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Thompson M1A1 with MP40 Style Folding Stock


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Fellow Collectors, I dont know if this is cool or Blasphemy. A gunbroker seller had it with a M1a1 as an extra lower so

I just had to purchase it , not the M1a1 ,just the llower . Lower is numbered. Suprisingly, the stock is solid. I hate the AR-15 pistol grip..

 

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Well thats out of the box thinking for sure and dont think I will do that with any of mine.... would be a good one to put in a small carry bag though on the positive note. Kinda fugly like a junk yard dog.
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Does a magazine go in it if the stock is folded up? Can the stock come down if a magazine is in it? Neat concept I think, but I’d never do it to my piece.
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Seller sold it to me for $500. Its a M1A1 numbered lower in the 500,000 range. I can throw away the stock and sell the lower

easily for that when I tire of it.MP40 style is morew accurate

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The metal is a folding stock from an AK47. The wood is most likely a M1 stock cut. It looks like the folder is through the reinforcing screw hole. Someone took good time in woodworking and finishing.

The AR grip sucks. ;) :D

 

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Look again. That is not stock from AK. It is a Fed Ord folder from M1 Carbine stock or a Ruger 10/22 folding stock. Had a Universal carbine 25 years ago with such a stock. Actually not too bad for an aftermarket folder. The Universal carbine was, of course, a piece of junk.

 

The maker was fairly clever but it sure does not look right on a Tommy Gun.......

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The stock was hacked off a Universal Firearms Paratrooper M1 Carbine stock.

 

http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_universal4.html

 

Edit: well...either an M1 Carbine stock or a Mini14 stock. Federal Ordnance made that style of stock for each gun.

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