![]() The stock feels somewhat distant and loose from the barrel and fire control group and just doesn’t have the overall polished feel of a $1,000+ rifle. When it comes to how the gun feels overall once the fire control group and barrel are mounted it doesn’t feel as solid as something like the Browning X-Bolt, but that comes in over $800 more. The overall design and the stock is nice the lines are clean and there are no rough edges. While there is nothing wrong with the physical stock itself there are some things about it you can tell that make it budget. The stock is where I first want to talk about build quality. I think it does more to explain what you’re paying for in a high-end rifle and the T/C Compass sets a fantastic baseline for bolt action rifles. But I don’t want you to take that statement as this is a hunk of junk, because it’s actually a really good rifle. Here is where the price of the gun starts to show. Price Check: PSA | Primary Arms | GrabAGun | Build Quality Recoil profile and shooting performance will differ based on the round chosen. That is a lot of different chambers for a single rifle model! Obviously, I picked up the 6.5 Creedmoor version, and not many changes in the overall gun design and function from caliber to caliber. The following is a comprehensive list of the available calibers the TC Compass II is made in: One of the nice things about the Thompson Center Compass II is the fact that they cover almost every caliber you could possibly want. The stock does have some decent lines to it but it’s nothing like you would expect from a chassis system or a Boyds Hardwood Gunstocks stock. So ever without a suppressor on the TC Compass 2, it does have an extremely nice barrel profile overall. There is always something nice about a threaded barrel and a cover to me. Thompson Center doesn’t go above and beyond on looks but they do have an extremely functional rifle and it doesn’t look bad. The look of the gun isn’t anything crazy unexpected or revolutionary, it’s what one might expect from a bolt gun. AO 1? How cool would that be.Price Check: PSA | Primary Arms | GrabAGun | Aesthetics ![]() Without checking (never a good idea) I believe when AOC began production of the 28A1 at the Bridgeport plant they went back to the beginning. I have ordered myself a copy of the book "American Thunder II" anyway, as I am working away, in Algeria, at the moment, may be a few months before I get a chance to read it though. No coincidence, but an intentional business decision, in my opinion.ĭavid idea at which number the AO prefix production began then? There would have been no reason to start over with the serial numbers at that point in time, and to Auto-Ordnance, it was just the next sequence of serial numbers that made sense for their product. All indications are that they picked up the serial numbers where Colt left off. Savage was contracted by Auto-Ordnance to make the next batch of TSMG's, after an 18-year hiatus of manufacturing of the first 15,000 by Colt. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer these questions and I apologize if I am going over the same subject, which has been covered in another posting that I have missed.Ĭould Savage have been trying to continue their serial numbers FROM the last S/N of the Colts 21/Navy's? Coincidence ? ![]() It has the serial number 222556, so I am guessing it would have been manufactured in 1942.Īnother question I have is concerning the Savage and AO prefix on the M1928A1’s, as they were manufacturing the A1’s at the same time, are there two weapons with the same serial number with only the letter being different i.e. ![]() In my collection, I also have a Savage manufactured 'lend lease' M1, although it has a M1A1 bolt and the rear sight ‘protection’. I guess this would make my M1928 part of the 1940 order of Thompsons, when the M1’s where not even in production. In my collection I have a pre lend lease British Model of 1928 with the serial number S- 85140, later number than the previous mentioned M1 – 79839. I presume this was the case, as I have seen a deactivated M1 for sale in the UK recently, with a four digit serial number, 1529 and another with the serial number 79839. Can any one help me with the answers to a few questions?Ĭan anyone confirm that the M1 and M1A1 series of Thompsons began their serial numbers from zero, or whatever they began from, and did not follow on from the M1928 and M1928A1 serial numbers?
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