5:20 woof. a mere 20 grand and I could be a proud owner. I recently watched “Road to Perdition” and was fascinated watching Tom Hanks wield one of these. I think I read in Wikipedia that when this was first issued, it cost $400; half the price of a new car.
@brassmachine002 I think you can get a short barrel semi auto version thats more realistic, the full auto costs a much as a new truck! Thats a lot of saving (for most people) for something to plink around with
@opel1111 Drums were found to be too heavy and too noisy (rattling). Considering the first troops to use Thompsons in war were British Commandos, a rattling mag is not what you want when you’re trying to sneak around. For an analogy: think airsoft high-cap magazines.
When the M1 came out, they didn’t mill the slots for the drum mag in them. That meant the M1s and M1A1s could only use the stick mags.
@FredDude27 I suspect this one was a “just-pre-M1″ version, or a 1928A1 fitted with a vertical for grip.
The drawings I have for the M1928 receiver show depressions milled around the drum mag slots, presumably to make it easier to fit the magazine – the gun in this video doesn’t have those. It also has the simple “L” sight fitted on later and wartime 1928s.
WRT fast reloading – stick mags are fast to change with practice. WRT drums: Google “tommy gun “third hand” tool”…
@TheHorrorOfYig I believe it’d jam if you wind it up too much or too little, I heard for 50rd it’s something like 9 clicks, and 100rd it’s 11-15 clicks.
@SSAirsoftowns After they registered all machine guns in 1934 you had to pay a $200 tax but anyone could own them. After they closed the registry in 1986 you couldn’t register anymore and the ones that were already registered artificially rose in value. That’s why my uncle paid $200 for the gun $200 for the tax stamp (the same kind that started the American revolution) and shot the hell out of it for 50 years and still sold it for $30,000.
@SSAirsoftowns You could buy them anywhere they sold them even mail order them because they were just like any other firearm as far as laws were concerned and the second amendment meant something back then. They cost about $200 though. Very few if any were used in crimes like you have been told on TV. More often then not it was yellow journalism that told you these were gangsta guns. My uncle had one for 50 years and never went on a killing spree not once. He sold it for $30,000.
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Those were the days huh.
5:20 woof. a mere 20 grand and I could be a proud owner. I recently watched “Road to Perdition” and was fascinated watching Tom Hanks wield one of these. I think I read in Wikipedia that when this was first issued, it cost $400; half the price of a new car.
how much tommy gun cost full set
@yboben this is america no need license
Side arms are a real help when reloading
i dont care if people like this gun or hate it , its an icon .
I hate it when people call this gun a rifle! It was the worlds first submachine gun for pete’s sake!
@AmericaStandsStrong1 20k!!!???? omg my weat dream is a tommy gun, but i guess its just a dream then -.-
@thuesen207 A full auto model, you’re lucky to find one under $20k. A semi-auto model $1500-$2000
how much does a tommy gun cost?
@SSAirsoftowns Grease Gun was costing 3 usd to produce.
Kickass
@brassmachine002 I think you can get a short barrel semi auto version thats more realistic, the full auto costs a much as a new truck! Thats a lot of saving (for most people) for something to plink around with
omg you cant go to war with that somebody will kill you while reloading
@SSAirsoftowns If your Daddy’s a Gun Historian, you should probably believe him and not ask a bunch of internet slobberfucks, haha.
This is the only way to own a Thompson. Non-NFA models are front heavy because the barrel is too long and the trigger is too stiff to rapid fire.
Save your money and get the real thing, the semi auto copies aren’t worth bothering with IMHO.
@opel1111 Drums were found to be too heavy and too noisy (rattling). Considering the first troops to use Thompsons in war were British Commandos, a rattling mag is not what you want when you’re trying to sneak around. For an analogy: think airsoft high-cap magazines.
When the M1 came out, they didn’t mill the slots for the drum mag in them. That meant the M1s and M1A1s could only use the stick mags.
@FredDude27 I suspect this one was a “just-pre-M1″ version, or a 1928A1 fitted with a vertical for grip.
The drawings I have for the M1928 receiver show depressions milled around the drum mag slots, presumably to make it easier to fit the magazine – the gun in this video doesn’t have those. It also has the simple “L” sight fitted on later and wartime 1928s.
WRT fast reloading – stick mags are fast to change with practice. WRT drums: Google “tommy gun “third hand” tool”…
not as easy as in mafia II
@TheHorrorOfYig I believe it’d jam if you wind it up too much or too little, I heard for 50rd it’s something like 9 clicks, and 100rd it’s 11-15 clicks.
The one in the video at 5:30, isn’t that the WWII model that had the horizontal grip?
@SSAirsoftowns After they registered all machine guns in 1934 you had to pay a $200 tax but anyone could own them. After they closed the registry in 1986 you couldn’t register anymore and the ones that were already registered artificially rose in value. That’s why my uncle paid $200 for the gun $200 for the tax stamp (the same kind that started the American revolution) and shot the hell out of it for 50 years and still sold it for $30,000.
@SSAirsoftowns You could buy them anywhere they sold them even mail order them because they were just like any other firearm as far as laws were concerned and the second amendment meant something back then. They cost about $200 though. Very few if any were used in crimes like you have been told on TV. More often then not it was yellow journalism that told you these were gangsta guns. My uncle had one for 50 years and never went on a killing spree not once. He sold it for $30,000.
thumbs up if you fell in love with this gun after playing mafia 2 and the godfather
how much does it cost??? Bloody nice. I love this weapon!
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