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lock or oiler. Magazine absent.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 97% of the original combination blue and parkerized finish, showing some mild takedown/ handling wear, bright edges and a few hints of brown patina. The furniture is very fine, with mild scratches and dings overall, and
a few small chips concentrated at the toe of the buttstock. Mechanically excellent. NOTE: This weapon is a National Firearms Act (NFA), fully transferable Class 3, which is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (BATFE) that is classified
as a “Curios or Relic” as defined in 27 CFR, 478.11. These weapons are still subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 479.
224 Estimate: 22,500 - 35,000
LOT 3335
Exceptional World War II U.S. Auto-Ordnance M1A1 Thompson Submachine Gun, Class III/NFA C&R Fully Transferable Machine Gun - Serial no. 665561, 45 ACP cal., 10 1/2 inch round bbl., parkerized/blue finish, walnut stock. The final wartime revision of the Thompson Submachine
Gun, the M1A1 was on paper made obsolete by the M3/M3A1, but would continue to serve as late as the Vietnam War. Blade front and fixed peep rear sights, with a horizontal handguard, and an “S” marked machined receiver with multiple military inspector
marks (FJA, GEG). The matching
numbered trigger housing has
dual control switches, a fixed
buttstock, and a grooved pistol
grip. Internals are M1A1 pattern,
with a fixed firing pin on the bolt
face and no provision for a Blish