Tanaka Works:

Made 1997 and one of the very best detailed Thompson's made.

This Tanaka Works Thompson M1A1 is in very good condition throughout, both internally and externally.  All metal with real wood furniture.

All works exactly as it should.  Appears unfired !!

Very nice wood furniture

Photos above of actual Thompson for sale

Includes: Original box, original instructions, 5x Unfired Tanaka .45ACP blowback cartridges (reusable),  30rd Magazine and oiler (stores in butt-stock)

Functions, fieldstrips like the real thing!

Fully constructed of metal and wood, there is no plastic whatsoever anywhere.  Nicely marked with Thompson markings

Open barrel,  vents out of the end of barrel

Very heavy weighing in 4.6Kg (unloaded)

The Thompson will operate exactly like the real thing It is engineered precisely like the original, and also operates like the original in every way, such as: Side cocking handle, safety selector, selectable fire: Semi and Full auto, loading, ejection of rounds, magazine loading/ removal, locking. ect.    Internals are also copied which provides very much same fire rate and fieldstrip is exactly like the original.

On full auto fire you can give out controlled burst fire, each squeeze of the trigger will provide a burst as long as the trigger is held,  alternatively hold the trigger for full auto till the magazine is empty.   Semi Auto:  one squeeze provides one shot.  

The Hudson Thompson M1A1  has the following markings:

 "Thompson Submachine Gun Caliber .45 M1A1"          "U.S. Property"         "Auto Ordnance Corporation Bridgeport Connecticut U.S.A"  And Serial Number and Proof Markings

 Just like the original including same markings for the fire / safety selectors.

Weight: 4.3Kg

Construction: Metal & Wood

Operation: Blowback Cartridge

Selective Fire: Semi + Full Automatic

Magazine Capacity: 20 .45ACP blowback cartridges

Optional: 30 round magazine

PFC Primer caps:   £9.50 per box   ( 1 box contains 100 PFC caps)

20rd Magazine :      £26.75 each

30rd Magazine :      £32.95 each

.45ACP Blowback blank cartridges :   £2.65  each   (cartridges are reusable)

.45ACP Lightweight/ Mild kick blowback cartridges:  £3.20 each (reusable / takes 1x PFC primer cap). 

These are a new design / light weight. Less than half the weight a standard cartridge and internally built for maximum force giving more kickback and power from a lighter more powerful cartridge over a standard cartridge.

Reproduction Thompson M1A1 slings : £21.95 each  

Eight real look / size .45ACP Blowback cartridges:    £21.95

Look like real bullets with .45 markings (great for display) but can also be fired in your .45ACP Thompson (uses 7mm PFC cap)

Eight real look / size .45ACP Dummy Bullets:     £21.95

Look like real bullets with .45ACP markings (great for display)

Ammo Boxes:   £8.45    

Plastic ammo container for .45ACP  (real looks or blowback).  Keep your ammo neatly stored : (Holds 50rds)

The model M1 is a simplified version of the 1928 A1 model and was adopted in April 1942.  The M-1 and M-1A1 updated models of the venerable Thompson were devised by Savage Arms

The M1 Thompson is the last production version of the Thompson series

This is the model that was used by Rangers through the end of WWII

This gun is very popular because of its reliability and use throughout WWII, Korea and Vietnam

Not only did US soldiers use the Thompson in Vietnam, but they encountered it as well. A number of them were made in small jungle workshops in North Vietnam. The Thompson is still in use worldwide especially with guerrilla forces.

In the United States it was used by law enforcement, most prominently by the FBI, until 1976 when it was declared obsolete.

A U.S. Marine, fighting in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II, fires a military-issue Thompson's submachine gun.

The Thompson was very popular because of its reliability and use throughout WWII, Korea and Vietnam

Saving Private Ryan

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