Reisings

I do not see a select fire topic section so I am posting to the M1 carbine forum where I know a few people. Is anyone familiar with the Reising Model 50's and if so does anyone know much about the company http://www.autoweapons.com? They seem to have some nice select fire Reisings, thanks

The Reising M 50 was a fine submachine gun though almost 7 pounds. The folding stock M 55 was a bit lighter at a tad over 6 pounds. Marines and paratroopers liked it. Was pretty accurate being fired from a closed bolt. One problem was it didn't like to get dirty. American Rifleman did a piece on it a while back. Should show up in reruns.


https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../Model50-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...gModel55-1.jpg

The only thing I don't like about them is the heavy trigger pull. Accurate in semi-auto anf reasonably controllable in full. (Model 50s, anyway.) Mendoza has had some good ones lately, IIRC.

GS45 , Wasn't Pauls M50 over on MGB one ? I answered you over there and I assumed his was one of these.
Jmoore , I agree the triggers are not target grade , kinda "squishy" , but these are not target grade rifles. I put the earlier Wolff spring kit in my guns , and the little springs and the hammer spring made for a very tough trigger pull. I replaced them with new USGI and solved that. I ended up only using the action spring ( under the barrel ) out of those kits. Ken has new Wolff made springs done at his specs that I hear are better than these older kits . You might compare and see if this is part of your problem.
Chris

Yeah, but it looks like that was 6 years ago. I doubt I would spend that much anyway. Might be nicer to have one with some use and some history if possible.

Ha! Did not see that the OP was old. Still , my reply is valid .
Chris

Typing/brain blunder! Mendiola, NOT Mendoza! He seems to be down in inventory, but he's a good dealer. Fast dealer to dealer transfers, too.

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DealerNFA - Reising M50 CR

The semi-auto version are pretty reliable and allso today very pricey! I would not buy one for a plinker! As said there good like to be cleaned &oiled. Highly collectible!!

I had a semi M60 years ago. Sadly a family emergency forced a sale. Good plinker , though. I remember it would put 12 rds of Winchester 230gr white box into one ragged hole at 50 yds. I have found the shorter M50 and 55's don't do as well by far.
Darn , now I'm bumbed.
Chris

I've read that the Reising was hated on Guadalcanal by the Marines because of its lack of reliability. Canfield says in his book on WW2 Infantry weapons that lots of Marines simply threw them away in streams and lakes. An old Guadalcanal vet who worked in my office confirmed this.

Yes , because of two factors . The red sand that got into everything and gave everyone fits . You get a little bit of that on the top rear of your bolt or into the locking recess in the reciever , your not going to get lockup and your gun won't fire. Second , this was not a truly milspec weapon by US standards and some hand fitting was done on assembly. Gang cleaning and mixing does not work good here , but none of the end users knew till it was too late. The modern shooter ( well 99.9 % of them ) will not have these problems . True , some have problems at the beginning , usually due to something being tinkered with or worn , but when fixed are very reliable . The only thing you have to remember is to retract the bolt 1/4 inch when going from full to semi . If you don't and the hook on the full auto arm catches the ledge on the action bar and you continue to force it , it'll bend the selector arm that's trying to raise said full auto arm and therefor won't raise it at all. This then leaves the full auto arm in full auto position while the selector is set to semi , resulting in full auto fire of course.
Chris