Auto-Ordnance Thompson .45

[quabot]

Thompson rocks!!!

[SabaothChristou]

I meant to hit "Reply", but accidently hit "Remove" on a comment asking about the price on the Thompson. I'd like to clarify that it isn't mine! lol. We used to host a shoot for the CSA every year, and an elderly man brought this one time. He bought it in 1967 (I think) for 75 dollars when he was a deputy. Today (especially after the law passed in 1986 regarding the sale of Class 3 firearms to civilians) a legal-to-own fully-automatic Thompson costs about $19,000 for a civilian.

[loydboy1]

i saw one in milwaukee wi at badgers gun store for around $2,000

[SabaothChristou]

You can get a semi-automatic one for about that, yeah, but not a fully-automatic one.

[loydboy1]

aw damnit! but thanks

[bucci777]

they don't sell a fully automatic one you goof. You have to convert them illegally. And it's big bucks if you get caught with an auto tommy!

[SabaothChristou]

"They" do, actually. It just has to have been made prior to 1986 and be transferable.

[VMFA115Starloric]

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[PAKfromFYCB]

in my county 1 in4 people hold a concealed handguns license, i dunno how many carry every day but i do, a kimber 1911

[Wrath6909]

Wow, such a great American gun. (Im assuming it is American since the last name sounds Americanized XD) Anyway, nice fucking gun! Go Green Berets!

[klskatesite]

kool

[Chicken10843]

Man just got to love that gun.

[mokeyde]

i can hear M1 Garands in Background. Thats my favorite gun

[SabaothChristou]

@mokeyde I can't remember for sure, but I think you're more or less right (if I remember correctly it was a Springfield M1A, so .308 instead of 30-06 and box magazines, but close enough =D )

[p00pl0rd]

I can't rent the M1928A1. The rangemaster knows he'd end up shooting me in the back when I tried to run away with it and I'm the only one who buys his overpriced ammo :P

[DragonRacer1320]

its not that hard just press back on the trigger, one little finger motion..... i really don't give a fuck if he lives or dies on the first shot, i'll keep shooting, and when i'm out, i'll reload and keep shooting. lol

[qwasdninja]

Its not hard to stand up, walk or not falling asleep either. Under normal circumstances. I highly doubt that you can react like a professional under such pressure despite how easy it might be in theory.

[DragonRacer1320]

i'v been hunting sense i was 9 so pulling the trigger is no problem, but as far as drawing the pistol and aiming, shouldn't a problem under time, i do practical shooting competition, so i got to draw aim take a shot, run to the next spot, aim shoot, and you get it..... i wish i could be as good as the pros :(

[qwasdninja]

Pressure as in competition is nothing compared to combat situations. If you fail in a competition you finsih last. If you fail in combat, you die.

[DragonRacer1320]

ya think!

[hamsterinmybum]

3. hours of practice and hopefully you'll never be in the wrong place at the wrong time and if your out looking for trouble you should be shot

[hamsterinmybum]

im not sure if your intent was to be an ass hole or not but im going to assume you didnt

1. if your going to put the time and money into getting a permit to carry, your most likely going to carry it

2.think of the military. people dont join if there not going to have the balls to fire at someone. most people who carry will kill if there life or anothers life is in danger.

[UltrasonicMark]

It is all worth it for that GRIN !

[philblackholemind]

The 50 round drums are the best though... They have 100 round drums too... Pure Orgasmic Madness!!!

[AnimeFanatic5602]

The M1 version of the Thompson doesn't accept drum magazines. That's just how it's designed.

[philblackholemind]

THe Thompson has got to be the most popular and vicious and Lovely guns Ever!... Gangsters loved it... Army boys loved it... It has the Coolest reputation for the LOngest time and Personally it's my Favorite gun of all time!...(for "rifles" that it)

[Biscuitchris7again]

Thompson always hated that it was popularized by Gangsters...but, if it wasn't for the Cattle Ranchers the Gangsters might not have picked up on it...then the cops might not have needed them...then the Military might not have looked at it the way they did. good old Trench Broom.

[plure0]

nice weapon

ure lucky man

[xMasterchief007]

lucky kid got to use a tommy gun

[Otacon237]

Some people still do. There was a program on the military channel about WWII guns, and the guy demonstrating the Thompson was the local sheriff's deputy, and he carried a Thompson in his squad car instead of an M4.

[DuckwalkSupreme]

I'd seen that, too. But, I believe he carried the Thompson instead of a shotgun, though I'm not entirely sure. Either way, good choice on his part...

[Otacon237]

Yeah. I liked the Kriss .45 Mack played with on futureweapons too.

[DuckwalkSupreme]

I just really think we should go back to using the .45 ACP, a round with a little more punch to it. I hate all the bullshit about it not being a NATO round or whatever the rhetoric is now. Also, we should be making our own damn sidearms, not Baretta. But, there aren't a whole lot of .45 ACP SMGs anymore, Heckler & Koch makes the UMP .45 (I think that's the name...) but they're a German company. I'm more a fan of the .45 ACP than of the Thompson, but I still love the Thompson.

[Otacon237]

Yeah, switching to the Beretta 9mm rather than the M1911 was stupid. Also, Beretta makes a .45 ACP carbine called the CX4 Storm. If they made a full auto version it would make a nice SMG/PDW

[WOTGMedia]

Not really.

The Thompson is heavy, expensive, and less field reliable to newer material like the mp5.

[chrizmeister1992]

i would rather take a tompson in the desert than an mp5

[DWells55]

Haha, the grin on your face after the first two shots pretty much says it all. I've seen these beauties fired before, but never actually had the chance to fire one myself.  Hopefully that'll change soon.

[Otacon237]

There's also Thompson semi-auto clones on the market sold under the Volunteer Arms logo (now called commando arms, I think), for pretty cheap. These things aren't even real thompsons, just crude lookalikes, but still pretty cheap, and they work.

[speeps84]

MP44

[baronofcheese]

yeah, I was surprised, I didn't have that much trouble with it, its a great gun to fire. just pull it down a bit as it moves upwards, and lean into it.

[nametakenuse]

Priceless grin on your face after sqeezin' off those first rounds...you handled it just fine...Your father has a lot of faith in you and it shows here...Tommygun was my Dad's favorite in WW2 MP. They were taught very fast and effective close quarter combat gunning techniques not popular or often seen today...anyway, looks like you are hooked so live right and shoot straight.

[brad2456]

That thompson is nice. You got manhandled by it , but anyone would the first time. I shot a BAR once, all 19 rounds(spring was tight and i couldn't get 20 in) on full auto in one burst, and just about fell over.  I want to shoot a thompson really badly now after seeing this

[chrisvscrispychicken]

Full Auto Forever Great for Close Encounters it may chew up ammo but still dude!!!

[chris346]

AWESOME!

[pobeditelli]

YO QUIERO!!!!!!!!!