GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE ORIGINAL 18 ROUND COLT THOMPSON RIOT MACHINE GUN MAGAZINE WITH ORIGINAL PETERS RIOT AUTO SHOT AMMUNITIONPETERSRIOT CTGSN/A.45 ACPCal .45 ACP. One orig Colt 18 rnd magazine designed to fire .45 Auto shot cartridges out of the Thompson submachine gun. Marked "Patented Aug 24, 1920 for 18 Auto Shot Cartridges" followed by patent dates, "AUG-24- 1920 - JAN-11-1921". This magazine is longer back to front in order to accommodate the riot control cartridges of the period. This lot also includes four rare original cardboard boxes of 50 each, PETERS Rustless-Riot Cartridges. The boxes are marked as patented October 20, 1925, and are vintage original. There are also an additional 15 loose rounds of these cartridges included, which have purple colored compressed paper projectiles which contain shot. There are also 12 U.S. M-15 "Small Game Hunting" cartridges headstamped "RA 4" with an elongated stepped brass case with red wax sealed case mouth. These two cartridges will work in a standard Thompson magazine whereas the earlier cartridges are longer, and will only work in the special magazine. Also included is a solitary "WCC 72" marked standard ball cartridge which provides a good comparison to the other cartridges in this lot. CONDITION: Magazine is fine with deep lustrous blue finish and some very light scattered pitting, and scratches from use. Finish is about 80% and thinning at the edges. Spring tension is good. Three Peters ammunition boxes have been opened at some point but are full of original cartridges. Cardboard and labels are extremely fine with some of the label flaking at upper right corner of one box, but really all are in remarkable condition. 4th box is apparently unopened and still sealed, wrapped in cellophane to protect it, and it has a hand written price of 25.00 in upper right corner. Loose rounds included in fine condition without any signs of corrosion on brass. Paper projectiles are starting to crack at the nose but they still remain serviceable as they are. Wax sealed 1944 cartridges also appear clean and serviceable with wax flaking away from the case mouths. Very unusual to find this magazines and cartridges. This rare lot would make a very fine addition to any Thompson collection. 49296-21 JWK40 (500-1,000)