Every day for this entire year I will post a old school printed gun advertisement.

AJ said:
I have two of what is called "The General" in one of my gunsafes. One is a USMC issue H&R Model 65 Trainer the other is the civilian version. This advertisement is from November, 1944.
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IIRC, the Marines on the 'Canal weren't fond of their Reisings and many of them wound up in the bay. My PD had two of them and they worked fine in dry, clean conditions.
 
Muley Gil said:
IIRC, the Marines on the 'Canal weren't fond of their Reisings and many of them wound up in the bay. My PD had two of them and they worked fine in dry, clean conditions.
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My Step-Father was there and he never really talked about it. From what I have read in most situations in civilian life the Reisings worked fine (ie: clean & dry). In combat they were no good as they did not work well, was it the dirt, mud, muck or wet of combat or did the actions gum up from firing them to much?
 
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Enjoying all the ads immensely. Recall quite a few. Also like it when prices are included. Thanks for a great idea.
 
Muss Muggins said:
Thankfully we’ve got the members of this forum to take over for the Florida GOA State Director’s lofty but failed promise. It takes a village . . .
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mauser9 said:
Enjoying all the ads immensely. Recall quite a few. Also like it when prices are included. Thanks for a great idea.
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It is/was a good idea.
 
AJ said:
My Step-Father was there and he never really talked about it. From what I have read in most situations in civilian the Reisings worked fine (ie: clean & dry). In combat they were no good as they did not work well, was it the dirt, mud, muck or wet of combat or did the actions gum up from firing them to much?
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From what I've read it was a combination of factors. The Reising was originally conceived as a police weapon. There was some amount of hand fitting in production, takedown and reassembly could be difficult, parts interchangeability was poor. There were several points in the design where fouling and dirt could build up and cause jams especially under field conditions. Users also quickly became unhappy with the magazines. Standard magazines were 20 round but were a double column, single feed design of relatively light construction that was vulnerable to malfunctions. A single column mag was produced that fed more reliably but it only held 12 rounds.

As the war continued the Reisings were withdrawn from field service and relegated to such use as base security and plant guards where they were not exposed to the harsher conditions of field use. Many ended up being supplied to civilian police departments where they were quite adequate for the job. They simply weren't built to withstand the harsh conditions of a field combat weapon
 
Today's contribution. Did anybody get the free jacket?

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