Trio of Thompsons

[Scsmith42]

Had fun at the range today. Two friends brought over their Thompsons. The one furthest away is a 1928A1 produced early in WWII, the middle one is a Colt 1921 model (mid 2,500 SN), and mine is a 1928A1 built by Savage under contract to Auto Ordance in September 1942.

We are all shooting 30 round magazines.

 

[J R Green]

Had fun at the range today. Two friends brought over their Thompsons. The one furthest away is a 1928A1 produced early in WWII, the middle one is a Colt 1921 model (mid 2,500 SN), and mine is a 1928A1 built by Savage under contract to Auto Ordance in September 1942.

We are all shooting 30 round magazines.

That's a fun way to get rid of 40 bucks!

 

[JohnFreeman]

Really fun toys cost more......

 

[JustKeepSwimming]

Man that looks like FUN!

 

[MichaelHK]

That's awesome!

 

[GymB]

Looks like great fun!

 

[Scsmith42]

It was indeed a fun time. Need to do it more often!

 

[11B CIB]

Assuming y’all started firing at roughly the same time, is it fair to say they all have slightly different gas ports/cyclic rates? I know nothing about Thompsons except for caliber, nicknames and time period. Looks like fun!

 

[Scsmith42]

Assuming y’all started firing at roughly the same time, is it fair to say they all have slightly different gas ports/cyclic rates? I know nothing about Thompsons except for caliber, nicknames and time period. Looks like fun!

Yup. The Colt should have the fastest cyclic rate, but I think that Larry may have done some work to his 28A to speed it up. Personally I wish that mine was a 100 rpm or more slower, but I'm not complaining.