I'm 99% positive Clyde of "Bonnie & Clyde" outlaw murder'ers fame. Never
carried or used a Thompson. Who ever says that they did use this Tommy
gun are just trying to up the antie on the auction. This "Chicago typewriter" is one nice 1921A version of the Thompson. A somewhat rare version at that. The '21A Thompson cost -$175- brand new back in the day. The model 1921AC Thompson cost -$200- brand new with the extra
-$25- paying for a "Cutts" compensator located at the end of the barrel.
The Cutts was suppose to help reduce the inherint climb of the gun when
firing in full auto. I own a legal 1928 model Thompson and the Cutts does
not help much at all. The '28 model Thompsons were essentially the same as the '21 models except their rates of fire were slowed down: from 1,000 rounds per minute to 600 rounds per minute approximately. This was done
to meet the specs for the US Military contracts. Let me tell you trying to
control a '28 model at 600 rpm is hard enough especially if you do a whole
50 round drum magazine "dump" at one trigger pull!
But it sure is FUN!
AMF/Bob-A
