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How many people collect fa and ca Thompson SMG? 1978 cut off date was a long time ago and the
original collectors are getting old. I think some of the history is being lost along with the guns.
There used to be 1928's sold in the British Boxes with the three drums,five magazines and cleaning rod.
At one time the boxes were available, now there just seems to be the enfield boxes.
Then there are the M1 and M1A1 guns. Most of them just came with round oil bottle and sling. It's hard
to pin down which of these models there are more of,28's, m1 or m1a1s. There there are a few of the
model 1921 and 1928 Colt guns, some imported from America and the rest from mining companies.
The smelter in Trail had 1927,1928, and 1921 Thompsons. The Vancouver PD got some of these guns,
and the rest are in collections. These guns were sold to Lever Arms many years ago.
Vancouver PD still has them. Toronto had colts,Winnipeg had some with a 1927,the RCMP might have destroyed theirs, they got the BC Provincial Police guns when they took over.
The last group of guns to come and exported out when the law changed came from the Brazil National
Police. Most of these guns were m1 and m1a1s in exc/mint condition. The 1928 guns were adjustable
and late model fixed sight. There was a small number of 1921 colt guns. Most of these didn't sell and
we're exported out
 
I'll start by saying; I don't know sfa about Thompsons, just sharing my sighting ;)

I was at a local range, indoor, shooting pistol. Finished up to leave, get to my truck and I see this fellow walking through the parking lot. Older man, innocent looking, with both arms he's carrying a carefully rolled up blanket. Something told me I needed to see what it was.
I went back in and he's standing at the counter talking to the owner. Un-rolls his blanket, asking; "can you help me, I don't know what to do with this".
He had an un-molested Thompson SMG, half dozen stick mags, and a drum.
The owner nearly sh!t himself! Rolled the blanket up and explained how he didn't want to, but had to phone the RCMP.
I never caught the end of the story, but watched as the gun was handed over. Was a sad moment.
 
A long closed shop in the TO area had semi'd M1 Choppers long ago. Would have bought one($600, as I recall.) except to field strip 'em you have to put 'em on FA. The way they were semi'd had the FA parts filled in with weld so you couldn't take 'em apart for cleaning.
Know a guy who has a '28, I think it is, that has never been fired.
 
This isn't the place to be discussing this unfortunately. Not everyone here is gun friendly.

I don't consider myself old by the way.

Jim.
 
FA Firearms have this problem because everyone thought that no one should have them. This caused all of
the additional restrictions. Then the small caliber pistols fell into it. In twenty years all fa's are going to be scrap.
Then the ca's, small caliber pistols will follow. Why do we have to hide, and the others don't? ??
 
can14 said:
FA Firearms have this problem because everyone thought that no one should have them. This caused all of
the additional restrictions. Then the small caliber pistols fell into it. In twenty years all fa's are going to be scrap.
Then the ca's, small caliber pistols will follow. Why do we have to hide, and the others don't? ??
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Yep, and Canadian society will be a warm and friendly, safe for all environment. If you believe that, you must be an airy-fairy Liberal no mind or NDP Socialist.
 
I used to enjoy letting fellow gun nuts shoot one of my FAs. The Thompson was the most popular. Everyone who shot it finished with a big grin on their face.

I think the prohibition on shooting our FAs is pure vindictiveness.
 
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My collection is missing one.
 
can14 said:
FA Firearms have this problem because everyone thought that no one should have them. This caused all of
the additional restrictions. Then the small caliber pistols fell into it. In twenty years all fa's are going to be scrap.
Then the ca's, small caliber pistols will follow. Why do we have to hide, and the others don't? ??
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If you wanted to KILL the game of hockey just grandfather the stick !! Great plan BTW!!

unless Gov't is trying to keep all the C/A-FAs' in Excellent condition for all collectors ----- I Can't remember the last time mine were fired!!!!!!

---------------F#$%$ers
 
My friend had a collection of FA guns 1928 Thompson, S&W 76, Uzi (Early model with wood stock and low cocking handle) and a MP-40.
I liked the 1928 but the UZI was the easiest to shoot. The S&W 76 was fun until it blew the side out of a few cases. We took it apart and cleaned the barrel, the chamber was full of crap as the ammo was dirty. I liked them all and consider myself lucky that I had a chance to fire any of the FAs. I fired the Canadian C2 and the SMG but having shot the British Sterling the Canadian SMG used a Sten bolt assembly. The Sterling Police Carbine and FA models shot like a .22 because in semi due to the hollow bolt with a counterweight and spring apparatus to reduce recoil.
After my friend died some of his guns went missing (36) including the S&W. They were either stolen or in a PEI landfill his kids cleaned out the house.
 
Ganderite said:
I used to enjoy letting fellow gun nuts shoot one of my FAs. The Thompson was the most popular. Everyone who shot it finished with a big grin on their face.

I think the prohibition on shooting our FAs is pure vindictiveness.
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it's more than that - it's Draconian, Orwellian in scope. You only have to look at countries that are a few steps ahead of us in 'gun control' so see what lies ahead if we don't stop it here.
There is no difference between a law-abiding citizen shooting a FA than burning up a case lot of 7.62x39mm in an SKS. There are big FA shooting events in the US regularly where no one gets hurt and the world as we know it does not come to an end.

There are those who post on CGN that will tell you that NO ONE ought to own a FA in Canada and then brag about their FA shooting experience while still serving and as a civilian. We're all 'equal', but some are a little more 'equal' than others .....
 
9x19p said:
I'll start by saying; I don't know sfa about Thompsons, just sharing my sighting ;)

I was at a local range, indoor, shooting pistol. Finished up to leave, get to my truck and I see this fellow walking through the parking lot. Older man, innocent looking, with both arms he's carrying a carefully rolled up blanket. Something told me I needed to see what it was.
I went back in and he's standing at the counter talking to the owner. Un-rolls his blanket, asking; "can you help me, I don't know what to do with this".
He had an un-molested Thompson SMG, half dozen stick mags, and a drum.
The owner nearly sh!t himself! Rolled the blanket up and explained how he didn't want to, but had to phone the RCMP.
I never caught the end of the story, but watched as the gun was handed over. Was a sad moment.
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The rules are simple. The Full Auto registry is closed and newly discovered guns cannot be made legal.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
The rules are simple. The Full Auto registry is closed and newly discovered guns cannot be made legal.
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They can, fortunately, be donated to museums (I work with one) or other licenced businesses. You are correct that they cannot legally be possessed by an individual (not business) if they were not properly registered before the prohibition. It's not ideal but at least there is an alternative to destroying them.
 
There used to be a lot of large collections of FA guns. Now, everyone who owns them is real quiet about them.
At one time, there was a collectors association and they helped in the buying and selling. Got nice items that
way. Need something like that again
 
ha d a 1928A1,M1 M1A1 and an M3 A1 all gone now ...all were ca's still have a few ca's just sitting in the safe doing nothing thanks canadian gov't for making me safe ..
 
can14 said:
Vancouver PD still has them. Toronto had colts,Winnipeg had some with a 1927,the RCMP might have destroyed theirs, they got the BC Provincial Police guns when they took over.
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Winnipeg police museum has one one of their 1927 Colt Thompson's on display. Apparently at least one more still resides with the police armoury. The Winnipeg police last used the Thompson in a shoot out with some bank robbers, I believe back in the 70s or early 80s. The poor accuracy of the Thompson (rumoured to be partly the fault of the guy holding the gun) led to it's withdrawal from the force.
 
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