M1 Thompson Submachine gun in slow motion

M1 Thompson Submachine gun (post sample) getting a workout for the high speed camera (Casio EX-F1).

The weapon is a legal Class III weapon.

Music by Jason Shaw @ audionautix.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Thompson
• SubMachine
• gun
• weaponeer
• WWII
• slow motion
• high speed
• Casio
• EX-F1

[MrJugoG4life]

im i just stoned or is the Mag shaking a bit? *cough madeinchina cough*!

[weaponeer]

@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]

@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

[weaponeer]

@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.

[skks666]

great video, is this 1200 fps?

[weaponeer]

@skks666 I think most of it was 800 fps

[snipski0894]

@Juicy77j Whats that got to do with anything? Moron

[Juicy77j]

one guy here isnt american

[BodyBuilder030]

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.

[berry67854]

@weaponeer k

[weaponeer]

@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.

[taofledermaus]

@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.

[1airplane21]

@weaponeer that is true, therefore i will say i appreciate the time you put into these videos

[36gOPFOR]

@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.

[weaponeer]

@theanim8er - normally the weapon would need a receiver modification done to allow the use of the drum.

[theanim8er]

@weaponeer Tho drums could probaly be custom made, but it wpould be pretty chalenging work only for a gun professional

[weaponeer]

@TescoVee - thanks... wait for the next two videos.!

[weaponeer]

@berry67854 - nope these are the real deal

[weaponeer]

@Blackops353 - drums don't fit the M1. the drums are for the earlier models only

[Blackops353]

issued i dont think so

[madeinamerica650]

Did the M1 ever have drum mags issued for it?

[berry67854]

r u guys bump fireing?

[TescoVee]

great vid! really liking the slo-mo stuff!

[Oxstayne]

@weaponeer Yeah I know, I just the closed jbolt designs.

[XxRayPwnsxX]

sick gun