TM Thompson broken outer barrel

[DuxBellorum]

My Thompson finally bit it after a good run when the outer barrel broke just at the joint where it connects to the receiver. I've tried various retailers for a replacement barrel but apparntly TM doesn't distribute them. Has anyone experienced this before and any ideas on how I could remedy the situation?

[Tankdude]

Get a new barrel machined. Rumour was that Vondnik did it.

Else part it out and buy a new one.

You can always glue it....

[DuxBellorum]

Would you recommend JB weld to glue it back together? Or have people had better experience with other products?

[FNG]

You can try this: Barrel Fix

[DuxBellorum]

Thats great! The guy who did this apparantly got extra plates made, I'm going to e-mail him and see if he can ship some to Canada. Thanks again!

[vondnik]

http://www.pbase.com/vondnik/thompso..._barrel_repair


cost is 50$ plus shipping... let me know

[Hortons Heros]

Hey Von is that a pic of one that has been broken then fixed and reinforced?

[Hortons Heros]

Mine just broke but easy fix thanks to this thread. Can this get posted in the AEG solutions section?

[GMTII]

Same thing happened with my Thompson. I just took Epoxy and glued the exterrior barrel right to the reciever. That happened almost 8 months ago, and my thompson has been fine since.

[Zanzibarbarian]

For anyone who has experienced the same, or a similar problem, were you using a sling? This is the reason I fear the use of a sling on my Thompson...

[Hortons Heros]

Shoot I never even thought of that, I was using a sling for months but took it off recently. That would expian everything.

[GMTII]

Originally Posted by Zanzibarbarian

For anyone who has experienced the same, or a similar problem, were you using a sling? This is the reason I fear the use of a sling on my Thompson...

Actually thats what caused the problem in the first place. Except, here's my story. I had just got the sling in the mail, and put it on my gun, then I got all geared up (with my webbing and all) then put the Thompson around my shoulder, then after I went and took my webbing off, I forgot the thompson was still around my shoulder so when I droped my webbing I also droped the gun (causing it to break) Now I epoxyed it so the gun is rock solid (I just cant take the exterrior barrel off now) but it works great with the sling.

Erik

[Hortons Heros]

Erik if it brakes agian (or you feal like a more permanent fix) the fix is really simple and makes it super solid. Just look at the link on the first page, the pics make it simple to follow. I could mail you the blanks that I have made and you could attach it yourself too. I tried glue/bondy on mine but it wasn't strong enough.