Thompson sub-machine gun.....

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Tony Mig

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My range held it's annual open house day today, and like last year's open house, they had a class III gun dealer show up with a variety of full auto fun.

There was M-16's, M-14's, H&K MP-5's, UMP's, Uzi's, Grease Guns, Rising's, amoung several others including my favorite....Thompson Sub-Machine Guns.

Just holding that piece of gun history in your hands is thrill enough, but to fire one in full auto removed any need of Viagra for quite a long time... :D

This guy had quite a display of them too, some dating back to the early 20's, all the way through the WWII models. Some of the older one's were there for display only as their value is too great to be fired.

I count myself lucky to have had the oppertunity for the second time to fire one of these incredible, historic weapons......
 
Man has made some incredible pieces of machinery.

The Thompson SMG and F51 Mustang being a couple examples. :)
 
I also was able to fulfill a long held wish to fire a full-auto Thompson 2 weekends back. I got to burn through several magazines.... Easy to shoot and accurate once I got a handle on the muzzle climb!
 
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