[Wayne McGee]

In the "piper photo", one of the gats looks like it's a "parts only", no handgaurds, butt, mag etc.
And, yes, you can fire the Thompson with the butt off, however you will probably beat yourself up worse than your target. You would be better off just taking the rounds, walking over to the bad guy and manually inserting them.
On the other hand, could you imagine the carnage if those pipes go off?
I don't ever want to have to clean up after a mess like that again!

Cheers

Siol Na Fear Fearail

Wayne