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The sheriff's office that I worked for had two 1928A1 Thompson Sub Machine gun "kits." They had had them for years and years and never deployed them. The FBI handed them out to police agencies all over the U.S. The ones that we had were in cases complete with 100 round, 50 round and two 30 round (?) "stick" magazines. The wood seemed to be a walnut of some kind. I remember them being really heavy (more so if the drums had been loaded.) They were just beautiful machines. I don't think that either of them had been fired.
On a slightly related note, one of the oddest places I've ever seen a Thompson was in Ireland! The Irish Republican Army bought hundreds of them from the U.S. in the 20's. They were frequently used against the English that were functioning as occupation troops in Ireland. Rumor has it that many of these guns are still buried in secret places all across Ireland in places known but to a few. This was done so that if need be, the IRA could rearm itself and continue the "struggle."
On a slightly related note, one of the oddest places I've ever seen a Thompson was in Ireland! The Irish Republican Army bought hundreds of them from the U.S. in the 20's. They were frequently used against the English that were functioning as occupation troops in Ireland. Rumor has it that many of these guns are still buried in secret places all across Ireland in places known but to a few. This was done so that if need be, the IRA could rearm itself and continue the "struggle."