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H&R Reising mod 65 (.22LR)

BOBBYWINS
I just ran across one of these in about 80% condition.
The sling swivels are gone,but everything else seems to be in good working condition.I haven't started "dealing" yet,but their asking
$150,which sounds fair to me.How are they as far as accuracy?

Thanks,
BW

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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    Outstanding accuracy. Mine has a cheapie rimfire scope from that same time period. I was standing in a Calif. gun shop in 1976 when a fellow walked in with it, held it out to the shop owner and asked him if he would take it as satisfaction for a $25 debt. The owner turned to me and asked me if I wanted it for $25. Yes![:D] I also used to have its big brother, a .45 ACP semi-auto Model 60, I believe. I've read that the Model 65 was used as a training rifle for the Mod. 60 and the Reising submachine gun. Same basic mechanism. Parts for all of the Reisings were available from The Gun Parts Corp. for a long time, and may still be.
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  • pack rat633
    Great little guns, I don't have one any more, but have the Reising SMG, which yours is a knock off of.

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  • BOBBYWINS
    Thanks for the replys fellows.It's at a pawn shop on layaway as we speak.Didn't want to wait and chance loosing it.I'd never seen one and being the rimfire-nut that I am,anything I run across that's a little unusual normally ends up in my safe[:p].

    Thanks,
    BW

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  • b.goforth
    bobbywins,
    for your information, the model 65 was only manufactured for a short time between 1944 and 1946 and in some sales literature it was also called the 'general'
    b.goforth
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  • BOBBYWINS
    BTW,the serial# is 3396 if it means anything.

    Thanks,
    BW

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  • b.goforth
    H&R used letter codes to identify year of manufacture. look for letter E=1944, F=1945, G=1946. the problem is the letter codes were not always stamped in the same place and sometimes not stamped at all on the rifles.
    b.goforth
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  • v35
    I recall as a kid at the end of WW2 these rifles and the 45ACP models were the first guns for sale after the war in the local sporting goods store. I suspect the Reising 45s were the SMG with their select fire mechanisms removed. Haven't seen either one since.
    The 45s looked formidible with their big magazines.
    I believe Numrich Armd has parts for these.
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  • j2k22
    as mentioned above, they are great rifles. You will need to use high speed ammo to cycle that heavy bolt properly. They use the same 5 or 10 round mags as the model 250, 265, and 451.
    I had one with a serial number in the 9000 range. I have never seen a letter stamped on any H&R .22, and I have models 150, 165, 250, 265, 365, 451,465, and 565 in my collection. I have never seen a H&R serial number above 10,000, and most are below 2000. All are great shooters and built like tanks. All designed by Eugene Reising.
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  • v35
    I think they called the 22 the H&R Leatherneck.
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  • pitanh
    model #165 is the Leatherneck. The #65 and MC58 were made as millitary trainers.
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    Top is my 'leatherneck' mod#165, bottom the #65


    quote:Originally posted by v35
    I think they called the 22 the H&R Leatherneck.
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