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glockman73
Howdy,
I'm new to this forums, this being my first post! A friend of mine asked me if I could identify the firearm from these pics. It looks like a Thompson, only poorly made. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks in advance
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  • perry shooter
    [:(]Sorry pictures do not show up read STICKY at top of this forums posting and if you are better then I am you may get pictures to show up.
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  • glockman73
    That's wierd, I can see them just fine.
    Even tried it from a different PC.
    Anyone else not able to see them?
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  • dfletcher
    Nuthin' - 3 red Xs only
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  • iceracerx
    NOT a Thompson
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  • nononsense
    glockman73,

    Welcome to the Gunbroker Forums!

    You can see them because they are from your files on your computer. You need to use a photo hosting website so the rest of us can share in your images. There is a Sticky above at the top of this forums which contains some instructions and helpful advice for getting the job done.

    Let me know if you need more help.

    Best.
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  • glockman73
    I read the sticky, did what it said.

    I used Picasa, Google's photo thing to host my pics.

    I'm telling you, I've looked at this post from 4 different pc's now, only one of them has the actual pictures on them. I can see it just fine.
    I don't know why ya'll can't.
    Very perplexing
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  • nononsense
    glockman73,

    One of the images just showed up...

    It appears to be a semi-auto by Volunteer Arms or some other fly-by-night company. The one I handled was cast metal and sheet metal, poorly executed. One of the members here mentioned that it might use 'grease gun' magazines.

    Best.
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  • JohnnyBGood
    Here's the pictures.

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    PIC%201.JPG
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  • babun
    Sorry, I can't see the pics. IF it is a Volunteer Arms gun, the early ones did use grease gun mags and fired from an open bolt...Batf does NOT
    "like" that gun. All later ones use Thompson mags with a little modification to the mag latch hole, and fire from a closed bolt..simple blow back action. If it is a Volunteer Arms .45 I can help you with info and mags for both versions thru Gun broker.com auctions. bob
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  • JohnnyBGood
    I can see his pictures fine plus I see them in my earlier post also. Anyway, it's too modern for my interests, but one of the pictures shows a close-up of the marking and it says "45 Cal. Semi-Auto / Volunteer Inc. / Knoxville Tenn."

    John
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  • mark christian
    I see nothing but red X's and when I hit properties and check the photos for type it says not available, but when I check my own photos they show JPEG as the type. Never the less, Volunteer Enterprises produced a semi automatic rifle loosely modeled after the Thompson SMG back in the late 60s and into the mid 1970s using Thompson SMG magazines and a butt stock and vertical fore arm nearly identical to the Model 1921 Thompson SMG. These were were usually marketed as the Commando. These guns lacked the fit, finish and quality of anything remotely like a Thompson and did not attract much interest with shooters. Once Auto Ordnance introduced an ATF approved semi auto version of their Model 1927 in 1976 everything else on the semi auto SMG market that looked remotely like a Tommy Gun became an also ran.
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