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tom turner · 08-13-2006, 10:56 PM

.45ACP . . . a great round out of a handgun . . . and devastating coming out of that longer barrel.

Today the big, fat .45ACP is obsolete as a sub round . . . and many are going to the 9mm in the super-hot NATO loading for subguns. They are small in diameter and lots can be loaded into big clips.

Still . . . there's something nostalgic about a tommy gun and a 50 round drum!

Here's my father-in-law, in WWII. His job was the tommy gunner on the bridge. His job was to both guard the bridge in port . . . plus use his tommy gun when the fighting got real close to an enemy boat that they might capture or have to get close to . . . closer than the deck guns to shoot at. The Germans were full of tricks.

He got a Purple Heart in one battle from shrapnel while on post, and ended up using his Thompson, with deadly effect, on enemy sailors in battle . . . when they WERE up close and personal.

Tom

08-13-2006, 10:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
tom turner Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 788	.45ACP . . . a great round out of a handgun . . . and devastating coming out of that longer barrel. Today the big, fat .45ACP is obsolete as a sub round . . . and many are going to the 9mm in the super-hot NATO loading for subguns. They are small in diameter and lots can be loaded into big clips. Still . . . there's something nostalgic about a tommy gun and a 50 round drum! Here's my father-in-law, in WWII. His job was the tommy gunner on the bridge. His job was to both guard the bridge in port . . . plus use his tommy gun when the fighting got real close to an enemy boat that they might capture or have to get close to . . . closer than the deck guns to shoot at. The Germans were full of tricks. He got a Purple Heart in one battle from shrapnel while on post, and ended up using his Thompson, with deadly effect, on enemy sailors in battle . . . when they WERE up close and personal. Tom Last edited by tom turner; 08-13-2006 at 11:02 PM.