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1 posted on 06/15/2017 6:21:16 AM PDT by w1n1
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Are there any semi-auto look-a-likes?..............


2 posted on 06/15/2017 6:29:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: w1n1

“Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.”


4 posted on 06/15/2017 6:38:56 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Damn fine weapon.


9 posted on 06/15/2017 7:14:53 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: w1n1

Me want.


11 posted on 06/15/2017 7:26:03 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: w1n1

I hear a guy from Norway liked those. Roland, I think.


12 posted on 06/15/2017 7:38:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: w1n1

I hear a guy from Norway liked those. Roland, I think.


13 posted on 06/15/2017 7:38:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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"..The gun’s genesis dates back to World War I when retired General John T. Thompson sought to develop a lightweight, fast-firing rifle.."

Lightweight my foot! They're schweet gun porn, as long as ya don't hafta tote or feed it. Whot a boat anchor! d:^)

15 posted on 06/15/2017 8:03:14 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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 photo general_eisenhower_winston_churchil_1640664071_zpsnaeygwls.jpg

Well the caption said "Tommy Gun" but I see it is really Eisenhower, Churchill, and Bradley firing M1 Carbines.

18 posted on 06/15/2017 8:43:03 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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I thought this post was about Jim Thompson.

Good story, in any case.

20 posted on 06/15/2017 8:55:59 AM PDT by IncPen (Progressivism is in perpetual need of an enemy against which to refresh its outrage.)
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I didn’t appreciate the power of the Thompson until I got some experience with a 1911 and saw the potential of the .45 round.


22 posted on 06/15/2017 9:49:53 AM PDT by Vinnie
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