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Hi, all. Not sure if it's kosher to post links to a group buy going on a different site, but I wanted to let anyone here know about it, too: http://www.uzitalk.c...arrel-group-buy - Group buy for new Reising barrels - They will be profiled, threaded and chambered to match a military barrel. Will be in the white, and may require a little fitting - These will use a 5/8x24 thread at the muzzle, threaded concentric with the bore, for use with suppressor - Will also include a compensator closely resembling the factory comp, but made from much thicker steel. Comps will be timed to the barrel - Price is going to be $310 delivered. ($300 plus $10 for shipping) More details can be found at the link above - the group buy closes on 8 March, so act quickly if you want in on this one! And, again, apologies to the mods if this post is inappropriate here - just wanted to let my fellow Reising owners know about this one since it's not the sort of deal that comes up all the time. Cheers, ~ Greg ~

Always glad to show mine off, too! Cheers, ~ Greg ~ http://images23.fotki.com/v859/photos/4/47955/1385338/M50_rt3-vi.jpg

Hey, Aaron. Yeah, I had seen that one, too. $135 sounds way high for something as simple as a sling. If that's the going rate for one, I think I'll probably make do without one... $135 is nearly enough for another 1000 rounds of .45ACP! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif Cheers, ~ Greg ~

Hey, folks. My Reising's feeling pretty naked without a sling. I've done a quick web search for Reising slings, but couldn't really find anything. I'm assuming these slings will cost a little more than a typical Garand, M1 Carbine, or Thompson sling... but what could I expect to pay (ball park) for a VG+ condition sling for my Reising and where's the best place to look? Thanks! ~ Greg ~ http://images9.fotki.com/v179/photos/4/47955/1385338/M50_rt2-vi.jpg

I've had my Reising for nearly 5 months now, but the North Dakota winter really kept me from enjoying it too much -- I've only taken it out twice now and have put ~1000 rounds through it so far. I have 4000 round of .45 ACP sitting in my "bunker" (the wifey insists upon calling it the "basement") and am planning on blasting through quite a bit of it this summer. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif http://images9.fotki.com/v179/photos/4/47955/1385338/M50_rt2-vi.jpg I'll need to order a few more Christie mags, too. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif Cheers, ~ Greg ~

I'd definitely be down with something like this. I'm not too hip on the idea of turning my Reising into a 9mm pop-gun, but I'd like to see some sort of GG conversion for this fine subgun. I'll be paying attention to this thread, that's for sure! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif Cheers, ~ Greg ~

Ken e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago and said the new estimated ship date would be 15 March. That's this coming Tuesday. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif Cheers, ~ Greg ~

I would think it would be an easy fix... depending upon the cause of the slop. If the pins simply need to be replaced or maybe bent a little (they should be curved a bit -- at least mine are -- and perhaps someone tried to straighten them at one point) without much problem. The pins should drift out real easily using a punch and mallet. See if the owner will let you diassemble it that far to check it out. Cheers, ~ Greg ~

Hey, folks. Well, I installed the new Wolff spring kit last weekend and managed to get the Reising out for some range time yesterday... and I'm tickled to report that it works like a charm now. The new springs definitely did the trick! We had a big get-together at my friend's place. It was a half-arsed work related function -- we have 5 folks from one of our Indian partners in town and they wanted to do something "absolutely American" while they were here... so we fed 'em well and let them shoot a bunch of guns (the Reising, my HRA M1 Garand, Beretta Cougar in .40 S&W, a Soviet Mosin Nagant M44, a Yugo SKS, and a Czech CZ-52). There were five folks from India (none had ever fired a gun before) and 10 of our friends/co-workers (most of whom had fired a gun before, but none who'd actually fired a full auto). Without a doubt, the Reising was the biggest hit of the day... I brought 750 rounds of ammo for it and shot the last round of .45 ACP about 2 hours after we started. Considering all the other guns that were being shot that day, I think that's pretty quick. Too, one of my employees has been bitten by the bug... she had never fired a gun before and was nothin' but ear-to-ear grin after she fired the first mag from the Reising. She also had a lot of fun shooting all the other guns we had along... now she wants a firearm of her own, too! Still, the 12-round mag is simply not enough. I'm really jonesin' for those Christie mags... a 30-rounder would still get emptied in a hurry, but it would last a lot longer (150% longer!) than the 12-rounder. I think, too, I want to get a new mag spring for the 12 rounder... it was functioning fine all day right up to the end. It seems that as it gets used more and more (and the mag body gets crudded up with fouling) the tension on the spring isn't enough to feed the rounds properly. During the last 24 rounds (last two mags) the mag failed to properly feed three times. It was working perfectly fine all day before then and I did notice quite a bit of fouling... perhaps a new mag spring would allow the mag to work better when it gets fouled up during the course of a day at the range. At any rate, the problem's been fixed and my Reising is working perfectly fine now. Thanks for all the advice, folks! Cheers, ~ Greg ~

