Auto-Ordnance, maker of the semi-automatic Thompson and other vintage American designs such as the M1 and M1A1 carbines and M1911A1 pistol, has a surprise for you.

The Auto-Ordnance 1927A-1C Lightweight Deluxe Thompson is available in three magazine packages — a single XX (20 round) magazine (T5P - $1,558), one L-drum (50 rounds) and 20-round magazine ...

In May 1920, John T. Thompson — best known for his famous submachine gun — filed a patent protecting a semi-automatic, magazine-fed, double-barrel shotgun.