Say Anything Blog

What a cutie!  I’m sure you’ve heard this plenty, but how did she come from you?

Even an atheist like you should thank God that girl is gorgeous and looks nothing like you! Seriously, she is a really cute kid!

No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Yes, she is cute.

Yes, the choppa looks fine.

But daaaannnnng!  It’s the Gyrene in me that goes high and to the right when I hear clip being used in lieu of magazine.

A-a-ight.  I’ll hush up now.

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the clip is in good shape.

That’s like fingernails on a chalkboard, to me…

I know, that you know… It is a mag.

Info on the Mk III Commando

Tennessee Volunteer Arms Commando MK. 45

The Tennessee Volunteer Arms Commando Mk. 45. It’s a replica of the Thompson submachine gun, which uses M3 grease gun mags. My example is configured with a wooden grip under the barrel as the gun was produced for military issue, rather than the pistol grip on this example.

Commando Mark 45Q: A friend of mine asked me to look at a semiauto version of the old Thompson submachine gun. It is made by Volunteer Enterprises and stamped “Commando Mark 45.” The serial number is 57XXX. It’s in about 98 percent condition. Can you give me some background information and an approximate value? --A.K., Indianapolis, IN

A: Volunteer Enterprises manufactured the Commando Mark III Carbine in Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1969 to 1976. These semiauto blowback weapons look very much like the 1928 Thompson submachine gun. After 1978 Volunteer Enterprises became Commando Arms. In 98 percent condition, your Tommy Gun lookalike should command $500. Guns and Ammo Magazine.

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Hey Rob, It’s a MAGAZINE not a clip.

Sorry, that drives me nuts.. other than that, looks to be in decent shape.

hate your politics...love your gun…
I just inherited an auto ordinance Thompson that looks exactly like yours…

mine has never been fired...value new is about $1500
that is all I know...oh wait, Bush sucks, I know that also.

Clip vs. Magazine thing...my bad.  I like guns.  Never said I knew everything about them.

Imagine, the gun above isn’t a an actual Thompson but a Thompson replica made by Tennessee Volunteer Arms, apparently in the 1960’s or 1970’s.  And it’s not mine.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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And it’s not mine.

You mean it’s hers???

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Like Marx and Lenin said, get’em when they are young!!

Oh, my Garand takes clips, my AK takes magazines.

The first full auto weapon I fired as a young’un was a M1A1 Thompson, instructed by a Mud Marine. MZ and Nman know what I mean.

Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem