Posted on 01/20/2003 10:20:23 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The sale of a 75-year-old Thompson automatic machine gun may be part of Irwin Council's plan to do a little housecleaning and to raise funds for the borough police department.
Council members also want to sell sidearms dating to the 1970s that no longer are used by officers. According to Police Chief John Karasek, the department owns .357-caliber Magnum pieces, a Colt .45-caliber revolver and some .38-caliber revolvers handguns that are antiquated by today's weapon standards because of the smaller number of rounds.
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It was manufactured by modifying existing model 1921's from a 800 rpm cyclic rate to 600 rpm
It was designed for the Navy, and were stamped US Navy Model of 1928, but most were actually sold commercially.
These guys are getting taken to the cleaners if they're cops and are paying $800 for a duty sidearm.
Wonder what they're buying...?
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