This TM1 also accepts 10 and 20 round stick mags, too.Ī quick note on the 30-round mags: they are modified military magazines. Plus, I just knew I would burn through a lot of. The gun is heavy enough at 11.5-pounds empty. The TM1 model does NOT accept the drum magazines, and I specifically didn’t want a Tommy Gun that accepted a drum magazines. The gun also comes in a fitted polymer carrying case, too. I did order some extra mags with my sample. The gun only comes with one 30-round magazine, though I wish they would include a couple extra mags. Not a flaw could be found in the wood or workmanship. The walnut stock, pistol grip, and forearm are a real thing of beauty, too. The overall length of the TM1 is 38-inches, and it comes with a blade front sight, and a fixed rear sight–no sight adjustments are allowed. The TM1 has a 16.5 inch barrel and it fires semi-automatic. 45ACP round, which has been a proven fight stopper since its inception. This is about as close as you can come to owning a select-fire Tommy Gun, without all the red tape involved in owning an NFA weapon. Features, Fit, and FinishĪ quick look at the TM1 version. And I’m hear to tell you, it was worth it, too. More than two months passed before I had my sample in-hand. I requested a Thompson Auto-Ordnance TM1 semi-automatic (only) version of the famed “Tommy Gun” from WWII from the nice folks at Thompson Auto-Ordnance, and the wait was on. However, when I started writing gun articles for the various firearms publications over the past 23-24 years, I just never got around to testing a “Tommy Gun” for some reason. I was always fascinated with the “Tommy Gun” for as long as I could remember. That’s not to say I don’t have more than my share of modern polymer framed firearms. I grew-up watching WWII movies when I was a kid, and one of my favorite tv programs in the 1960s was simply called “Combat.” The show’s star, Vic Morrow, played the tough-as-nails “Sgt Saunders,” and he carried a Thompson sub-machine gun. Like many gun writers, I like the older style guns. Heck, as a matter of fact, we didn’t have TV stations on the air 24-hours per day, either. No cell phones, no computers, no video games, no 24-hour news channels. I still believe the best music ever made was from the mid to late 1960s, and I believe it was the best of times in my own life, too. My radio is always set on an “Oldies” music station, and I love watching the old TV shows from the 1960s, too–even the 1950s. And I don’t take offense at it in the least. For as long as I can remember, a lot of people have called me “old school,” “old fashioned,” or something to that effect.
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