Entrance
History
The Gangster Era
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They are two distinct and very differant firearms. George Numrich purchased the remaining stock of the failing Auto-Ordnance Co. He continued selling Thompson's, and was delighted to add the Thompson to his list of companies that no longer made firearms. He built full autos, using parts of various guns and engraved them NAC as part of the serial number. In approximately 1967 the research and development department at Numrich assembled modified Thompson parts with the Treasury Departments approval, designed a totally semi-automatic rifle with a sixteen inch barrel, and an attached stock, designated the 1927A2. (Numrich never found time to place the A2 into production) In 1975, Ira Trast, an employee of Numrich assembled tooling, trained staff, and located in West Hurley, NY started work on the semi-auto. The BATF rejected the first design, and on March 20, 1975 approval was granted after more design changes. Two models were introduced a Standard model with a smooth, un-finned barrel, fixed military rear site, horizontal wood forend; and the Deluxe with finned barrel and Cutts Compensator, original-pattern Lyman adjustable rear site, and the traditional, finger-grooved vertical wood foregrip. They produced double-column box magazines in 5, 15, 20 and 30 round capacity, also a 39 round drum called the "XL". Many accessories were also placed into production, soft and hard cases, magazine carrying pouches, detachable swivel loops, cleaning materials. Other related items such as tie tacks, jackets, and belt buckles. Later they introduced the model 27 A3, the rifle looked like the 1927 but was chambered in .22 caliber. Much of the history was obtained from William J. Hemler's book; The GUN That Made the Twenties ROAR This book is currently out of print used copies can be purchased from Amazon.com. |