The primary difference between the 19 configuration was that the Model 1928 used a modified locking block to reduced the cyclic rate of fire, a redesigned or simpler 1928 type buffer/recoil assembly, a horizontal forend, and sling swivels on the buttstock and forend. These original, unaltered Colt Model 1921s are difficult to find today because most were upgraded to the Model 1928 and remarked. Based on the design of this weapon and its use of solid steel fully machined parts that exhibited excellent fit and finish, these were probably one of the best manufactured machine guns ever produced. This is an early-mid production Model 1921 Thompson submachine gun produced by Colt Firearms Company circa 1921/22. Dillinger rose to fame by his continued legacy of crime and bank robberies throughout the Midwest and upper Ohio area. 1" after the demise of the Bonnie and Clyde gang. Obviously, John Dillinger needs no introduction he was tagged by the FBI as "Public Enemy No.
It also includes photocopies of several newspaper articles from the Herald Journal of Dayton, Ohio, discussing the details of his arrest and his relationship of the "notorious Lady in Red" Anna Sage who betrayed Dillinger to the well known FBI agent Melvin Purvis who shot Dillinger. No mention of the machine gun is in the police officer's report. 18, 1933, listing this SMG by serial number (6039) with the note, "Confiscated from bank robber" Dayton Ohio a copy John Dillinger's arrest sheet dated Sept 1933 (Dayton Ohio) where he was arrested for bank robbery and a photocopy of his FBI booking sheet and finger print cards (dated Sept 1933). This is an unbelievable historic example of a mid-production Model 1921 Colt manufactured Thompson SMG federally registered in 1933 as being "captured from a Bank Robber." This exceptional one of a kind SMG comes with several documents including copies of the "Treasury Dept.
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