This is a very fine example of a WWII Model 1928A1 Thompson Submachine gun produced by the Savage Arms Corp. These Thompson SMGs were the quintessential classic submachine guns used by the military staring in the late 1920s throughout WWII and Korea as well as all the early FBI and Law enforcement agencies. This particular submachine gun is a very late Model 1928A1 SMG manufactured under a U.S. Army contract by the Savage Arms Corp. This example still retains some of the earlier and desirable features such as 1) the short 10 1/2 inch finned barrel with Auto Ordnance Cutts compensator 2) the detachable butt stock. The very front left side of the receiver is stamped "POL" ( which may have been the importer mark) followed by a small U.S. Ordnance Bomb proof/a circled "GEG" and "RLB" proofs of the U.S. Ordnance Inspector. It is also marked "U.S. MODEL OF 1928 A1/NO. S-402132 (with the "S" designating Savage manufacture). The left rear is marked in the later two-line markings of "THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN" /CALIBRE 45 AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE". The obverse has the two-line markings of "AUTO-ORDNANCE CORPORATION/BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A." and farther back it has double row of eight lines of patent numbers. In front of the rear sight, it is stamped with the distinctive "Bullet" logo. The mismatched number lower receiver/trigger housing group is numbered "NO. S-176683". The gun is complete with one "L" type 50 round Auto-Ordnance drum magazine and its canvas drum magazine carrier with strap.

Excellent as arsenal refurbished with 95% of a green parkerized finish overall. The wood components are also in excellent condition as arsenal refurbished or replaced. NOTE: This weapon is a restricted, National Firearms Act (NFA) Class 3, Fully Automatic Weapon, that is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 478. This weapon is currently registered as being "LIMITED TO USE AS A SALES SAMPLE (Pre-86)" and as such can only be purchased by an FFL, with a Class 2 or Class 3 SOT License.