Hey, folks. I just received the set of Wolff replacement springs for my Reising. Field stripping is super easy (thanks to the steps laid out in Franks book!), but the spring kit also includes new springs for the autoconnector, disconnector, trigger, sear, and bumper plug plunger. Frank's book doesn't go into detailed disassembly procedures, so I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this for me. It looks like there are two pins holding the autoconnector, disconnector, trigger, etc. in the receiver. Do I simply need to drift out those two pins in order to remove those parts so I can replace the springs? I tried finding an online resource to guide me through the process, but no luck. Frank's books indicates that level of disassembly should be left to a trained gunsmith or armorer. It looks like an easy enough task, but I wanted to ask about it first, before drifting out those pins and running into a problem later. (This is my first full-auto weapon, so I really don't want to screw up anything.) Thanks, folks! ~ Greg ~

Hey, folks. I think I've finally realized that I'll be better off reloading for my Reising... with the amount of shooting I plan to do this spring/summer, I don't want to foot the bill for all that commercial ammo. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif I've done a bit of reloading for several rifle calibers (7.62x54R, .30-06, 6.5x55 Swede, 8mm Mauser, etc.) and I do have the .45 ACP dies... so it looks like all I need is a bunch of .45 ACP brass, primers, and a powder of some sort. Does anyone have any suggestions for a starting point? I'm assuming the standard 230gr. FMJ works best -- I don't really want to get into lead casting, etc. Any info will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! ~ Greg ~

Hey, folks. Yesterday I managed to get out for a couple of hours so I could burn through several boxes of .45 ACP. This was the first time I've had my Reising out since picking it up the previous weekend. When I paid for the Reising three months ago, I got to spend some time shooting it (went through 200 rounds or so) and it didn't have a single problem. Yesterday, though, I had two primary problems: ammo feeding poorly and unable to empty a magazine in a single squeeze of the trigger. I took along a few boxes of Wolf steel-cased ammo and a couple boxes of American Eagle ammo. Regardless of the ammo being used, the bolt would regularly fail to properly strip a round out of the mag. I'd pull the charging handle back and then the round would feed properly. Fire a few rounds, and then the same thing would happen. At first I thought this problem was due to the steel-cased Wolf ammo, but it was happening with the brass-cased American Eagle ammo, too. And strangely enough, the AE ammo was left over from when I shot the Reising at the dealer's house (and it worked perfectly fine). I'm wondering if something happened to the mag since the first time I shot this subgun -- it only came with a single 12-round mag, so I wasn't able to test a different one. (Hopefully those Ken Christie 30-rounders will show up soon.) The other problem was even more surprising. With the selector on full-auto, I'd pull the trigger, expecting 12 rounds to get sent down range in a hurry, but that didn't happen at all. Only once did I manage to burn through an entire 12-round mag in one burst. More often, I'd get three or four rounds fired and then everything stopped. I'd release the trigger, pull it again, and then I'd get another 3-4 round burst. A few times I only got a single round fired. These problems are really frustrating. The first time I shot this Reising (a little more than 3 months ago), everything worked perfectly fine. It's the same sub-gun, but for whatever reason it's not functioning properly any more. I field-stripped the Reising for cleaning prior to heading out to the range -- it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in some time -- and everything seemed to go back together perfectly fine. All the parts looked okay, springs looks fine, and everything seemed to be AOK. This is my first sub-gun, so I'm hoping someone out there has some ideas. Maybe there's something really simple I'm missing... I dunno. Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, all. ~ Greg ~

QUOTE (Notch @ Nov 17 2004, 09:10 PM)Does anyone have a web site link? Ken doesn't have a website. The only way to contact him is via phone or via snail mail. The thread here has a scan of his flyer that includes all of his contact info: http://www.uzitalk.com/forums/showthread.p...=&threadid=7866 Cheers, ~ Greg ~

That's awesome! Thanks for the info! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Did he mention anything about drums or larger capacity mags, too? Also, did he say he was getting a lot of interest in these aftermarket mags? Was the $75 per mag/min. two mags deal only good now? Or is that his normal price? (i.e. with the free shipping deal being the only difference if you order now? Thanks for the great follow-up! ~ Greg ~

Has anyone heard if Ken Christie is planning on once again manufacturing his 30-round mags for the Reising now that the evil AWB has sunsetted? I tried doing a websearch for Ken Christie and wasn't really able to find anything helpful. Does anyone know if he has a website or other means of contact? Thanks, folks! ~ Greg ~