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Thompson Autorifle Model 1923 (top) and SMG Model 1921. The Thompson Autorifle, (also referred to as the Thomoson Model 1923 Autoloading Rifle; and the .30-06 Model 1923 Semi-Automatic Rifle, among others, etc.) was a semi-automatic rifle that used a Blish Lock to delay the action of the weapon. It was chambered in .30-06, with the 1923 model ...
Blish patent Thompson M1928A1 bolt group with an "H" type Blish-lock piece The Thompson Autorifle Model 1923 (top, upright) chambered in 30-06 and SMG Model of 1921 (bottom, inverted) are both examples of firearms that used the Blish lock
Thompson Autorifle: Auto-Ordnance Company.30-06 Springfield 7.62×54mmR (1923 model) United States: 1921 Turner automatic rifle: Russel Turner .303 British United States: 1941 Type Hei Rifle: Kokura Arsenal: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Japan: 1932 Type Kō Rifle: Kokura Arsenal: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Japan: 1933 Type 4 rifle: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal: 7.7 ...
Auto-Ordnance Corporation was created by John T. Thompson in August 1916 with the backing of investor Thomas Ryan. In 1915 Thompson had found the Blish Lock patent of Commander John Blish, which was the operating principle of the first prototypes of the Thompson submachine gun and the Thompson Autorifle. In exchange for shares of the newly ...
Just over 1.6 million guns were sold in Texas in 2021, according to Safe Home. That number puts Texas on the top of the list of states recording the most gun purchases, followed by Florida with 1. ...
Headstamp for the .45 Remington-Thompson cartridge. The .45 Remington–Thompson (11.4x25mm) was an experimental firearms cartridge designed by Remington Arms and Auto Ordnance for the Model 1923 Thompson submachine gun, a variant of the Model 1921 with a longer barrel, with the intent of increasing the power and range of the weapon.
On 1923, Julia Schlaepfer stars free-spirited Alex, a young woman who gets swept up in a passionate love affair with Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) that spans from Africa to Europe.The character ...
Testing in the early 1920s led the Ordnance Bureau to identify three rifle designs - the Bang rifle, the Thompson Autorifle, and the primer-protrusion actuated Garand Model 1919 rifle - as promising candidates. However, all three designs were burdened with the high pressure and heat generating characteristics of the .30-06 ammunition, which ...