Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Thompson Model 1928, West Hurley

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 82 ↗

Auto Ordnance Corporation, Model 1928 Thompson sub-machineguns, all cal.’s (including .45 and .22), manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s in West Hurley, New York.

ATF lists cal. .45; this is the .45 ACP cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1970–1989 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s”
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States¹
Manufacturer
Auto-Ordnance Corp., West Hurley, NY
Type
SMG
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
.45 ACP, .22
Made
1970s–1980s
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 82 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “Auto-Ordnance Corporation” ↗, country: Wikipedia: Auto-Ordnance, "a U.S. arms development firm"; the Numrich incarnation made full-auto Thompsons and .22 LR semi-auto replicas in 1974
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

Thompson submachine gun (base model shown for Thompson Model 1928, West Hurley)
Shown: an original Thompson Model 1928, not a 1970s–80s West Hurley production gun.

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.