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I missed the most obvious attribute. The 'AAW' stamp on the stock is a rebuild mark - so whoever has the original has a restoration. This doesn't detract from your find though.
Maybe you've become the guy who went to set a mouse trap and found he was out of cheese. Thinking quick, he cut a picture of a piece of cheese out of a Velveeta ad in a magazine and baited the trap with it. He heard the trap spring and rushed to check on it - he had caught a picture of a mouse.
Probably couoldn't make it through an airport with it, huh?
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DTC,
Thanks a bunch for the link... I went to it directly, and noticed that they still had a Thompson Sub-Machine Gun.... And bought it. It arrived last week, along with the "Certificate of Authenticity".. For what that's worth...
At first I was pretty dissapointed in the condition of the "gun". From the photos below, you can see that it has had pretty heavy use. Mostly, the muzzle part of the bbl is gone. But, as they advertised , "heavy use".
So here 'tis... My little THompson, to go along with the MP 40 "non-gun" I have. I can assure you that they both cause folks to stop and look when they wander by my table at the gun shows. Great conversation starters..
Thanks again for the link... It's a pretty cool toy!!
Ronnie aka Jim Nasium
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In doing a side-by-side comparison of the rubber "carbine" next to two Underwoods, I realized that the stunt version is about 3/4" shorter. Each component doesn't quite line up by a hair, and the cumulative effect is about 1/2" to 3/4". So, it shrank in the curing.
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The rubber gun in the OP also appears to have a type III band with the actual bayonet lug removed.
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Huh, rubber guns in movies, whoulda thunk it? That kills my fantasy dream of a big prop warehouse in Hollywierd full of rare guns. But I bet there's still tons of cool stuff locked away on those movie sets. Real guns, cool cars, old motorcycles, airplanes, jeeps, etc. I'd love the chance to snoop through a few of 'em.
That's a very cool carbine! Wouldn't mind having one me own self.
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In 1989 I bought a 1928 Thompson that was marked to the Bapty movie company, who supplied guns to movie sets. Serial 68038. Twin grips and Cutts compinsator. Remington anchor on the butt. Hill's book on Thompson states there WERE more Thompsons in the movie warehouses than anywhere else. In the movie Devils Brigade, the patrol in the stream scene has almost all members carrying rubber Thompsons. The only live ones were the ones who had to fire.
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There is one on eBay right. Plus a Garand and Enfield.
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The Garand is $25 less then the Carbine. As it should be on our forum :rofl:
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Wow- I go away for a bit and my thread takes off! Glad you picked up the Thompson!
