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Foster. We are going to get along swimmingly.
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Yes, but we should probably keep it down so themadhatter and her zombie-pets don't hear us cajoling.

I'll also stipulate that [i]maybe[/i] someone in the mafia is a semi-competent enough gunsmith to convert a repro into an automatic either before, or very shortly after the outbreak.

The M1928 model of Thompson with the drum is still hella heavy piece of kit. Fully loaded, [i]it wieghs about 30 pounds[/i], have fun with that.
-Meanwhile, this is an M60, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmWS_iYXsk]it weighs less[/url]. At least until you load it.