The Johnson Automatics Part I: The M1941 Semi-Automatic Rifle
The M1941 Johnson Rifle (top) and its rival the M1 Garand. By Frank IannamicoThere were many factors that contributed to ...
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The Model 55 Reising
By Frank IannamicoEugene Reising conceived the Reising submachine in 1938 as a military and police weapon. Harrington & Richardson Arms ...
Ordnance Committee Meeting, 23 December 1943
By Frank IannamicoOne of the US Ordnance Committee’s responsibilities was to “consider and recommend technical action upon all matters affecting ...
The Reising Model 50 Submachine Guns Pt.II
By Frank IannamicoIn March of 1941, Harrington and Richardson Inc. received a contract to supply 4,000 Model 50 submachine guns ...
The Reising Model 50 Pt.1 Submachine Guns
By Frank IannamicoEugene G. Reising began designing his submachine gun in the late 1930s as the threat of war loomed ...
The H&R Reising Model 60 Carbine
Top: Semi-automatic Model 60; Bottom: Model 50 Submachine Gun, Photo by Frank Iannamico By Frank Iannamico After having success selling the ...
M3 Greasegun 9mm Conversion Kit
By Frank Iannamico When WWII began there was only one weapon in the submachine gun class that was readily available ...
Surplus Review: The CZ52 Pistol
When Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe, I watched as the people of Germany smashed the Berlin wall with sledge hammers. ...
The Weapons Vault at Quantico
Recently while doing research for my upcoming book on the Reising submachine gun, I made arrangements to visit the Quantico ...
Surplus Review: May 1999
A topic that always concerns knowledgeable shooters of both full auto and semi auto firearms is the ever-present possibility of ...
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