There are tons of brand new, original Thompson buttstocks out there. At the recent Chantilly, Va., gun show, there was a guy with a box of maybe 50 new, unissued M1928A1 stocks (the early ones without the reinforcing crossbolt), and he was trying to sell them 3 for $10, and not getting many takers. I picked up one with the crossbolt at the Aberdeen, Md., jeep rally for $3 (it had obviously never been on a gun).
So the wood is cheap. The hardware to go on it is expensive -- a set of buttplate, swivel, mounting bracket, screws, etc., goes for about $60 in used condition.
The photo shows the bare wood of the less-desirable M1 model. It would be interesting to see what else is in the box.
