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Last day of SHOT Show 2017 (19 PHOTOS)
by Eve FlaniganOn the last day of SHOT Show in Las Vegas last week, more than half the attendees have gone home turning it into a very different show.
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Sprucing up SHOT Show: Guns with flare liven up showroom
by Jacki BillingsBrightening up the SHOT Show floor, these guns offered a pop of color and interesting designs against a sea of standard black and tan.
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A fast 15 minute primer on the ‘Chicago Typewriter’ (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerAhoy covers the backstory, design and use of the Thompson submachine gun with a special emphasis on film and game cameos, arguing it is the all-American SMG.
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Tommy Guns: The only way they could be more fun is if they came in .46 (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerIf guns could talk, Hickok45 would be their poet laureate and he has a whole table full of .45s ready to converse including not one but two (2) Thompson SMGs.
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That sure is a funny looking ‘Tommy Gun’ you have there
by Chris EgerPolice and reporters in one Iowa town apparently can't tell the difference between an American-made Chicago Typewriter and a Soviet burp gun.
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100th anniversary of Chicago Typewriter observed with boxed set
by Eve FlaniganAuto-Ordnance is offering a boxed set of two classics, the Chicago Typewriter, AKA Tommy Gun, and a 1911 pistol, in observation of the Tommy Gun’s 100-year anniversary.
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Two cities square off in custody battle over Dillinger’s Tommy gun (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerThe Tuscon Police Department since 1934 has been holding on to a Thompson submachine gun they took off John Dillinger, which Peru, Indiana says was stolen from them.
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Tommy Guns now with bling
by Eve FlaniganAutoOrdnance announced this week the availability of a new reproduction of the classic “Tommy Gun,” featuring gold or chrome finish.
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Town sells transferable select-fire Tommy gun online (11 PHOTOS)
by Chris EgerKinston, North Carolina had a rare 1921/1928 US Navy over stamp submachine gun in their arsenal since 1935. We say had, because they just sold it.
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A peek inside the weapons vault– and its all for rent (15 pictures)
by Chris EgerThe NFA gods at Battlefield Vegas updated their vault rack system and posted a few of the images from inside one of the neatest collections of select-fire weaponry open for public use.
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Sheriff taking bids on donated Tommy Gun to buy new gear
by Chris EgerThe Clay County Sheriff's Department in West Point, Mississippi is looking to offload their gently used M1928A1 Thompson submachine gun to raise funds for the agency.
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Winston Churchill’s lost wartime Tommy Gun located
by Jennifer Cruz“I am about 80 per cent certain it is the Churchill Tommy Gun,” said military historian Clive McPherson, who has studied the famous gun's history. “No one else in the country has laid claim to having the gun.”
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