S&W model 76 9mm

[Et-ret]

I have an old catalog which has a pic and info on the Model 76
9mm Sub-Machine Gun. Does any one Know if this exisisted
or was it ever avalable to the public? I have forgotten I had this old book till I was cleaning out old book. ET-ret

 

[colt_saa]

There are several thousand in private hands.

I just did a quick search of one of the NFA For Sale boards and several are currently available.

 

[WhitleyStu]

I had one in the mid 80's and had a ball with it. Those were the days when you could stop by the LGS on a Saturday morning and pick up a case of 9mm for cheap. I would then stop by one of my friends that had plenty of acreage and give them a chance to shoot a couple hundred of rounds through the 76. The 76 was an open bolt that was built like a boxcar. Every so often I had a friend weld up the ejector as it had a tendency to peen over slightly after approximately 10 thousand rounds. Other than the occasional issue with the ejector it ran perfectly. Too bad prices are so high now days...

 

[Aquarik]

The S&W Model 76 was the issue sub machine gun of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit until we switched to the H&K MP5 in the late 1980s.

 

[68sixspeed]

Here is one for sale, Smith & Wesson model 76 9mm NFA machine gun : Machine Guns at GunBroker.com

 

[GF]

I even use one along with a 29-2 for an avatar !

GF

 

[Et-ret]

Info on sub Machine Gun

Thanks guys for the info.
I am not in a condition to think about one. I held on to the book
for old times sake. The company is still in business but it looks like
they do not deal in firearms.

SA-So in Grand P TX

 

[Kframe]

I've only ever seen/held one of these, it was in a gunshop in S.Minneapolis about 15 years ago.

Price, if memory serves, was $1750.
At that time it was waaaaay out of my means, plus, there are very few people in MN that have the credentials required to buy/own NFA guns.

Was very cool, though.

 

[colt_saa]

I've only ever seen/held one of these, it was in a gunshop in S.Minneapolis about 15 years ago.

Price, if memory serves, was $1750.
At that time it was waaaaay out of my means, plus, there are very few people in MN that have the credentials required to buy/own NFA guns.

Was very cool, though.

I thought that in Minnesota any Citizen could own a machine gun as long is it was on the C&R list. Fortunately the S&W 76 is.

Other than C&R what restrictions beyond Federal Law does Minnesota have on ownership?

Sorry for the thread drift . . . I have a cousin in MN that always wanted my UZI which is not on the C&R yet.

 

[BriMac]

I have one and its a fun gun to shoot. The prices for them have gone up quite a bit since I bought mine in 1997. The factory letter on my gun says that it was shipped in 1973 to Law Enforcement Ordnance Alanta GA. and end up back in Massachusetts.

 

[Pisgah]

Interesting note: In Vietnam, the Carl Gustav M-45 ("Swedish K")saw use by Navy SEALS as well as some CIA operatives. When Sweden banned export of arms to the US in 1966, the Navy commissioned S&W to make a copy -- which became the Model 76. By the time it was ready, though, the SEALS had moved on to other missions and very few were ever issued.

 

[ACP230]

I shot one at an MG shoot in Minnesota many years ago.
It was fun but I like the parent smg, the Swedish "K" better.

 

[amazingflapjack]

OK-I thought it looked like a Swedish K. I had the use of one for a while in VN. Built like a tank is right! The one in GB has evidently appreciated some... From 76 bucks-to 7500!! Yow. The longer you held the trigger-the faster it fired.

 

[sandspur6]

If I remember correctly, the bad guys in the ORIGINAL "Walking Tall" movie used M76's to shoot up Sheriff Pusser and his wife. They have shown up in other movies from time to time. A neighboring sheriffs office had a couple of them several years ago, before going to the MP5. We used to take them to the range occasionally. Nice guns.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

The price of what I consider to be quite an ugly old gun at $7500 reflects the current law on transferability of full auto weapons. The mere fact that it is transferable raises the price considerably. Moreover, at today's ammo prices, the only full auto guns I ever shoot belong to my friends who don't mind wasting the ammunition.

 

[Tomegun2]

Jolly good fun

The price of what I consider to be quite an ugly old gun at $7500 reflects the current law on transferability of full auto weapons. The mere fact that it is transferable raises the price considerably. Moreover, at today's ammo prices, the only full auto guns I ever shoot belong to my friends who don't mind wasting the ammunition.

If a person can afford the ammo, I don't think having fun is a waste. We have lot's of enjoyment in my back yard!!

 

[Budnjax]

I don't know if it was sold to the public or not....

however, I worked for a S&W General Distributor in the 1970s and I know some of these were sold to police departments. They were not considered to be very desirable.....jammamatics...and if I recall correctly, the price to police departments was around $90.....

 

[fuzzymcnab]

Here is another interesting tidbit. My buddy has one with the tax stamp in California. Oddly enough, many years ago the feds determined that the semi version (MK arms I believe) could be made FA quite simply and declared it class III. However, California did not. He was able to register it and the Chief in his city, one of the finest Los Angeles has ever know, Darryl Gates signed off on it. Go figure.
fuzzy

 

[Doc TH]

They are available to civilians - I saw a man and his son shooting a suppressed model at my local indoor range. I can't say that it seemed to be entirely reliable. My personal opinion is that I would choose the semi-auto M1 carbine over any such subgun for any number of reasons.

 

[Valkyrja]

M-76 Submachine gun

Hi. I owned one of these back before I moved to California. I didn't know it at the time but apparently I could have stored it in a safe deposit box in my old home state. But, because I was moving to The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia I sold it. I STILL miss it. It was reliable and accurate and I loved that it was from Smith & Wesson. I occasionally think about buying another but the prices have gone up quite a bit. Great gun.