Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, It is a Tommy gun. Legal to own at that time by anyone who could afford one. Also known as a Chicago typewriter. Depending on spring wear between 400 and 600 rounds per minute of 45 ACP. Available with a 20 round stick magazine or drums of considerably greater capacity. Well loved by marines and sergeants but detested for cost and weight. Very accurate and controllable for clearing a trench or a room. Accuracy went away somewhere around 100 yds. You can still buy a semi-automatic version from Auto Ordinance. On 8/3/07, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > > Jim, > > I remember those days, but more in the late 40's. I had the pistols > and the hat but never an assault rifle. > > Nice photo. Good memories. > Len > > > On Aug 3, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > > > I couldn't help but think of Kyle's Armed America series when I saw > > this photo from 1958. This was before the campaign to avoid giving > > toy guns to our kids. > > > > Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, flash synch by Leitz N.Y. > > synchronized baseplate, on Kodachrome > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Ready+for > > +Anything+1958.jpg.html > > > > Coments and critiques welcomed. > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com