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28 minutes ago, Shattered said:

I’ve got a West Hurley Thompson 1928 in 22 long rifle here for $10K. Original gun…aluminum upper, all original steel lower, 2 mags and a drum.

That sounds like an interesting gun.  But an aluminum upper????  Was that an after market kit?  Or a West Hurley manufacture?  Were those kits sold seperately and the original .45 upper for this gun disappeared?

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The aluminum upper is original from West Hurley. The complete gun was made this way. These guns were originally left the factory in 22 LR. Not all that many were made (500?) and a LOT of them were converted into 45 cal guns, BY West Hurley by destroying the aluminum uppers and banging the serial number onto a steel upper. ATF came back with a stop and desist order to WH as well as a bunch of other guns being illegally renumbered. A bunch were done this way and if you ever see a steel upper with a TF serial number in 45 cal, be aware that ATF may go after it some day. The TF series denotes an original 22 LR gun. Some say less than 200 still exist...I have no actual idea.

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