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The upper receiver of the Thompson, stripped, and ready for cleaning and lubrication. The firing pin is located inside of the bolt, and is not designed to be removed for normal maintenance. Note that the current production Thompson uses a pure blowback action, with no locking of the bolt. Note also, that there is no Blish device in the current production models. The Blish device was an H shaped piece of brass or bronze which was a part of the original design. It's function was to reduce the cyclic rate of the gun. Such a device is hardly required in a semi auto firearm, and even it's relevance for the full auto version was a matter of debate.

Reassemble of the Thompson is similar to the disassembly process.

The Thompson Submachine Gun was developed by General John T. Thompson who originally envisioned an auto rifle (semi-automatic rifle) to replace the bolt action service rifles then in use. While searching for a way to allow such a weapon to operate safely without the complexity of a recoil or gas operated mechanism, Thompson came across a patent issued to John Bell Blish in 1915 based on adhesion of inclined metal surfaces under pressure.[8] Thompson found a financial backer, Thomas F. Ryan, and started the Auto-Ordnance Company in 1916 for the purpose of developing his auto rifle. The principal designers were Theodore H. Eickhoff, Oscar V. Payne, and George E. Goll. By late 1917, the limits of the Blish Principle were discovered: rather than working as a locked breech, it functioned as a friction-delayed blowback action. It was found that the only cartridge currently in U.S. service suitable for use with the lock was the .45 ACP round.

Fusil automatique Huot-Ross
Joseph-Alphonse Huot créa la Huot-Ross Rifle Company. Huot, ancien employé de la Ross Rifle Company, transforma le fusil Ross de fabrication canadienne en une mitrailleuse légère entièrement automatique. Cette arme ne dépassa pas le stade de prototype et ne fut jamais fabriquée en série.

Carabine automatique
MCG 19940001-791

Huot-Ross Automatic Rifle
Joseph-Alphonse Huot created the Huot-Ross Rifle Company. Huot, former employee of the Ross Rifle Company, transformed the Ross rifle of Canadian manufacture into a light completely automatic machine gun. This weapon did not pass prototype stage and was never manufactured in production.

Automatic Carbine
MCG 19940001-791

Purplehood wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Purplehood wrote:

sapper740 wrote: ask him what a Huot or a Blish device is. If he can't answer those questions, tell him thanks but no thanks.
Y'all have a happy Fourth!

Just so you don't have to google it,

A Huot is a fine looking woman. A Blish is what you do when she turns around and notices that you are noticing that she is Huot.

You're my new Internet Knowledge hero! So can you tell me what a "murphy bar" or a "framistram" is? Inquiring minds, and all that.....

I only have 1% of the total knowledge in that particular field.

Purplehood wrote:

sapper740 wrote: ask him what a Huot or a Blish device is. If he can't answer those questions, tell him thanks but no thanks.
Y'all have a happy Fourth!

Just so you don't have to google it,

A Huot is a fine looking woman. A Blish is what you do when she turns around and notices that you are noticing that she is Huot.

sapper740 wrote:I find that a lot of small people are attracted to positions of authority, not to better the venue they are associated with, but to be able to exert some control, finally, over someone else. Some RO's (Range Officers) are no different than the Hall Monitor we all used to hate in High school or the president of the Home Owner's Association where we now live. Their creed is that it's better to be opinionated than educated. I've met some really stupid RO's who border on the dangerous e.g., my first (and only) visit to one indoor range was loudly interrupted as I proceeded to the firing line with my N frame S&W's muzzle pointing up. I was rudely told that they didn't want any holes in the ceiling so they enforced a muzzle down rule. I attempted to point out that a .429" hole in the ceiling was a lot better than a ricochet off the hard concrete floor to no avail. I refused to obey what I considered an "Illegal Command" and was ejected from the range. Their loss.
The other less dangerous but more annoying type I encounter frequently is everyone's nemesis, the self -appointed "Expert". I take great issue with anyone who calls themselves a firearms expert. In fact, I will go so far as to say there is no such thing. Why? The subject is too vast for any one man (or woman) to grasp in it's entirety. My avocation, and sometimes vocation has spanned some 43 years of experience with firearms, both military and civilian. I consider myself a One Percenter. What I mean by that is that I now know 1% of all the firearms knowledge there is to know. Yes, you heard me correctly, 1%. And that is about 1,000 times more than the average shooter you will encounter at the range. So the next time you have Joe the Firearms expert come up to you at the range, ask him what a Huot or a Blish device is. If he can't answer those questions, tell him thanks but no thanks.

Y'all have a happy Fourth!

gigag04 wrote:I'd say that's a good number since well over 25% of the general public is obnoxious.