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I never understand the Swedish-K worship. There is nothing special about it over all the other blowback SMGs.
Donny Fenn1
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Or as BREN gunners called it, the BAR for Bloody Awful Rifle.The Browning BAR. When your gun's selector switch goes from Full Auto to Fuller Auto
Dark Alley Dan
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Ah, Ronnie. Nothing suggestive at all about that pic...
fat tony
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Thats pretty interesting. I have an M3 and it's not totally correct to say the gun could not be used without the cocking crank. The bolt could be retracted by hand, it was just a bit fiddly to do so. Certainly a proper fix was needed but in the midst of fighting one could find a way.
Let's face it, this mod is more or less exactly how a Sten cocking mechanism works.
It was very cheap and fast to build, and it worked, first time, every time. Also it didn't have a tendency to start firing, if it was dropped on its butt.
fat tony
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The only cross sectional showing how the Reising works & its in German and low def. The other one looks like a hung over drunks view of a Reising cross sectionSchematic of the M50 Reising
The Reising M50 and variants, chambered for the 45acp and even 22rf, was one of the best smgs I've shot.
I went online looking for something other than a pic of the smg.
This was good enough to show its inner workings, and if you want more HD, look it up.
There are a lot of similarities between the Reising, Marlin (which failed to be accepted) and several other smgs of the period.
Some folks didn't like the wood stock, without a pistol grip, and felt it was to long, but it was much more controllable in full auto, than most, other than the 1928 Thompson.
The wood stock is what made the difference.
I always wondered why they made a 22rf version, but Reising smgs were not chambered for 9x19 cartridges.
Lever Arms received a crate of new in greas M60 Reisings, the last version, from some auction house in the US in the late sixties. They came from a Louisiana State Police armory. All were chambered for the 45acp.
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Reising M50 SMG : Disassembly & Assembly
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This was good enough to show its inner workings, and if you want more HD, look it up.
There are a lot of similarities between the Reising, Marlin (which failed to be accepted) and several other smgs of the period.
Some folks didn't like the wood stock, without a pistol grip, and felt it was to long, but it was much more controllable in full auto, than most, other than the 1928 Thompson.
The wood stock is what made the difference.
I always wondered why they made a 22rf version, but Reising smgs were not chambered for 9x19 cartridges.
Lever Arms received a crate of new in greas M60 Reisings, the last version, from some auction house in the US in the late sixties. They came from a Louisiana State Police armory. All were chambered for the 45acp.
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=75ee...YyRTI3RjE0QzE2NTg2NkVGRTgxNjJFMiZGT1JNPVZJUkU
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=75ee...YyRTI3RjE0QzE2NTg2NkVGRTgxNjJFMiZGT1JNPVZJUkU
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Reising M50 SMG : Disassembly & Assembly
YouTubeLAI Publications3.3K viewsJun 28, 2023
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fat tony
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In a friendly universe there would be copies of the Reising model 60 available and not instantly prohibited. It would be an interesting 50 yard hunting rifle.
PT 131 is prepared for the Battle of Surigao Strait by her crew. ANM2 dual mountings aplenty.
PT 131 is prepared for the Battle of Surigao Strait by her crew. ANM2 dual mountings aplenty.
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You ever shoot either of those in FA?
I've shot a FA Thompson and that is not a gun I'd describe as "controllable". Even though the gun weighs a ton, the high cyclic rate in 45 ACP makes the Thompson a pretty raucous beast to shoot. The Grease Gun, with its much slower cyclic rate is way more controllable. One of the most controllable and smooth SMGs is the MP40.
If you want real control, get a HKMP5, then you wouldn't consider anything else.
But, I was comparing 45acps, and you're right they are very hard to control, if you insist on dumping a mag. Short bursts work well at the ranges the smgs were designed for.
The real brute in the pics above is the "Grease Gun" or M3.
Yes, my first real job was with Alan Lever Arms, part of the job was disassembling, cleaning, reassembling, test firing, clean again, to make them presentable in his show room.
But, I was comparing 45acps, and you're right they are very hard to control, if you insist on dumping a mag. Short bursts work well at the ranges the smgs were designed for.
The real brute in the pics above is the "Grease Gun" or M3.
Yes, my first real job was with Alan Lever Arms, part of the job was disassembling, cleaning, reassembling, test firing, clean again, to make them presentable in his show room.
H&R made the Reising Model 65, a semi auto only carbine with 18" barrel. There were non-restricted until barrel length became an issue, and then restricted. Now reclassified as prohibited. The Leatherneck was the .22 based on the Reising. These turn up from time to time. A Reising handles like a rifle, quite different than its smg contemporaries.
The M-3 is very portly. Not seen as cool as the Thompson, but arguably a better gun. Search youtube for Jerry Miculek's video demonstrating one. You will see just how controllable one is. At the height of production, a Canadian Sten cost something shy of $14. General Motors Guidelamp Division was cranking out M-3s at $18 a pop.
