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Last weekend I picked up an unfired, mint Springfield Armory BM-59. Gentleman I purchased it from said he bought it from SA in 1983 and it has sat ever since (although the box didnt survive the devorice...) . It has a very low serial number (227) and i was wondering if anyone has any idea on production numbers of these models... Any ideas on how many were made???
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Springfield Armory? BM59s were Italian upgrades and were sold around the early 80s
Bear, Thanks but as stated the BM-59 I bought was purchased in 1983. I was wondering how many were manufactured by Springfield Armory (actually, I guess assembled would be a better term as they were all manufactured by Beretta in Italy and then shipped to SA to be assembled in the US...)
You might want to check over at machinegunbooks.com in the BM59 section.
All of your questions will be answered .
Phrog,
Unrelated to your question, but...how do you like it? I've read they are very nice, but it is hard to find the mags (if I'm talking about the correct rifle). It's a .308, right?
Wall, Yes it is .308 and Yes, I love it... hthQuote:
Originally Posted by wallbanger
Just under 2K rifles. It has a Investment cast receiver from SA. Most BM 59's ,62's and 69's were FA in Italy. During the hay day before the 86 MG ban several hundred Beretta BM type rifles were imported, many more were demilled and sent as kits, reeses bought up a majority of them and sold them as rifles ( they altered the std Garand receiver) Although Beretta did supply several thousand receivers and built rifles in SA mode only...I have 2, a BM 62 from beretta all forged and a pre 86 SA beretta bm 59. The last price 3 years ago for a SA bm 59 was $2100.00, if you paid under that you did good as prices for this sub culture weapon has risen. In FA the 59 is a OUTSTANDING SAW that has little recoil (Tri compasator device, the Italians figured out a effective recoil break) and flawless fit and finish. Your SA 59 sans the investment cast receiver is all beretta if you ck out the parts. Fit and finish along with the machine work rate vg to excellent on the cast receivers, the weapon will out shoot any SA m1a out there. Good luck...hold on to it ITS RARE. :beerchug:
Howard,
Thanks alot for the response. I contacted SpringField Armory and they told me the rifle was manufatured in 1981 (the serial number is 227 so it is very early...) but couldn't tell me total production numbers for whatever reason... I paid $1660 and it came with 7 factory Mags (which I hear are $75-$100 each...). It is a REALLY neat gun and plan on holding on to it for a ong time...Thanks again...
When they can be found $75 is the low side for the BM mags. I seen one in the wrapper for $135.
Here are pictures of mine. I think SA Inc can tell you the year of production and how many they made. I also have a Breda M1 with a SA Inc barrel that they assembled from surplus Australian parts.