Checking Out the Volunteer Enterprises Commando Mark 45

If you ever stumble across a volunteer enterprises commando mark 45 at a local gun show or in a dusty corner of a pawn shop, you're looking at a very specific slice of 1960s and 70s Americana. It's one of those firearms that immediately makes you do a double-take because it looks so much like a Thompson submachine gun, but something about it feels just a little bit different. It's not quite a "Tommy Gun," but it's trying its absolute hardest to be one, and that's exactly where its charm lies. ...

February 8, 2026 · 7 min · Ehmann Berdejo