November 26th is the birthday of gun inventor Eugene Reising [1] (born 1884, died February 21, 1967). One of his famous firearms is the Reising SMG.
November 26th is the birthday of gun inventor Eugene Reising [1] (born 1884, died February 21, 1967). One of his famous firearms is the Reising SMG.
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#1 Comment By Deplorable Silver Stacker On November 26, 2018 @ 2:46 pm
Only three moving parts? Where do I find the blueprints?
#2 Comment By Robert Hurley On November 26, 2018 @ 3:23 pm
…The Reising SMG, 45 cal is a finely made sub-machine gun, runs well in the sterile environment of a SMG range…..But history in the Pacific showed it to be just that, a gun made for the cleanest surroundings, not in the filthy jungle and sands of the Japanese held islands of the Pacific.
..…..I think the going price for a Reising SMG that is on the ATF register, and can be transferred , is about $7,000. right now………It used to be considered the ‘poor-man’s Thompson SMG”, but with this current price, it is hard to be known as that now……bh
#3 Comment By OldParatrooper On November 27, 2018 @ 1:12 am
My uncle Virgil carried a Reising SMG on Okinawa and said it was a POC. It was also a lot cheaper than the Thompson, maybe even cheaper than the Grease Gun.
#4 Comment By VT On November 27, 2018 @ 3:54 am
The WW2 vets I have spoken with when issued it would have accidents that would get them replaced with a Thompson if available. Most reportedly were sent for”security duty” on conus.
#5 Comment By Deplorable Silver Stacker On November 27, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
From reading the linked article, the reason the Reising turned out to be a POC was that the manufacture was subbed out to various contractors, and specs weren’t that tight. So some parts might be (+), other parts might be (-). If the gun could be made under one manufacturer, with reasonably tight specs, I wonder how well it would really work?
Unfortunately, under the NFA34 and BATFEces, we’ll never know.