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07-11-2010, 06:43 PM
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Thanks Reising Haters
About 6 months ago I took possession of my Commercial Reising. The day I bought it I test fired it about 100 rnds with Blazer aluminun and it ran fine. I took possession about 6 months ago and that same day fired it about 100 more rnds. Still ran great. I then took it home and put it in the safe and moved out of state. Havent even looked at it for 6 months(or any of my other stuff). Now 6 months later Ive moved all my NFA stuff to the new state(with approved 5320's of course). Took it out today to the local gun club and fired about 400 rnds. It never once hiccuped. I even ran some 185 g hollow points thru it. Im really tickeled with this SMG.
If it were not for all the Reising Haters keeping the price down, I would not have been able to pick up such a nice, C&R, original, sweet shooting, subgun so cheap. thanks, Guys ! |
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07-11-2010, 07:32 PM
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Glad you like it. I'm very happy with mine. I used to belong to a rifle range with a 20 firing point covered firing line. No one would give the Reising a second look as I set up... until the brass rainbow began
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07-13-2010, 06:19 PM
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They are great range guns, keep it clean,have some spare parts do not use any +p ammo and you will have a great time.
Do not storm any beaches or do any jungle fighting and you will be fine. now go get some 30 round mags and a couple of Troy's drums and you will be all set. |
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07-13-2010, 07:33 PM
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It is stuff like this that makes me want one. |
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07-13-2010, 11:01 PM
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Glad you are happy
I worked at ths store who sold the gun to Stenmom. Yes it worked great. It is a 4 digit serial number orginal unmolested gun which sat in some police dept's gun locker for over 60 years. Some guns ARE troublesome. WWII military rebuilds, Abused guns that were hammered for years by various owners and the last group of Reisings that were sold by Numrich arms that were parts guns can be a PITA. My belief when someone is spending the kind of money that this passion requires, sometimes some poor hardworking guy who's saved for years, shooting the gun before buying is a must. One of my first buys was a non-working MK arms 760 and right after I got it we had a new sheriff elected who would not sign off. One NFA to my name and nobody could get it to work. Finally I got my 01 FFl and then obtained my SOT and wound up buying 3 cheap guns Powder Springs M10 45, Marrietta M11 380 and A DLO Sten II. All were like new and had a greatest time with them for many years. I hate to see anyone screwed.
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08-02-2010, 01:24 PM
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Count me in as one of your "haters"...
Back in the day, as a poverty-stricken E4, I grabbed the first subgun I could afford. Had money down on a commercial M50 with 4 20rd mags complete with original hard case. $120.00. This was because the dealer didn't have any STENS for a similar price. Not having the 'net, or PCs in fact, what little research was possible thru the libraries showed the gun was somewhat of a military bust, and a definite Hollywierd bust. To save money that I barely had to spend - and be Hollywierd-cool - I talked to the dealer and snagged one of his NIB PS MAC M-10/45 for $75.00 instead. I get to see my MACs on TV almost everyday in some crime movie or another. Decades later that cased M50 with the too-small-mags would be worth a LOT more than my MAC, but I still don't regret passing on the Reising. |
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08-03-2010, 03:39 PM
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I have owned six Reisings over the years
I have had 6 different Reisings over the years and all ran perfectly.
Most of those complaining about them have never owned one and in many cases are simply repeating opinions they have heard from others...kinda like "they say". |
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08-06-2010, 12:08 AM
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And same here! Having long since had a chance to HANDLE and FIRE a Reising - I'd get one in a NY minute for the right price. But back when it was one sub vs None - I went with the brick-like noise maker. C'mon, ya gotta admit Miami Vice wouldn't be the same with cocaine-cowboys one-handing Reisings, or McQ riding down a beach with Reising sticking out the window! |
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08-22-2010, 04:33 PM
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Another range day today. First time the Reising had a hiccup. Second mag it would fire 1 or 2 then the bolt would not chamber a round. Pulling back the slide and letting it go would chamber a round then the same thing would happen. Luckily I had a Christie spring set in my range bag. I field stripped it and installed new springs and a titanium firing pin (I had been using a non titanium FP up untill now). After new springs and FP I went through 400 rounds of factory and reloaded 230g FMJ without a hiccup. Man I love this MG !
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08-23-2010, 08:28 AM
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I don't care what SMG you have, if you shoot enough, sooner or later, you will have some sort of problem, and that includes the Reising. My most recent Reising problem was the compensator blowing out vents. I bought a heavy duty aftermarket comp and it looks great again. Before that it was my 1928A1 TSMG. All of a sudden it developed feeding problems from the left side of mag only. I had to deburr the extractor slot in the receiver and now it works perfect again. The worst gun for malfunctions was a Group Uzi. Failure to feeds were very common with this gun. I had a semi auto feed ramp installed and it hasn't failed since. The only gun that I can't remember ever having a failure is the M3 Grease gun. Many times a gun gets a bad rep because of the lack of ability of the owner/shooter to analize and correct a problem. In general the most lacking in this area would be police and the military. Learn your gun inside and out , and you will do OK with the Reising or any other SMG. Jim C |
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08-26-2010, 01:04 PM
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UDT Reising's
I remember back in the 1970's about somebody using an industrial strength magnet to treasure seek off a bridge in New York, he kept pulling up old rusted Reising SMG's that had been dumped by the factory which was not too far away.
Seems they found it was easier to dump them in the river rather than fix them when they had problems with them. It was in the papers back then and I've no doubt it helps fuel the history and quality issues that might have plagued some of the guns. I personally know nothing about them except I once saw two Reisngs at a gun show that had been fitted to the inside of a couple of pot metal non-guns that were MP-40's that had been machined out to accept the real guns - when I asked why someone had done this they said it was for use in several episodes of the RAT PATROL - they needed something that had a straight magazine and could look like a German Schmeisser from a distance. That's your history lesson for the day. Tetryl |
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08-27-2010, 02:47 PM
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Dumped in NY
Not arguing your info - but they said they were dumped in a NY river.
Could be the writer got it wrong or that they intentionaly gave incorrect location to keep others for fishing for the guns. (Guessing?) But it did say it was a short distance from where they were mfg. I only remember them specifically stating a NY river and "a few blocks from the mfg / storage facility". Probably disinformation.............. Thanks for the correction and assistance. Tetryl |
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08-27-2010, 03:33 PM
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Doubt it's true. After the war Reising sold all their guns/parts to Numrich Arms. That's where the last batch of Reisings came from. For a company to intentionally dump assets(as even if thet didn't run they were still worth money) would in no way be in there best interest. There is substantiated stories of Marines dumping the guns in combat and claiming them combat losses so to get guns that worked. Now, NYPD did dump illegal guns in the water but that was in the ocean off the entrance to NY harbor. Could there been some illegal guns dumped in the East river where those treasure hunters were looking for a Dutch gold ship that went down there in the last 1600's, maybe but for the company to do it? I don't think so!
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08-27-2010, 06:23 PM
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Historical Firearms found dumped in River
Here's another more recent find too;
it can be found at: Tuscaloosanews.com or google: Historical Firearms found dumped in River This involves an assortment of full auto weapons including a Thompson in really nice (mint) condition - see photo, notice they are all MG's. But my guess you people are too set in your ways to accept the reality of the situation and say I'm pulling you're leg on this too Huh? And you think I'm making this stuff up, He he he he That earlier ref was in the paper too as soon as I get more on it or find it I'll post it too. By the way' what better weapon to throw away than a Reising? Later' ye who know all. Tetryl |
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