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Post by tomwkup on Feb 18, 2009 18:42:13 GMT -5
Hello, I dont frequent here much, but im starting to get back in to the WWII stuff and was wondering, does anyone around here make custom Thompson Drums? If so specs? Ive always wanted one for my TM but havent been able to find one. Thanks in advance!
Tom
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Post by Chaos on Feb 18, 2009 19:22:45 GMT -5
No one makes them yet, could be some ACM ones out sometime this year
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Post by lrich on Feb 18, 2009 19:41:52 GMT -5
Are you looking for a low cap style (i would spiral the bb's, no one currently makes these), or high cap style one? I am planning on making both, although i don't know which i want to do first. FYI, if you want to make one yourself, you can buy the springer ones, and convert them.
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Post by greaser350 on Feb 18, 2009 20:51:38 GMT -5
Hmmmmm, seems no matter how many times its stated, it doesn't sink in. The M1A1 could NOT take the drum mag. Unless you have some kind of kit (mosquito molds or otherwise) it will be incorrect for the gun. A Thompson M1A1 with a drum mag does not exist. partly why this replica pissies me off www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=244605
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Post by tomwkup on Feb 19, 2009 16:34:25 GMT -5
yeah I planned on buying the mosqiuto molds one in time, as well as the forward grip. Why doesnt the ACM one of whatever have the older style bolt on top?
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Post by Chaos on Feb 19, 2009 18:13:44 GMT -5
they just can't seem to get it right.
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Post by tm47 on Feb 19, 2009 18:15:39 GMT -5
either they don't think anyone will care or they don't know any better
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Post by lrich on Feb 19, 2009 18:48:04 GMT -5
Hmmmmm, seems no matter how many times its stated, it doesn't sink in. The M1A1 could NOT take the drum mag. Unless you have some kind of kit (mosquito molds or otherwise) it will be incorrect for the gun. A Thompson M1A1 with a drum mag does not exist. partly why this replica pissies me off www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=244605Technically you are wrong. Barely, but still wrong. www.notpurfect.com/main/thompson.html#drumsScroll down a little, there is an m1a1 with the drum. Not very common, but still, it is technically historically correct (not considering the idea of, reenact the norm, not the exception). As for why they can't get the bolt right, it is because it saves them a lot of money to not remake the upper receiver (note the receiver is wrong too, the correct sight ears are just stuck on where the originals were) or the stock for that matter.
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Post by tinydata on Feb 19, 2009 18:52:03 GMT -5
nice find... but I believe it was just one of those rare never fielded type of things
I've never seen or heard about soldiers who had M1A1s with drums
on the other, hand, does anybody know if the M1A1 ever got fitted with a vertical grip? I've seen some gun clubs do it, but not soldiers.
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Post by lrich on Feb 19, 2009 19:49:24 GMT -5
nice find... but I believe it was just one of those rare never fielded type of things I've never seen or heard about soldiers who had M1A1s with drums on the other, hand, does anybody know if the M1A1 ever got fitted with a vertical grip? I've seen some gun clubs do it, but not soldiers. I agree, i think it was one of those rare things, but just thought i should post it up there, for interests sake. As for the m1a1's being fitted with vertical grips, Yes and no. Almost any gun out there has had one jury rigged on there. For example, I have seen pictures of Stens in wartime with crude foregrips (i am looking at it now, it is in the Encyclopedia of Weapons www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Weapons-World-War-Present/dp/1592236294), and I am pretty sure i have seen a picture of an m1a1 with a vertical grip somewhere, but i can't find it. In turn, i am pretty sure at least some got fitted with vertical grips, probably by the soldiers, but i don't think m1a1's were ever issued with them. I myself prefer the vertical grip, so i custom made one (carved it, and and used a minimum of sandpaper, etc) to make it look like a wartime GI's production.
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Post by savage94 on Apr 4, 2009 19:30:50 GMT -5
what i plan to do is to hollow out the inside of the spring drum mag and glue the stick mag inside it .
or does any one know how to convert it to work on aegs ?
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Post by hank on Apr 5, 2009 9:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Apr 5, 2009 12:06:53 GMT -5
Ohh, memories of that M1928. I miss her!
lrich, either that M1A1 or the drum mag have been modified so that they work, or it's trick photography. I've handled real M1928's, M1's, and M1A1's, and there is no way that a drum mag will work unless you modify either the reciever or the drum. The drums were fairly unpopular to begin with. They were very cumbersome, very heavy, had feeding issues, rattled, and were always in super short supply. The 20rd stick magazine was by far and large the most common magazine for the TSMG during WWII.
-Tim
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 5, 2009 12:26:55 GMT -5
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Post by thegreengrundel on Apr 7, 2009 12:05:47 GMT -5
Cybergun has a drum mag coming out in the next few weeks. It says it holds 450 rounds but that can't be right. I hope it's missing a zero...
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Post by savage94 on Apr 16, 2009 20:02:34 GMT -5
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Post by kalbs on Apr 16, 2009 21:02:45 GMT -5
Nice but the Real M1A1 was designed not to use the Drum.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 16, 2009 21:07:04 GMT -5
OH MAN!!!!!!!! That thing is gonna take some serious work to mod it for use in an M1928 reciver!!
I am going to place an order for one and see if it look right in my M1928 Thompson.
TommyGunner
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Post by 5thrangerbat on Apr 17, 2009 19:57:17 GMT -5
only 450 rds for a hicap? ?? If it carried 800 bbs yeah maybe i'd buy it. (id only use this for just for kicks not WWII)
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Post by historybuff on Apr 18, 2009 22:49:35 GMT -5
i have a drum round for a spring thompson and at cheaperthandirt.com ya can get a clip for damn near anything
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Post by bloq on Jun 18, 2009 10:58:42 GMT -5
If I were you, and youre trying to be historically accurate, I wouldn't get the drum mag unless you plan to do a marine impression. Using it on your Thompson would just look bad. No offense.
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Post by roma on Jun 22, 2009 11:27:21 GMT -5
nice find... but I believe it was just one of those rare never fielded type of things I've never seen or heard about soldiers who had M1A1s with drums on the other, hand, does anybody know if the M1A1 ever got fitted with a vertical grip? I've seen some gun clubs do it, but not soldiers. 90 ID, if I remember right.
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Post by Nimlas on Jun 22, 2009 13:11:35 GMT -5
That's a 1928, not an M1A1.
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Post by roma on Jun 24, 2009 3:51:29 GMT -5
That's a 1928, not an M1A1. This picture just about using of drum magazines in infantry units. M1 and M1A1 can not use drum magazines at all because of another mag well configuration.
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