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Johnny Guest · February 19, 2002, 11:45 AM

- - -but my experience is limited to shooting about three examples. All were in excellent condition and spotlessly clean.

Two of these were fired during a time when I was shooting MAC 10 and MAC 11 guns, so the rate of fire on the Reisings didn't seem a problem with me.

The Reising gun was was frequently furnished for industrial plant and railway bridge guards during WW-II. I wonder if the 12-round magazine might have been a desirable way of keeping some of them from indiscriminate spraying.

Back when Reisings could be had for extremely reasonable prices, I was too infected with the bad publicity about their reliability, and never bothered to obtain one. But then, I was he same way about the MAC-series, too. It just didn't make sense to spend more on the tax stamp than the purchase price of the gun. (Have I mentioned that I'm on OLD geezer?)

Best,
Johnny

February 19, 2002, 11:45 AM	#5
Johnny Guest Moderator in Memoriam Join Date: August 28, 1999 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,123	No bad experiences here - - - - - -but my experience is limited to shooting about three examples. All were in excellent condition and spotlessly clean. Two of these were fired during a time when I was shooting MAC 10 and MAC 11 guns, so the rate of fire on the Reisings didn't seem a problem with me. The Reising gun was was frequently furnished for industrial plant and railway bridge guards during WW-II. I wonder if the 12-round magazine might have been a desirable way of keeping some of them from indiscriminate spraying. Back when Reisings could be had for extremely reasonable prices, I was too infected with the bad publicity about their reliability, and never bothered to obtain one. But then, I was he same way about the MAC-series, too. It just didn't make sense to spend more on the tax stamp than the purchase price of the gun. (Have I mentioned that I'm on OLD geezer?) Best, Johnny