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I have been a custom pistolsmith for a little over 49 years and an investor with a masters degree in economics and finance for 50 years. AO 1? How cool would that be.Antiques and Other Collector Guns For Sale Without checking (never a good idea) I believe when AOC began production of the 28A1 at the Bridgeport plant they went back to the beginning. I have ordered myself a copy of the book "American Thunder II" anyway, as I am working away, in Algeria, at the moment, may be a few months before I get a chance to read it though. No coincidence, but an intentional business decision, in my opinion.ĭavid idea at which number the AO prefix production began then? There would have been no reason to start over with the serial numbers at that point in time, and to Auto-Ordnance, it was just the next sequence of serial numbers that made sense for their product. All indications are that they picked up the serial numbers where Colt left off. Savage was contracted by Auto-Ordnance to make the next batch of TSMG's, after an 18-year hiatus of manufacturing of the first 15,000 by Colt. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer these questions and I apologize if I am going over the same subject, which has been covered in another posting that I have missed.Ĭould Savage have been trying to continue their serial numbers FROM the last S/N of the Colts 21/Navy's? Coincidence ? It has the serial number 222556, so I am guessing it would have been manufactured in 1942.Īnother question I have is concerning the Savage and AO prefix on the M1928A1’s, as they were manufacturing the A1’s at the same time, are there two weapons with the same serial number with only the letter being different i.e. In my collection, I also have a Savage manufactured 'lend lease' M1, although it has a M1A1 bolt and the rear sight ‘protection’. I guess this would make my M1928 part of the 1940 order of Thompsons, when the M1’s where not even in production. In my collection I have a pre lend lease British Model of 1928 with the serial number S- 85140, later number than the previous mentioned M1 – 79839. I presume this was the case, as I have seen a deactivated M1 for sale in the UK recently, with a four digit serial number, 1529 and another with the serial number 79839. Can any one help me with the answers to a few questions?Ĭan anyone confirm that the M1 and M1A1 series of Thompsons began their serial numbers from zero, or whatever they began from, and did not follow on from the M1928 and M1928A1 serial numbers?
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