Reising Target 22 (gun of the day)

johnwill · August 5, 2001, 09:55 AM

Here's a target pistol from the 20's that doesn't look much different than the .22's we might pull out today for a range trip. I guess things haven't changed all that much in 80 years.

Harley Nolden · August 5, 2001, 11:31 AM

Patented by Eugene Reising in 1916-21, manufacture of this .22 target automatic pistol began in the New Haven factory of the Reising Arms Company in 1921. Reising moved his company to New Your in 1922, renameing it the Reising Manufacturing Corporation. Approximately 2,500 pistols had been made in Hartford and possibly another 1000 in New York, but sales were not encouraging and work stopped in 1924. The pistols carry the company name and address on the left side of the slide, minor differences bewtween the pistols made in the two factories reflected the improvements that were suggested during production.

HJN

johnwill · August 5, 2001, 05:21 PM

FWIW, mine is a Hartford model, serial range 15xx.

August 5, 2001, 09:55 AM	#1
johnwill Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,451	Reising Target 22 (gun of the day) Here's a target pistol from the 20's that doesn't look much different than the .22's we might pull out today for a range trip. I guess things haven't changed all that much in 80 years.

August 5, 2001, 11:31 AM	#2
Harley Nolden Staff In Memoriam Join Date: January 8, 1999 Location: Brunswick,GA USA Posts: 1,884	Patented by Eugene Reising in 1916-21, manufacture of this .22 target automatic pistol began in the New Haven factory of the Reising Arms Company in 1921. Reising moved his company to New Your in 1922, renameing it the Reising Manufacturing Corporation. Approximately 2,500 pistols had been made in Hartford and possibly another 1000 in New York, but sales were not encouraging and work stopped in 1924. The pistols carry the company name and address on the left side of the slide, minor differences bewtween the pistols made in the two factories reflected the improvements that were suggested during production. HJN

August 5, 2001, 05:21 PM	#3
johnwill Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,451	FWIW, mine is a Hartford model, serial range 15xx.