Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is a 1/2 scale M-1 Thompson by the legendary Edmund de la Garrigue. 16″ long overall with a 5 1/4″ rifled barrel of .25 caliber. Parkerized finished steel except for the magazine which is black painted aluminum . Oiled finished walnut stocks. This is a non-firing model. Some of these were registered class III fully automatic firing weapons. There is no firing pin bump on the bolt face, and there is no chamber cut, no extractor, and no ejector. The magazine is a solid block of aluminum, but with with the more correct thin profile. The magazine release spring is missing as usual, as it is nearly always missing on these. The sides of the receiver properly roll stamped. Excellent near mint condition. There are a lot of stories about Mr. de la Garrigue, but he is most famously known as the inventor of the Grizzly single action army revolver. There is an out of print book about Mr. de la Garrigue called “Artistry in Single Action” by Halton Henderson. Only 450 copies were printed, so they are very rare, expensive, and difficult to find. The book documents these miniature Thompsons as well as several other miniatures made by Mr. de la Garrigue. Included is a hinged glass top oak casing that also includes a 1/2 scale U.S. pineapple grenade. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
