Thompson Transit Chest

[Flying10uk]

Does any-one have an original Thompson Transit Chest that they are able to photograph, please? I am interested to see photos of the outside of the box and also the inside showing internal fittings/divisions etc, both with the gun in and without, if possible please. Thanks for any help.

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[Peter Laidler]

Do you mean the chests we received them in from the US or the chests that we sent them out from Ordnance in?

There was a thread about this a few months ago and Warren chimed in with something

You could just type Thompson Chests' in the search engine thinggy. Reminds me of when I typed in NIPPLE COVERS while looking for some brake bleed nipple covers for my old Mini Cooper. Got about 38 pages of pure erotica. You never know, you might get a few pages of Emma Thompsons chest!

[browningautorifle]

38 pages of pure erotica

An your workday went to sh*t...for a while...

[Vincent]

Let me google that for you

Sorry about that. Here you go.

Let me google that for you

[Flying10uk]

I tried the search facility on this Forum but couldn't find any pictures. I was referring to the chests that the guns were sent out from ordinance in. I'm guessing that it will look like a scaled down Bren Chest but I have never actually seen one intended for the Thompson. I have seen a chest for the 2" mortar which is probably a similar length but deeper.

[Peter Laidler]

Someone help us/Flying Pom here. The thread even came up with the DDE drawing number. So they did exist

[Peter Laidler]

There's a good plan view picture on the Bren forum

[browningautorifle]

Here's the pic...tried to find all the places it was asked for...

[Lee Enfield]

Here's the pic...tried to find all the places it was asked for...

I've never seen that type of double transit case before, I have seen several single Thompson gun transit cases however.

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A friend of mine has a C^ marked '28 Thompson in the Canadian marked transit case.

sorry for the crappy cell pic

link to discussion on other board:
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[Flying10uk]

Thank-you very-much browningautorifle and Lee Enfield for your help with the pictures of the Thompson chest which are useful in showing me what they look like. They seem to be a scarce item here in the U.K.; perhaps some were shipped to Russia with the guns. I may have a crack at making a repro when I have completed the restoration of a Bren chest.