H & R "Reising" Mod.65

[emmagee1917]

As the Marines expanded in WW2 , they aquired Reising SMGs because the Army was getting all the Thompsons . The need for some .22 trainers to help in the expanded training led to H&R offering the M65 . It is actually a Garand trainer as noted by the 8 round hole marker in the 10 round magazine . Appx . 5,000 were produced for the USMC . At the end of that production , the DSC gave the blessing to continued production to full fill any of their needs . This went on till appx # 10,000 , when a design change to produce a better target gun was made . This was right at the end of the war , and continued till the end of M65 production shortly thereafter .
Chris

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[lawrence_n]

As the Marines expanded in WW2 , they aquired Reising SMGs because the Army was getting all the Thompsons . The need for some .22 trainers to help in the expanded training led to H&R offering the M65 . It is actually a Garand trainer as noted by the 8 round hole marker in the 10 round magazine . Appx . 5,000 were produced for the USMC . At the end of that production , the DSC gave the blessing to continued production to full fill any of their needs . This went on till appx # 10,000 , when a design change to produce a better target gun was made . This was right at the end of the war , and continued till the end of M65 production shortly thereafter .
Chris

Thank you Chris. I've garnered some information on Google, but I can't get a handle on value. Prices seem to vary from $300. to $1000. (USD). It makes more sense to me as a Garand trainer, given the sighting system configuration.