7/6/2023 0 Comments Auto ordnance 1927 machine gunThe standard receiver markings were milled out and remarked, and the internal components changed to semi-automatic fire only. There were two basic models: the 1927A model without the compensator and the 1927AC model (like this example) with the Cutts Compensator on the barrel. Although semi-automatic, they are still tracked/registered with their original (1921) serial number. There were actually less than 100-150 of the original semi-automatic models ever manufactured/converted by the factory and original unaltered examples are very rare. With all the interest in these weapons in the late 1920s, the Auto-Ordnance company decided to try and capitalize on their popularity by introducing a "semi-automatic" version available for sale to the general public or police that only wanted a semi-automatic weapon. Originally these started out as a standard Colt Model 1921 fully automatic SMG firing the standard. This is a very rare variant of the highly desirable Colt Model 1927 (AC) Thompson that was factory (Auto-Ordnance) modified to "Semi-Automatic" fire only.
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