I was made aware of these items thru a friend in Toronto, who is a supplier of firearms to film production companies. He has a long standing "special ownership permit " in Canada, that enables him to supply film companies that are going to shoot in Canada, with fully automatic weapons that he owns, instead of them trying to import said weapons from the USA, or elsewhere.

This info came my way about a year ago, and I no longer have the url for the Russian trading company that bought them as surplus from the Russian army's supply department. My friend also has a vast amount of vehicles and uniforms, from various places and eras, that he rents to the film industry here and around the world. Two large warehouses full, and a 200 acre yard for the really big stuff that won't fit thru the doors of the storage buildings. Fancy a set of 1956 Hungarian Border Guard winter uniforms, or how about genuine WW2 ChiCom rifles and MG's ? He has that and a lot more.

As far as the BATF is concerned, I have no idea what they would say about the Russian Thompsons.

Jim B.