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Feb 3, 2021 20:47:32 #

Rob48 Loc: Portland, ME

dennis2146 wrote:

Beautiful photograph of an iconic and wonderful machine gun.

Dennis

Thank you very much, Dennis; I appreciate it.

Feb 3, 2021 23:41:43 #

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

TriX wrote:

Yep, real Colt Thompson’s are in the 20-50K$ range (!) now, and other fully automatic (class III) weapons are all in the $7-8K$ and up range, but with ammo so incredibly expensive now, who can afford to shoot them? Burn $100 of ammo in seconds. Lucky I guess that I’ve put in my time with full auto M16s and M-14s (what a handful) at government expense. Can anyone except me remember when a box of 50 .22LR cost less than $1.00?

I remember.22 Long Rifle at .78 and .22 Remington Rocket shorts in a flat Chicklets gum type of box for .29.

Dennis

Feb 3, 2021 23:47:40 #

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

IDguy wrote:

I saw them on sale yesterday for $500-$700.

Not as accurate or deadly as AR15.

https://www.howellarms.com/worldwar2/thompson-m1a1-smg

I am sure you realize that for this blank fire installation kit you provide the actual Thompson SMG.

Dennis

Feb 3, 2021 23:49:34 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

dennis2146 wrote:

I remember.22 Long Rifle at .78 and .22 Remington Rocket shorts in a flat Chicklets gum type of box for .29.

Dennis

When I grew up, you could stop at any country store or sporting goods store and buy a box of .22 LR for 75 cents. I had a Stevens/Savage semi auto with a tubular magazine and a Weaver scope as my first rifle. When my youngest turned 12, I took him to our old line gun store (JW Perry in Zebulon NC), and bought him a BL22 Browning Lever action .22 for Christmas for his first rifle. I ponied up an extra $20-30 for the grade II which bought checkering on the stock and engraving on the receiver - a gun I could have never afforded growing up. Old Mr. Perry threw in a genuine Browning padded case. Today, it’s still in pristine condition and worth maybe 4x what I paid for it.

Feb 4, 2021 00:03:37 #

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

TriX wrote:

When I grew up, you could stop at any country stor... (show quote)

That Browning is a very nice gun. I had one for a short time but just didn’t care for it. Nothing specific but just not for me.

My twin brother and I were fortunate to grow up in part of NYS on the CT border. When we were about 10-11 years old our parents went to all of the local gun stores with us and told the owners if we had money we had their permission to buy whatever we wanted. Obviously not handguns but rifles and shotguns. We bought and learned a lot about most guns produced up until then. It was a fun time.

Dennis

Feb 4, 2021 09:51:17 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

IDguy wrote:

I saw them on sale yesterday for $500-$700.

Not as accurate or deadly as AR15.

https://www.howellarms.com/worldwar2/thompson-m1a1-smg

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Feb 4, 2021 09:52:06 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

wilpharm wrote:

.223 rounds now are about 1 buck/each or more IF you can find them....last I purchased were 35 cents

That's why I reload!

Feb 4, 2021 09:55:25 #

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Retired CPO wrote:

That's why I reload!

I do as well for at least the past 60 years.

(Thinking to myself, Holy CRAP that time went quick)

Dennis

Feb 4, 2021 10:27:17 #

Abo

Rob48 wrote:

Stuff like this is great, Abo; thank you.

You're welcome,

as a soldier his role was a Dispatch Rider... After the war he
carried on with the motorcycles; his day job was a
Manufacturing Jeweler though.

He was definitely a component in the motivation
of my love affair with motorcycles.

He entered Enduro Racing regularly and here he is
(in the late 60s I reckon) enjoying the sport:

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Funny how a Tommy gun photo has bought us here