The Thompson was pure genius for its day, but the major shortcomming I saw in it was that the internal workings are pretty exposed. Being an open bolt gun, it's real easy to get dirt in there.KBCraig wrote:The M2 "Grease gun" was favored by troops over the M1928 Thompson, for much the same reason. But outside of dirty/dusty/muddy combat conditions, there's no doubt which was the better made weapon.
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- Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:57 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Are Glocks tough
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