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H&R M50 Reising Rifle
Item Number: 933106746
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Used, As New |
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933106746 |
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.45 ACP |
| Item location: |
FL |
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$4,595.00
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45.00 |
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No Returns |
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Seller Details
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| Name: |
Gun Nook |
| Seller since: |
Oct. 2011 |
| User level: |
Verified |
| FFL dealer: |
No |
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Description
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Additional information
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One of an amnesty lot - C&R eligible. This weapon is perfect and in as new condition. Never fired after newly parkerized. One MAG included. On a Form 3. 50/50 OK.
The Reising entered military service primarily because of uncertainty of supply of sufficient quantities of the Thompson submachine gun. In the testing stage, it won out over some other competing designs. It was very light and quite accurate in aimed fire, attributed to its better stock fit and intricate closed bolt, delayed blowback design, though its firepower was somewhat limited due to the 20-round capacity of its largest magazine. Most submachine guns fire from the open bolt position, meaning the full weight of the bolt slams forward when the trigger is pulled; with the Reising, only a lightweight firing pin striker moves when the trigger is pulled.
The U.S. Marines adopted the Reising in 1940 with 4,200 authorised per division with approximately 500 authorised per each infantry regiment.
During WWII, quantities of the M50 Reising gun were issued to U.S. Marine Corps personnel deployed to the Pacific theatre, and were used in the Solomon Islands campaign, including the battle for Guadalcanal. Most Reisings were originally issued to Marine officers and NCOs in lieu of a compact and light carbine, since the M1 carbine was not yet being issued to the Marines. Although the Thompson submachine gun was available, this weapon frequently proved too heavy and bulky for jungle patrols, and initially it too was in short supply.
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