New To Reising M50

[ccsteele]

No I didn’t know it was that old.

Thank You for letting me know.

[Frank Iannamico]

Reising Dates of Production

This first group of numbers was on memo with an H&R Letter Head

1941 Serial Numbers: 101-8500
1942 Serial Numbers: 8501-73600
1943 Serial Numbers: 73601-114317

1950 Serial Numbers: K101 to K973
1951 Serial Numbers: L101 to L3589
1952: No production
1953 Serial Numbers: N111 to N327
1954-1956: No production
1957 Serial Numbers: S4700 to S5607

Marine Contracts:

NOm 33387 - 2 February 1942: 2,000 each Model 55 Reising submachine guns.

NOm 33660 - 26 February 1942: 11,500 Model 55, and 11,500 Model 50 Reising submachine guns.

NOm 36828 - 13 July 1942: 20,000 Model 55, and 5,000 Model 50 Reising submachine guns.

NOm 37893 - 13 October 1942: 30,000 Model 50 Reising submachine guns (plus a 3,000 overrun).

 

Reisings in storage at the Quantico Marine base (2019)

 

MODEL 50:

154

11372

15696

53097

113539 (Documented in your book)

 

MODEL 55:

13189

15296 (Documented in your book)

44531

62230 (Documented in your book)

62934

62818

 

Model 60:

1333