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This Day in History: John T. Thompson is Born

Born on December 31, 1860, John T. Thompson was the man who made “The Gun That Made the ‘20s Roar” - the Tommy Gun.

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The ACTUAL Tommy Guns from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

The long saga of the two Tommy guns from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre unfolds: from Chicago to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in Michigan.

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Thompson Auto-Ordnance Introduces Tanker WWII Thompson

Thompson Auto-Ordnance, maker of the famous "Tommy Gun" and other classic firearms throughout history, is excited to introduce the special edition WWII themed Tanker Thompson.

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Kahr Firearms Group Introduces the Thompson 9mm

History was made in 1915 when John T. Thompson introduced the first portable hand-held automatic weapon commonly referred to as the “Tommy Gun."

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Standard Manufacturing 1922 Thompson Semi-Automatic Gun on Sale!

This gun normally retails for $1300 we are letting it go for a limited time at $899.

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The Thompson Chicago Typewriter Turns 100

When John T. Thompson first began researching a portable hand-held automatic weapon in 1915 little did he know that he would be changing history forever.

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Silencers and Tommy Guns – This Week on Gun Talk Radio

Kevin Brittingham of Advanced Armament Corp. drops in this week with all the details on the Fifth Annual Silencer Shoot on June 4th and 5th in Crawfordsville, Arkansas...

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Replica Tommy Gun Airsoft Guns at Pyramyd Air

When discussing classic weapons with an interesting history the Tommy Gun is undoubtedly a weapon that deserves special attention...

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Hollywood Guns on Gun Talk

Phil Schreier, the NRA National Firearms Museum’s Senior Curator, drops by to discuss “Hollywood Guns”, the newest exhibit at the museum in Fairfax, VA...

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Win A Tommy Gun on Gun Talk

Working with Auto-Ordnance, Tom Gresham's Gun Talk (R) is giving away a "Tommy Gun" this month...

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Legal Tommy Guns Coming to California

Kahr Arms is proud to announce that it has partnered up with LAN World, Inc. to introduce CA legal Tommy Guns to the market...

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Auto Ordnance – What’s in a name? A Piece of American History

Auto Ordnance – What's in a name? A Piece of American History? Auto Ordnance Firearms History… John Taliaferro Thompson founded the Auto-Ordnance Corporation in 1916 with John Blish and Thomas Fortune Ryan to design and develop a hand held machine gun. The product of this collaboration was the world famous “Tommy Gun.” Since its inception, […]

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