Dang . . .

YouTube - Tommy Gun Blow Up

Please tell me that was a recent;y made Kahr model and not a classic Thompson...
Please....please.......please.
I think I'm gonna be sick.

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The Last Standing Knight

I don't think Kahr makes full auto Thompsons so chances are it's the real deal and yes, that hurts!

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NRA Endowment Member

I just saw that when I was looking at mini guns LOL. Pays to load your own...providing you have your **** together.

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YouJustCantSeeMeLaughingIsAll

I ringed the barrel in my old M1 Tommy gun 30 years back with a squib load.

I was on FA and halfway through a magazine ..... felt a shot that seemed "light" or low powered, but the next rd went off before I could get my finger off the trigger. Sure enough...ringed the bbl about 3" back from the muzzle.

Bought a spare bbl from SARCO for about thirty bucks, changed it out...end of story. It happens.

I'm no Tommy gun expert but that does not look like a military model so it may be a real Thompson commercial model. OUCH! Then again even the formerly dirt cheap Military M1's are now big buck$.

FN in MT

Year ago when I was in the National Guard, during one AT I ran a 45 range. I had a lot of problems with bad government issued ammunition, a lot of jams.

Sure seemed like it took those guys longer than it should to clear the weapon, sheesh.

It's OK, he has another barrel. Dang, I'd be crying.

Out West

My observation:
The rear sight is the Lyman adjustable also the bolt knob is on top, which would indicate a commercial model, however if you stop/pause the recording at second :05 you will see that the bolt has stopped in the closed position, original Thompson's fired from an open bolt. Hmmm...
This would indicate to me that this is a modern Karh that has been tinkered with to fire full auto. The finish on both the gun and stocks look too modern.
Could be wrong of course.
RD

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Got a Phd from Hard Knocks U

If you own an FA, sooner or later you will experience a squib. Make sure that you lay in spare barrels. I have two barrels for my S&W 76, and four barrels for my Sterling Mk4.

I've had two squibs in 3600 rds in the Sterling, and in both cases the bullets barely entered the rifling, and the bolt did not blow back sufficiently far to strip the next round. Instead of the usual "Bang" I heard more of a "Boom" next to my right cheek and sensed a lot of blowout going out the ejection port. Got the cleaning rod, knocked out the bullet, cleaned out the unburned powder, function checked the weapon without a magazine, put in a new mag and resumed firing.

Noah

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Nicht mehr als 30 Zeichen

Had a squib on a .45 ACP MAC-10, an original Powder Springs gun. I let my buddy shoot it at the range and he was using *his* reloads. I was standing beside him and heard the underpowered "bang" and felt a lot of blowback out the ejection port. I actually got it on video and you can see me cringing and turning away from the gun. At any rate, the blowback from the squib was not sufficient to cycle the bolt and I stopped him before he could do anything stupid. We just took a "dammit stick" and punched out the slug and continued on.

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John

What a shame on a beautiful gun. Yup, they happen. But it always sorta' breaks my heart? Even if she is a "knock off".