Kilroy Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Bought this off a board member. I picked it up Monday afternoon. It's an M55 that is parkerized with 14-fin barrel no compensator in the 71k serial number range. I'll take much better pictures tomorrow. This is a quick cell phone picture with my M1928A1 http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/F806E90A-31F8-40E1-94F7-F006B3B28C66_zpss6zcmog4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Kilroy,Really nice looking SMGs. Your very lucky.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Congrats! take care of my baby. For those who don't know, Kilroy's Grandad served in the USMC during WWII and was around these things. I was proud to pass this on to him since his Grandad served with those who carried them. Hopefully he'll be able to post some good WWII photos that I feel are not in circulation. Semper FiSandman1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Attached below are the pictures that Sandman is talking about. My grandfather was a Marine during World War II and fought along side of the Army in the Philippines. He was the tail gunner/combat photographer that road backwards in an SBD Dauntless Divebomber. The Marines flew close air support with the Army and they would rotate the air crews with to the front to fight with the foot soldiers and act as the air liaison party calling in the air strikes. This gave the fly boys a sense of what the guys on the ground were going through. He has several photo albums (that I now have) full of pictures from the war. He took his camera along with him when he went to the front and has some pretty violent pictures. He said he was issued a carbine when he went on these patrols but would trade it out for something with a bit more powerful, usually a Thompson he said but he did say occasionally he would take a BAR. Before he left the states he was assigned to Camp Lejuene where he was in photography school. From what I gathered from him he was allowed to essentially roam the base and take pictures of Marines training and take part in any extracurricular training he wanted to. This is where he saw the Paramarines or the Marine Raiders with the M55. He also did training with the Scout-Snipers and stated he could hit a man in the head with the M1903A1/Unertl sniper rifle at 1,000 yards. That was his favorite rifle of the Marines. When I asked him what he thought of the M55 Reising, he just summed it up and said "Oh, they weren't very good". I discussed all this with Sandman and he really appreciated the story and wanted to work with me to find a M55. I can't say enough good things about him, he is a gentleman and really worked with me in selling me his Reising making sure it was exactly what I was looking for. Anyways, here is some more gun porn: http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/Reisings%201_zpsi60vs1w0.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/Reisings%202_zps87iviag5.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5555_zpsfa4km8fk.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5556_zpsxbxo1g0a.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5557_zpsaegkiwhf.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5558_zpsbzv98hk7.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5559_zpsvs7jp06t.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5560%20-%20Copy_zpsscqiazsr.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5561_zpsao0r7mhv.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5562%20-%20Copy_zpsxaxubn3s.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5563%20-%20Copy_zpsgygjpmnl.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5564_zpss8tickxk.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/RedSpecialSS/photography/IMG_5566%20-%20Copy_zpsqpbf6sks.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Nice looking gun .Took me a loooooong time to find a nice one of these , now they seem to be a lot more common. People letting go of them more , I guess .The hand grip angle and wire stock are not the best , but that's part of thier charm .Be aware that the stock can try to fold while shooting . Need to keep that in mind and release the trigger as soon as you fell it go .Hopefully you have a two - piece end cap in her already .Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Thanks Chris, I'll keep that in mind. At the moment it has a one piece plug in it but I ordered a two piece about two weeks ago, haven't sent it yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprat Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 very nice find welcome to the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 did it come with the sling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yes, it's an original Reising sling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) yes I know it's a Reising sling. I have 4 slings that are on my 4 M65 Reisings and I have two leather Reising slings for myM60 and my M50 commercial Reising. Some think that the sling you have, is a M1 Carbine sling http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/n64atlas/002-2.jpg Edited February 23, 2015 by n64atlas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 I have always found it funny that people say the longer tips were for a second , forward slide to " lock down " the tip so as not to come un-snaped , but they never come with that second slide nor are there photos of a second slide ever being used.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 only the middle two are Reising slings. It is true that none have been found. Not sure if there is any paperwork on why the longer loop or why they din't just use M1 carbine slings. The carbine slings might have been toothin and wouldn't hold up very well for the USMC. The longer loop may have been nessary when the slings were newso they would fold over and snap. They are a bit thicker than the Carbine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 The Reising does pre-date the carbine by a little bit ( a few months ) . It would be better to ask why they did not use the Reising sling on both or why the c-tip at all when the D-tip was already around on the Reising .Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 It is because of the way the attached the sling and oiler to the Carbine. Ever try to do an earlyI cut stock with a D tip sling? Add that the Reising sling is a bit thicker, it would be hard to thread it throughthe I cut. Later stocks are a bit easier with the D loop carbine sling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ok, maybe a dumb question... But how could you tell from my pictures that it was an original Reising sling? I have to compare them to a carbine sling like you did in your picture to be sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) Ok, maybe a dumb question... But how could you tell from my pictures that it was an original Reising sling? I have to compare them to a carbine sling like you did in your picture to be sureThe size of the loop. Snap a carbine sling closed and a Reising sling closed and you can tell at a distance. I bought two off of carbinesthis way. Of cource the D ends and khaki color give it away also Edited February 24, 2015 by n64atlas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 And the difference in length . If the picture shows the sling drawn up tight and you can see how far up the rear tip comes you can tell.If it's loose , not so much because the difference is small.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNGUY45 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) What is the distance from the center of the lift dot hole, & the center of the stud on a Reising sling? Edited February 24, 2015 by GUNGUY45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 all Reising slings are Khaki or the very light green of the third sling in my pic. They all have D tips. No Khaki Carbine sling has D tips. No Reising sling is dark green with D tips.There are leather Reisings. As David will attest to, I found a new style Reising sling with detachable swiveles in a Reising manual. Don't know if it was a prototype or a productionsling yet. I have never seen one for sale. These seem to be for the comercial M50's Will post more on this later. The search is on right now.Back to telling Reisings slings from Carbine, notice the lengt from the lift-a-dot to the tip of the slings in my pic. Look also at Kilroy's second set of pics with just the M55. You will see how theydiffer from a carbine sling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNGUY45 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 No one knows the distance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'll try to remember in the morning to measure for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64atlas Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 No one knows the distance ?I measured 3 3/4 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNGUY45 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 No one knows the distance ?I measured 3 3/4 inchesThank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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