Reising Model 55 paratrooper

[Mike85220]

An original model 55 Reising at Subguns, http://www.subguns.com/classifieds/index.cgi?db=nfafirearms&website=&language=&session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&results_format=long&db_id=8924&query=retrieval ,that I wish I could partake in buying is up for sale.

It is a transition model with finned barrel and milled trigger guard.

If I had the $$$ I would be on it in a heartbeat.

[MuzzleFlash]

For some reason that "Old 55" Eagles song popped into my head. :)

I have a friend that collects Reisings and Thompsons. He has a beautiful paratrooper like that one. I shot it a couple of times at the Cheyenne Wells MG shoot.

http://www.uzitalk.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7362&stc=1&d=1156649727

[coronelli]

Very nice. There have been a couple for sale lately that were tempting me.....I had thought that all 55's were parked, obviously I was wrong ;)

[ptrthgr8]

Wow! Frank Iannamico was selling that Reising. That's pretty sweet -- someone picked up a nice peice from a well-known collector. Man, I have fun with my M50, but I bet that M55 is even more fun. :)

Cheers,

~ Greg ~

[TrippHammer]

Wasn't the proto type called the Reising M-60?

I though thats what Frank called it in his book.

[Mike85220]

I might be wrong, but isnt the model 60 the semi-auto version?

[TrippHammer]

No Idea?

[Mike85220]

I got the 411, shouldve rechecked before posting uncertainty:


Model 50: The original model with a full-length wood stock and Cutts compensator on a 11 inch barrel chambered in .45 ACP. The partially ribbed barrel had a right hand twist with a 1:16 rate and 8 grooves. The sight radius of the weapon was about 18 ½ inches. Overall length was about 36 inches with an empty gun weight of around 6 ¾ lbs. The weapon used either a 12 or 20 round magazine. This was a selective fire weapon, capable of a full auto fire rating at 450-600 rounds per minute or semi auto fire. It was reported that the REAL full auto rate was nearer to 750-850 rounds per minute. Unlike most sub guns, the Reising fires from a closed bolt.

Model 55: A slightly shorter variant of the Model 50. Designed for use by paratroops, tank crews and others that needed shorter weapons, the Model 55 had a wire shoulder stock and a pistol grip type wood stock, a similar setup that was seen on the paratrooper’s version of the M-1 Carbine later in the war. It had the same barrel as the Model 50, except no Cutts compensator, which made the barrel length 10 ½ inches. Essentially, the elimination of the compensator made for a shorter barrel, but it had the same sight radius as the Model 50. The Model 55 weighed in at 6 ¼ lbs and used the same magazines as the Model 50. Other data for the Model 55 are the same as the Model 50.

Model 60: This model was made between 1944-46 and was the semi auto civilian model of the Reising. Unlike the Models 50/55, it has a 18 ¼ “ barrel length with no compensator attached. It sports a full-length walnut stock. The sight radius of the Model 60 is 26 inches in length and the weapon weighs in at nearly 8lbs.