bought this Thompson Model 1927-A1 Semi-Auto Tommy gun. I wish it was Full Auto, but it will do.
Complete and intact. It has the original Thompson 50 round drum mag, and 4 stick mags with a US military issue magazine pouch.
The moment I got home I told my wife about it, and showed it to her. I can't repeat some of the comments she made. After giving me a bit of what for, she said it was the most useless gun I've ever bought. I agreed and said "Yeah, but isn't it cool!" then she found out how much I paid for it. I think I'll be paying for it around the house for a couple of months now. I was giddy for a few hours after getting this one.
I finally had a chance to fire it today, and it's AWESOME! There is no noticable recoil. The Cutt's Compensator takes care of all the muzzle climb, and it's very quite. After dumping off one of the stick mags I had one shot left. I took out my earplugs and fired the last shot. (I've already got serious hearing loss so I figured "What the heck") It was barely louder than my Ruger 10/22 and far quieter than any of my other rifles all together.

I took a few pics to show it off.
Here they are.
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This is where Mr Thompson and Mr Colt get together. Thsi is my wife right after I showed it to her.
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Thompson and Colt meet
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Please feel free to let me know what you think
Regards,
~gearchecker~

For God's sake, don't disparage what she serves you for dinner!