wwl Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 What do you RKI think of the Madsen Model 50 9m/m SMG ? I have one and I don't recall seeing it mentioned in these forums. Mine is a very reliable gun, light, easy to clean and has overall been a good addition to my collection. Are they somewhat rare as C&R or why are they not more popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 They've just never been very popular. You should tell us more about yours. Maybe we can learn something. If there's enough interest, I would consider adding another sub-forum for them. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) I had one in near mint condition and sold it some years ago. It was a hollywood used gun and had the barrel threaded for a blank adaptor. The M50 was used in many film and TV shows from the 60's & 70"s. Remember Dean Martin as Matt Helm, great stuff! The gun was an excellent design and the only reason it wasn't more widely adapted was the poor timing of being developed after the war. I like the easy unscrewing of the barrel and opening the gun in half. Slow rate of fire too, I regret selling mine, you don't see them come up for sale very often anymore. Here's Dino in "The Silencers" a fun film to watch, if not for the Madsen just to see the Yummy Stella Stevens in her prime. Edited March 5, 2023 by Mike Hammer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 There was a Madsen Model 50 SMG for sale at Knob Creek last weekend, but I don't recall the price. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Good question. Were they Madsen 50's in the Mr. Majestic film watermelon scene? Never had a chance to handle one. It is an interesting design. Would love to take one home. There is a nice one on GB. I am not bidding. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=448767343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwl Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Here are pictures of my Madsen Model 50, 9 m/m. Notice that it splits apart with a hinge to open like a book, making it easy to clean and replace parts if needed. From the factory there is a mag loader and a safety button wired into the rear grip in the photo which I have never removed. Also, I have a 3 mag canvas belt pouch. This gun is about as close to new condition as you will find. The leather wrapped swing out butt is in perfect condition. This is probably one of the first items to wear out leaving only a metal butt. You notice there are 2 levers behind the mag. The closest one is the mag release, and the second larger one is a safety so when not depressed prevents the bolt from going forward enough to fire a round. On some guns the lever has been removed so the gun can fire one-handed. The finish on the gun is a black paint. All in all a great little submachinegun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwl Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 The question of why the Madsen Model 50 was not more popular I guess can best be attributed to the times. After WWII the world was awash with millions of cheap, unwanted submachineguns, and few buyers. 1950 was just not a good time to introduce a new concept in a submachinegun. Sales were slow, but a few police agencies did purchase the gun, but not enough to save it, and it was made under license in South America in caliber .45ACP. Thus, we had an evolutionary deadend. It's too bad, as the Madsen had some excellent features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Here are pictures of my Madsen Model 50, 9 m/m. Notice that it splits apart with a hinge to open like a book, making it easy to clean and replace parts if needed. From the factory there is a mag loader and a safety button wired into the rear grip in the photo which I have never removed. Also, I have a 3 mag canvas belt pouch. This gun is about as close to new condition as you will find. The leather wrapped swing out butt is in perfect condition. This is probably one of the first items to wear out leaving only a metal butt. You notice there are 2 levers behind the mag. The closest one is the mag release, and the second larger one is a safety so when not depressed prevents the bolt from going forward enough to fire a round. On some guns the lever has been removed so the gun can fire one-handed. The finish on the gun is a black paint. All in all a great little submachinegun.Is that a blued finish? What is the original finish on a Madsen 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwl Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 The finish on my Madsen is black paint. Does any RKI have any idea how many were made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 The one at the creek on Curt's table was 9500 if I recall? 4 nice ones sold at auction the previous week for 4500-7500 range. Not a popular gun, but collectible paper like many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Here is one that got away....I considered bidding...Someone got a good deal.http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=448767343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Henley Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Here's one on the board today assuming it's not a scam as so many of the postings are: http://www.sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/nfa4sale.cgi?read=169830 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolague Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hello Everyone, I recently purchased a Madsen M50 for 5k a few months ago. It is in Form 4 purgatory, but my C3 dealer takes me out to shoot it frequently. I have to say for being so unpopular it is so fun. It shoots smooth. The only thing I can compare it to is an MP40 (I shoot my friends frequently). Smooth, controllable, and the slow rate of fire makes it spot-on accurate. The Madsen M50 is perhaps the best deal you can get in the ever steep NFA market. I'll post some pictures and video in the near future. Of note: my Madsen M50 is not C&R and is the equivalent of a tube a gun as the gun is a Rewat by someone named Sanchez in Florida. Of course, you can't tell it was a Rewat as I think it was never really "Dewatted" but registered nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Good deal! The M50's I've seen have been around $9K. You can see M50's in quite a few 1960's era movies. David Albertdalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 great score for $5kMadsen m50 used in many films and tv:omega manmission impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) great score for $5k Madsen m50 used in many films and tv: omega man mission impossibleOmega Man didn't use a Madsen. "Take your stinkin' paws off my S&W M76, you damn dirty ape" However, the submachinegun used in "Beneath The Planet Of The Apes" was a M50 in a wooden housing. Edited January 18, 2015 by mnshooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) The madsen m50 is visable in Neville's armory. Russian paratroopers carried madsen m50's in Ice Station Zebra. Edited January 1, 2015 by timkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Wasn't a pair of Madsen's used in the "GODFATHER".Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolague Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Yes, the gun was in so many different movies from the 1950s onward. My gunsmith has a friend who works in Hollywood doing the pyrotechs for gun fights such as Enemy at the Gates. He informed my gunsmith that for the time Madsen's were cheap and available and frequently distributed for movies. Over time, however, a lot of the movie guns were sold or auctioned off for the transferable market and hence why they are not seen as much in modern movies. Interestingly, my first ever NFA purchase was an Ingram M10/45 from a Sheriff's department in Grant County Oregon. They purchased it in 1982 for $250.00 from an outfit called Bumblebee Wholesale in Hollywood, California: an example of the shadowy class 3 underworld in California that brought machine guns to the silver screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanDavid Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 At one point if the British .280 EM2 had been adopted and placed into production and issued, the Madsen Model 50 was to be adopted as well for secondary issue. Regards AlanDSydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper28 Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Recently bundled a deal for a 28 Savage {10xxx} serial number and a Madsen M50 {#44xxx} for $20K. Both guns in excellent condition. Madsen still had original cosmoline in it. $4.5K for Madsen 15.5K for the 28Savage. FWIW Edited January 5, 2015 by Chopper28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have had quite a few Madsen model 50s come through here as a fairly inexpensive SMG ( MN is a C&R only state) over the last 20 yrs. All of them have been painted black, most were from some south american country originally and imported my INTERAMCO or some such as I remember. Pretty much all of them had the mag loader inside the grip. Most all were reliable with good magazines. the mags were cheap at the time, $5-10. I had purchased several batches of "10 mags in a bag" long term storage bags with preservative and all wrapped up together. The guns were decent "quality" but felt light and tinny compared to a S&W model 76, or Ingram model 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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