{"id":113203,"date":"2025-11-08T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T04:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113203"},"modified":"2025-11-08T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T04:45:11","slug":"113203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113203","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/tommy-gun-chambered-in-30-06-springfield-44823682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Gun Chambered In 30-06 Springfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-fastly.thefirearmblog.com\/media\/2025\/10\/30\/05231\/post.jpg?size=720x845&amp;nocrop=1\" alt=\"tommy gun chambered in 30 06 springfield\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"element-11598466\" class=\"text-block sl-post-text sl-paragraph sl-element sl-significant-element\">\n<p>The Thompson submachine gun is undoubtedly one of the most iconic SMGs of the 20th century, which proved to be an extremely effective tool whether used as a broom in the trenches of WW2 or a typewriter on the streets of Chicago. No wonder they decided to further explore the potential of its design and developed a version chambered in .30-06 Springfield. This one-of-a-kind experimental Tommy Gun in 30-06 is consigned to the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/catalog\/4096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 2025 Rock Island Premier Firearms Auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The .30-06 Thompson Prototype!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5wvU881Mbyc\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cms-component\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"js-amzn-widget amzn-widget\" data-type=\"\">Designed in 1943 by Auto Ordnance Corp, this beast is a select-fire rifle with a 23-inch barrel and weighing 17 pounds unloaded. It is based on a Model 1928 Thompson SMG and appears to be built on a standard trigger housing. The upper receiver is four inches longer than a standard SMG receiver to accommodate the much longer cartridge and magazines. The gun uses BAR magazines modified to hold oil pads.<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"js-amzn-widget amzn-widget\" data-type=\"\">Here is how Rock Island Auction Company describes the action of this firearm:<\/div>\n<div id=\"element-11598478\" class=\"text-block sl-post-text sl-paragraph sl-element sl-significant-element\">\n<blockquote><p>Internally, the bolt bears a resemblance to the traditional Thompson bolt, but instead of the Blish lock there are a pair of brass flange levers installed in the sides of the receiver, an ejector claw actuated by the bolt, and a threaded recoil spring housing extension, and the bolt is fitted with an internal firing pin and a spring-loaded plunger for the bolt face installed in a flanged extension which, on final approach of the cartridge into the chamber spreads outward to engage the rear of the barrel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cms-component\">\n<div id=\"cms-EuNVmR\">\n<div class=\"spacer-hr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer-hr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-fastly.thefirearmblog.com\/media\/2025\/10\/30\/05234\/tommy-gun-chambered-in-30-06-springfield.jpg?size=720x845&amp;nocrop=1\" alt=\"tommy gun chambered in 30 06 springfield\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"element-11598484\" class=\"text-block sl-post-text sl-paragraph sl-element \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This very rifle is photographed and described in the book &#8220;Thompson: The American Legend&#8221; by Tracie Hill (page 240):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-fastly.thefirearmblog.com\/media\/2025\/10\/30\/05235\/tommy-gun-chambered-in-30-06-springfield.jpg?size=720x845&amp;nocrop=1\" alt=\"tommy gun chambered in 30 06 springfield\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This experimental 30-06 Tommy Gun is lot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/detail\/4096\/1356\/prototype-3006-thompson-class-iiinfa-cr-machine-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1356<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/catalog\/4096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 2025 Rock Island Premier Auction catalog<\/a>. The estimated price range that this machine gun will likely be sold at is $75,000 to $130,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy Gun Chambered In 30-06 Springfield The Thompson submachine gun is undoubtedly one of the most iconic SMGs of the 20th century, which proved to be an extremely effective tool whether used as a broom in the trenches of WW2 or a typewriter on the streets of Chicago. No wonder they decided to further explore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,106,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff","category-things-that-make-you-go-what","category-you-cant-make-this-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113204,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113203\/revisions\/113204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}