Thompson Stick Mags & "Public Enemies"

[Phoenixent]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I can't tell from the angle of the screen caps. Are those we see in the movie 20 or 30 round magazines? If they are 30, then we should point out that 30 rounders don't exist at the time.

The person who quoted that on IMDB is a crack smoker. If you compare the Thompson that Johnny Depp has and the Colt 1921A with 20rd mag IMFDB has you can see it's a 20rd mag. More pros on movies guns that don't know which end the bullet comes from.

We do research the weapons for large period features to get the weapons correct right down to the magazines. There are other things that can change like Michael Mann wanting something special that might be iffy for the period. But for the most part we research the period to get things right. If you notice on Westerns from the 1930's to 1970's it was only the 1892 Winchester now it's Henry Rifles, 1866 Carbines and 1873 Carbines. Research, Research, Research, to change the was of Hollywood.