StrangeRanger Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 This one is going to take some work but it may go for a bargain price. Most of the parts seem to be there but are probably in need of fitting. If someone has the time and talent they can bring it back to life https://www.gunbroker.com/item/858522007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 That's going to take a lot of hand work. Tough to get inside of the receiver to fix that mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 The weld and the barrel are easy, there are plenty of other issues to be addressed. I'll probably take a bite, but surely someone will pay a lot for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobcreeknut Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 I may try on this. My wife has wanted a reising for years. Anyone have a guess what it would take to get this running? I just dont know a lot about them. I talked to the seller and he couldnt give me much info. It is from the estate of a type 07 ffl. The form 4 is from 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 With a Reising, it's not the stuff that you can see that's going to be the problem. Getting the barrel out and cleaning up the inside of the receiver is relatively simple if you have the machinery to do it. The real problems are related to missing or possibly missing parts. The myriad of springs, pins and plungers which may or may not be present in a partially disassembled gun. If you've ever done a detail strip on a Ruger Mk series auto pistol think of that only a lot worse. And this is the BIG one, all the small parts in the fire control group have to be hand fitted. Murphy's Law says those that have already been fitted to another gun would need to be built up and re-fitted so anything that's there may or may not work and that's not there may or may not be easily replaced. I wasn't joking when I called this one a project.BTW this one is not mine and I do not know the seller, I only posted it because I knew someone on this board would have the ability and the patience to breathe life back into it. There are nicer Reisings out there but they don't cost $2.2K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 If you use a smith Ill bet its close to $1500-2000 in parts, smith work and refinish Once done you have a pitted blah gun Unless your a gun smith I dont think its a good deal at allIve seen pretty nice ones sell $4900 over the past year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted February 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 There are more than a few among us who have the ability to do the work themselves and the passion to restore a war relic to working condition. It's not all about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Was watching the auction. Lost interest after it hit $2500+. If you shop around a shooter grade Reising can be had for $4500 - $5000 . At under 3 g's this would have been a maybe if you had talent and some parts. Reality is you are buying a piece of paper that says "legal 1986 MG " ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted March 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 It sold for $3976 which I agree is stupid money given the condition. A friend just picked up a similar but slightly earlier Reising shooter with some minor cosmetic issues for $4500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Wonder who got the M50 shooter for $4,500??? What a lucky guy haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted March 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 He's a good guy but his youngest son.......???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprat Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 as noted above its the challenge to re-build 2 things against me re-doing this classic 1) Form 4 2) Price - over 3K???? shame I have the extra parts to get her up and running again I rebuilt a semi reising M-60 in worse condition, thank god, at that time spare parts were plentiful then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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