Thompson Model 1928, .22, West Hurley
Official wording
Auto Ordnance, Thompson Model 1928, cal. .22, machinegun in original configuration as manufactured at the West Hurley, NY, facility between 1980 and 1981.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “as manufactured at the West Hurley”
- ATF REQUIRESIn original configuration (ATF wording)ATF: “in original configuration”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1980–1981 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “between 1980 and 1981”
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: outside reference ¹- Manufacturer
- Auto-Ordnance Corp., West Hurley, NYBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- SMGBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- .22Basis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1980–1981Basis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 82 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Thompson submachine gun” ↗, country: infobox origin United States; ATF places this gun at the West Hurley, NY facility.
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Thompson submachine gun noBG.png” by National Park Service, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Thompson submachine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Thompson submachine gun is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although early models did not arrive in time for actual combat. The Thompson saw early use by the United States Marine Corps during the Banana Wars, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Irish Republican Army, and the Republic of China; the FBI, previously an unarmed agency, adopted their use following the 1933 Kansas City massacre.