Restoring a WW2 Thompson SMG (for real)

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• FE

  @feuerfrei7070 · 1 year ago

  Setting your own company up was worth the wait!

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• MI

  @mishas_guns · 1 year ago

  Thank you for being the one firearms restoration channel that is real. Down with the fakes!<br>-Big fan of all your work.

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• TH

  @ThePhantom4516 · 1 year ago

  &quot;i&apos;m gonna gently pull it apart&quot; cuts to shot of incredibly loud banging metal, never change

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• BU

  @Bunny-r9f8t · 1 year ago

  Dude could reactivate a cut in half MG42 if he tried.

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• JI

  @jimslater8685 · 1 year ago

  That&apos;s a shame about the steel composition. You still persevered and got a good result, Well done! Only criticism, you didn&apos;t wear a pinstripe suit and fedora for the firing, haha. I&apos;m glad that your business is set up now and looking forward to many more videos.

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• DW

  @dwayneelizondomountaindewh6073 · 1 year ago

  It’s so sad to see pieces of history in such a bad state. Thank &nbsp;you for giving them a new breath of life.

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• TH

  @throwplate · 1 year ago

  A big reason a functioning M1918 BAR is so rare despite the numbers produced is because the receiver is constructed out of an alloyed metal, of which for the longest time was a classified composition. The metal does not take to welding at all, so those who re-weld chopped up receivers to revive destroyed historic guns are unable to put them back together. I wonder how these short-pulse type welders could have changed things.

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• RE

  @ResidentIT_ · 1 year ago

  So glad to have you back! You and Forgotten Weapons are the best historical firearms creators on this platform!

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• MA

  @matthew_miller0075 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Congratulations, you’re officially the first person on YouTube to have ever properly restored a Tommy gun.

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• MO

  @MoldyStir-Fry · 1 year ago

  Bro, you are an actual rust whisperer! &nbsp;The fact that you made a pile of disintegrating &quot;junk&quot; into a functional historical relic is truly impressive!

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• RA

  @ray.shoesmith · 1 year ago

  Best firearm resto channel hands down. Wish you&apos;d post more man, I love your stuff

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• JO

  @JohnDoe-u3u3 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_3FPcacjo&amp;t=282">4:42</a> &quot;Gently pulling the trigger back&quot; proceeds to chisel the trigger back with a screw driver and hammer 😂

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