@MrJugoG4life -this is a 100% USGI made in the USA (and USGI Mags). what you are seeing is caused by the feeding action and recoil (remember this video was shot at 1,200 frames per second). the mag is held in a T-slot on the frame, and the fit needs to be a little loose otherwise you would never be able to insert a mag under stress of combat. WWII technology that still works perfect to this day
@MrJugoG4life - keep in mind this is an original Thompson and it's 70 years old. as for the cost of transferable Thompsons.. it's around $30,000 (yes, the number is correct) good transferable machine guns are extremely expensive with M16's around the $15k to 20k mark, but you can still find transferable Stens around $5k to $7k, and Mac10's around $4,000 the Govt insured that only the rich can afford such collections.
The Thompson M1A1 is my favorite weapon of all time. I have a semi auto replica that shoots .45 AUTO but has a stupid 16" barrel. A new barrel is $200 and the SBR tax stamp is supposedly $200 and to have it pressed in is $100. Don't know if I will spend 50% of the gun cost to get it to look normal.
Technically this is an M1A1 Thompson. They were not manufactured to accept drum magazines. It's immediate predecessor, the M1 Thompson, was manufactured to accept drum magazines. Externally they are identical with the exception of the drum mag slot cut in the M1, forward of the trigger group.
@Oxstayne - closed bolt adds parts to lock the bolt. more pasts equal more things to fail in combat. The Thompson as an open bolt had fewer parts, far better cooling and less over heating issues, and was cheaper. It was still seeing combat in the late 60's early 70's. don't forget.. you can draw your name with a thompson, so they are super controllable, and accurate weapons (more so with the compensator)
@taofledermaus - this last weekend was the first time I really used the camera. I got a few .50 AE @ 1475, but those were just streaks, but I really have not tried that yet. I see you have had some success, so I may give it a try and see what happens.
wow i love the quality! I'd never noticed that it had an open bolt b4 this. I noticed that it has a very long action dispite the short round, was that to reduce the rpm?
@1airplane21 - there are loads of videos showing the rate of fire. due to the many hours of editing to provide the slow motion video, as well as the upload size of the video, most videos will be just the slow motion. (the full motion shots just are not near as impressive to justify several more hours woth of work).
im i just stoned or is the Mag shaking a bit? *cough madeinchina cough*!
MrJugoG4life 5 months ago
@MrJugoG4life -this is a 100% USGI made in the USA (and USGI Mags). what you are seeing is caused by the feeding action and recoil (remember this video was shot at 1,200 frames per second). the mag is held in a T-slot on the frame, and the fit needs to be a little loose otherwise you would never be able to insert a mag under stress of combat. WWII technology that still works perfect to this day
weaponeer 5 months ago
@weaponeer ye ur right sorry its just the first time i saw this honey in slow mo, but really how much did you pay this gun? 3000$???more/less
MrJugoG4life 5 months ago
@MrJugoG4life - keep in mind this is an original Thompson and it's 70 years old. as for the cost of transferable Thompsons.. it's around $30,000 (yes, the number is correct) good transferable machine guns are extremely expensive with M16's around the $15k to 20k mark, but you can still find transferable Stens around $5k to $7k, and Mac10's around $4,000 the Govt insured that only the rich can afford such collections.
weaponeer 5 months ago
one guy here isnt american
Juicy77j 7 months ago
@Juicy77j Whats that got to do with anything? Moron
snipski0894 5 months ago
great video, is this 1200 fps?
skks666 10 months ago
@skks666 I think most of it was 800 fps
weaponeer 10 months ago
The Thompson M1A1 is my favorite weapon of all time. I have a semi auto replica that shoots .45 AUTO but has a stupid 16" barrel. A new barrel is $200 and the SBR tax stamp is supposedly $200 and to have it pressed in is $100. Don't know if I will spend 50% of the gun cost to get it to look normal.
BodyBuilder030 1 year ago
Did the M1 ever have drum mags issued for it?
madeinamerica650 1 year ago
issued i dont think so
Blackops353 1 year ago
@Blackops353 - drums don't fit the M1. the drums are for the earlier models only
weaponeer 1 year ago
@weaponeer Tho drums could probaly be custom made, but it wpould be pretty chalenging work only for a gun professional
theanim8er 1 year ago
@theanim8er - normally the weapon would need a receiver modification done to allow the use of the drum.
weaponeer 1 year ago
@madeinamerica650
Technically this is an M1A1 Thompson. They were not manufactured to accept drum magazines. It's immediate predecessor, the M1 Thompson, was manufactured to accept drum magazines. Externally they are identical with the exception of the drum mag slot cut in the M1, forward of the trigger group.
36gOPFOR 1 year ago
r u guys bump fireing?
berry67854 1 year ago
@berry67854 - nope these are the real deal
weaponeer 1 year ago
@weaponeer k
berry67854 1 year ago
great vid! really liking the slo-mo stuff!
TescoVee 1 year ago
@TescoVee - thanks... wait for the next two videos.!
weaponeer 1 year ago
sick gun
XxRayPwnsxX 1 year ago
If only it fired from a closed bolt....
Oxstayne 1 year ago
@Oxstayne - closed bolt adds parts to lock the bolt. more pasts equal more things to fail in combat. The Thompson as an open bolt had fewer parts, far better cooling and less over heating issues, and was cheaper. It was still seeing combat in the late 60's early 70's. don't forget.. you can draw your name with a thompson, so they are super controllable, and accurate weapons (more so with the compensator)
weaponeer 1 year ago
@weaponeer Yeah I know, I just the closed jbolt designs.
Oxstayne 1 year ago
where is the muzzle brake. having it make the gun more stable on full auto.
DisposableWarrior 1 year ago
@DisposableWarrior- If I remember correctly the military version didn't have the cutts compensator
weaponeer 1 year ago
Very nice work!
taofledermaus 1 year ago
@taofledermaus - Thanks. It's one of my better ones.
weaponeer 1 year ago
what's the piano song name?
emisanv 1 year ago
@emisanv - didn't watch the video to the end credits? lol name is Over Time
weaponeer 1 year ago
oh!me fail
emisanv 1 year ago
@weaponeer Have you been able to get any clips of the big .45 slugs going downrange yet? I've wanted to film some full auto stuff for a long time.
taofledermaus 1 year ago
@taofledermaus - this last weekend was the first time I really used the camera. I got a few .50 AE @ 1475, but those were just streaks, but I really have not tried that yet. I see you have had some success, so I may give it a try and see what happens.
weaponeer 1 year ago
nice M1
PetionC 1 year ago
wow i love the quality! I'd never noticed that it had an open bolt b4 this. I noticed that it has a very long action dispite the short round, was that to reduce the rpm?
Killerclown360 1 year ago
holy crap, look at that mag wobble!
67mustangreg 1 year ago
i would rather have real time then you can see the actual fire rate, or you could do both slow and real and that would be just as good =)
1airplane21 1 year ago
@1airplane21 - there are loads of videos showing the rate of fire. due to the many hours of editing to provide the slow motion video, as well as the upload size of the video, most videos will be just the slow motion. (the full motion shots just are not near as impressive to justify several more hours woth of work).
weaponeer 1 year ago
@weaponeer that is true, therefore i will say i appreciate the time you put into these videos
1airplane21 1 year ago
and people wonder why I use slow motion so much in my videos. It's perfect with any thing gun related
Jarek4 1 year ago