Kahr continues to make semi-automatic-only "Thompson Carbines" in.45 ACP.
#AUTO ORDNANCE CORPORATION FULL#
A small run of M1928 and M1928A1 made by Savage Arms were stamped "TOMMY GUN".ĭuring the 1950s, Auto-Ordnance was owned and operated by Numrich Arms Corporation N.A.C., which assembled limited numbers of Thompson submachine guns from existing receivers found in the crates purchased in 1951 for law enforcement, including M1928A1 and M1A1 models in 1974, the Numrich incarnation of Auto-Ordnance made a few full auto Thompson submachine guns and numerous semi-automatic only replicas of the Thompson gun for the collectors market, including.22 LR caliber.Īuto-Ordnance Corporation no relation to the original 1916 AOC was bought out in 1999 by Saelio Enterprises Inc., parent company of Kahr Arms. After the Thompson submachine gun received the nickname "Tommy Gun" in the popular press, Thompson went to the trademark office to protect the nickname. The initial production of the Model 1921 was by Colt. Thompson first showed the submachine gun design to the US government, but it became a gun for law enforcement before it was put to use in the military. The first short run production model was 1919, too late for use in World War I. The birth of the Thompson submachine gun took place when Thompson had the idea of a "trench sweeper" or "trench broom". The engineers learned that the Blish lock design, which was a delayed blowback action, was ineffective with the.30-06 rifle cartridge but very effective with the.45 ACP pistol round. Thompson hired two design engineers Theodore H. In exchange for shares of the newly founded company Blish agreed to give Thompson his patent. In 1915 Thompson had found the Blish Lock patent of Commander John Blish, which was the operating principle of the first prototypes of the Thompson submachine gun and the Thompson Autorifle. Thompson in August 1916 with the backing of investor Thomas Ryan. Auto-Ordnance Corporation was created by John T.
0 kommentar(er)
