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will it shoot +P??????
Calf. compliant....................??????
Me thinks someone was watching the Omega Man on TBS this AM.....
Calf. compliant....................??????
Me thinks someone was watching the Omega Man on TBS this AM.....
That is the strangest looking antique I have ever seen??
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By 71 the TEOTWAWKI was history...... so more likely than not a Pre71........76 was what was used...and taken..."from his cold dead hands"!!!!!!
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mmaher94087
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I want one so bad I can taste it. The reality: I'm retired; can't afford it. When they were cheaper, I lived in the Peoples Republic where the powers that be want to protect us from ourselves. Always wanted an Ithaca Auto & Burglar gun also. Same story until I moved back to the US.
All kidding aside, that is a really nice firearm. Please give us your feedback about it's function, reliability, controllability and any insight those of us unfortunate enough to not get an opportunity to shoot one might find interesting.
SCSW says it produced 6,100 from 1968-1974 in serial # range U100-U6200. Firing rate 720 rounds per minute from an open bolt. Construction consists of 12 major components for ease in field stripping. Prototypes have a T serial number prefix. In 1998 "many" were acquired by the Springfield Armory National Historic Site from S&W for their collection. Pictures I've seen make it look diminutive and light.
SCSW says it produced 6,100 from 1968-1974 in serial # range U100-U6200. Firing rate 720 rounds per minute from an open bolt. Construction consists of 12 major components for ease in field stripping. Prototypes have a T serial number prefix. In 1998 "many" were acquired by the Springfield Armory National Historic Site from S&W for their collection. Pictures I've seen make it look diminutive and light.
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dltvette
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I had one for many years and for whatever reason, sold it a few years ago. For the life of me, I can't figure out why I ever did anything that stupid! Anyway, I paid the princely sum of $1000 for it when I bought it. I used to be a Class III dealer and always wanted one because it was the first one I ever saw for sale at a gun show, back in the early seventies. I was in awe! Did you know that the last suggested retail price for one was $115 before Smith discontinued them? 
I also had an SG9 suppressed barrel assembly for it. It was a Doc Dater design made under license by Southern Machine Tool & Die. Man was that thing quiet with subsonic ammo and it ran like a sewing machine. I also had one of the Fruithurst, AL MK760's. They were built by MK Arms. They had quite a few problems with those early guns, especially their mags. They looked exactly like the Smith mags, but they didn't function reliably. Mine worked pretty good with the Smith mags. Actually, when MK Arms moved their operations to, of all places, Kalifornia they resolved a lot of their manufacturing and magazine issues. They even made a semi-auto version with a long barrel. Those didn't last too long. Once the machine gun ban happened that was pretty much the end of MK Arms. Over the years, I had the Smith, I accumulated (4) original Smith mags. They were and still are very pricey. Fortunately, the Swedish K mags fit and function flawlessly as do the Suomi mags. I still regret selling my 76, but may still get another one someday, if the deal is right. Here's a pic of me shooting it at the Silencer Shoot in Georgia, back in June of 07.
I also had an SG9 suppressed barrel assembly for it. It was a Doc Dater design made under license by Southern Machine Tool & Die. Man was that thing quiet with subsonic ammo and it ran like a sewing machine. I also had one of the Fruithurst, AL MK760's. They were built by MK Arms. They had quite a few problems with those early guns, especially their mags. They looked exactly like the Smith mags, but they didn't function reliably. Mine worked pretty good with the Smith mags. Actually, when MK Arms moved their operations to, of all places, Kalifornia they resolved a lot of their manufacturing and magazine issues. They even made a semi-auto version with a long barrel. Those didn't last too long. Once the machine gun ban happened that was pretty much the end of MK Arms. Over the years, I had the Smith, I accumulated (4) original Smith mags. They were and still are very pricey. Fortunately, the Swedish K mags fit and function flawlessly as do the Suomi mags. I still regret selling my 76, but may still get another one someday, if the deal is right. Here's a pic of me shooting it at the Silencer Shoot in Georgia, back in June of 07.
Shooting my friend's M 76 out in the Big Cypress swamp.
Regards,
turnerriver
Regards,
turnerriver
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turnerriver,
the look on your face says it all!
the look on your face says it all!
heckinohio
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I have had a SW M-76, #U4100, for way more than a few years. Paid $500. for it then.......... I cant ever remember shooting it. It doesnt have revolver style grips like the one above...........!!!!! Has much neater plastic (???) ones!!!!
I also have a MK 76. Seems like I paid $1200. for 4 of them some years back. Kept one. They need real grips as they have a cast aluminum affair.......yukky!!!!
I also have a Stemple 76/45..........it is a really close copy in .45ACP. He sent me a 9mm conversion a couple years later. It has wooden grips. I told Stemple I would only buy his table sample as his production guns had cast aluminum grips too......again......yukky...!!!! So, I have the only one made with wooden grips.
I cant provide any insight on the actual shooting experience, although I have fired the .45 one.
PJH
I also have a MK 76. Seems like I paid $1200. for 4 of them some years back. Kept one. They need real grips as they have a cast aluminum affair.......yukky!!!!
I also have a Stemple 76/45..........it is a really close copy in .45ACP. He sent me a 9mm conversion a couple years later. It has wooden grips. I told Stemple I would only buy his table sample as his production guns had cast aluminum grips too......again......yukky...!!!! So, I have the only one made with wooden grips.
I cant provide any insight on the actual shooting experience, although I have fired the .45 one.
PJH
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realbert
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The one I have is very controllable and just great fun to shoot. I have been shooting reloaded all lead 9 mm in it as well as brass and steel FMJ. It consumes everything I have fed it so far as long as the magazines are properly fitted. No open bolt machine gun is very accurate but this one can be held in a silhouette target at 25 yards.
