The Forgotten Weapon Of World War 2 (The Reising M55)

[@NouveauView]

Not gonna lie it's kinda got a simplistic charm to it.

[@WilliamButcher1954]

It’s like a neutered ruger ac 556

[@WilliamButcher1954]

Or an m2 carbine

[@WilliamButcher1954]

Or a 30 cal carbine

[@pyronuke4768]

I opened one once. It doesn't come apart all that easy and there's a lot of little pieces inside that would be easy to get lost.

[@hootscooter1075]

No doubt it’s like a nod to kids who grabbed sticks and pretended they were guns.😂

[@kwd3109]

When I got on a California Sheriff's department in the mid 1980s we still had four of these Reisings in our armory. They all had the wooden stocks. Never saw them outside of the armory but by the mid 90s they were all gone. An old veteran told me they used to be carried up to the early 1970s in the Sgt's squad cars in case they were needed. There was also a mint Thompson with a drum magazine and a wooden foregrip that I was told had been issued to the department back in the 1930s.

[@WAYGULOLBEEF]

My ex’s grandpa was a sheriff in a Texas town and he had one on his wall that came from the armory as well

[@catfishsiegel30]

My 3 are very reliable (note I don’t have paratrooper 😢) and are more accurate than my Thompsons on semi

[@recoilrob324]

The Marines used Reising's and the reputation for unreliability came from them on the volcanic sand islands during their 'island hopping' campaign. To be fair...MANY weapons also suffered in that abrasive environment so the Reising isn't as bad as many people have heard. One of the Major drawbacks was the limited 20 round magazines that were available...and later on even 12 rounders were issued. Due to the closed bolt operation they tend to be more accurate to shoot in semi-auto and I believe many were used in this mode as the Full-Auto ran out of ammo so quickly. Even late in the war many Reising's were used by guards and rear echelon troops rather than front line fighting for the most part.

[@bad74maverick1]

Exactly! They were also used on ships. In fact a lot of Marines loved them. Once they learned to keep them clean and they couldn't be cleaned like Garands and Carbines, the bolts were all hand fitted and had to stay with the gun. rifles and carbines were typically taken apart and bolts tossed in a pot of hot oil or solvent then picked out. Couldn't do that with the Reising. I did a torture test of my model 60 reising and it did just fine.

[@mikemcghin5394]

The 12 round magazine where issued first then to 20 Rounders

[@bad74maverick1]

@@mikemcghin5394 yep, and they are not interchangeable, a 20 rounder wont fit a 12 round magwell.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

As far as I know, and my father made 4 landing in the central pacific with the 4th Marine Division., there was only island with that very fine black vo Icanic sand. That being Iwo Jima. The Reising was available long before that landing in Feb 1945. In any case, it's was not the best designed SMG of WW2. That sand was super fine and got into everything. Even moving 105mm Howitzers Which was the biggest artillery that they brought ashore for the battle. The reason being that the island was super small (only 8 miles long at it's longest point) and the 105mm was perfectly suited for very close support fire. By Feb of 1945 really close support fire was something that the Marines had become very good at! Each Marine Divsion had 3 infantry Regiments and one artillery Regiment. The need for heavier firepower was handled by naval gunfire and carrier based close air support close air support.

[@rdrrr]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 The Reising makes more sense as an M1 Carbine type weapon than a true submachinegun. (By the way, the M1 Carbine gets my vote for the best infantry weapon of the war; the StG.44 was more innovative, but about 400,000 StGs were made compared to over 4,000,000 Carbines.)

[@Adam-nv9zo]

Maybe not the best design, but it seems to shoot well and have good controllable recoil. Awesome video, as always.

[@clifbradley]

My grandfather had one of these when he was in Africa. He hated it to much that he carried a 1911 as his primary weapon instead of it because the magazine would cause jamming after 3 shots. He was assigned to a guard post at an ammo dump as he was awaiting to be sent back home via Europe. As such, his Thompson was taken away from him and he was given this. After there was an incident and the saboteur got away, he was given his Thompson back.

[@bullboo1]

Mags in WW2 and Korea were bad because no quality control was done on any companies mag springs. So with any weapon that had mags if supplied with more you through bad mags away and used new ones. If your weapon keep jamming try a new mag or with M16/M4 series weapons first tighten the mag well.

[@jamesmorgan5304]

Yeah these have issues. But a hicap1911 the original is a hogslayer in a half😊

[@brandonha]

Love me a video on the reising. I have a prototype 22 trainer that the man himself helped build Serial number 002.

[@HitokiriRaiden]

My grandfather was a ww2 medic, and he traded his m1 garand to one of these to another soldier because it was lighter and smaller for him to use. as he said he spent more time running from person to person than shooting. and doing that with a m1 was taxing to say the least. He loved the one he had and said as long as you kept it clean it ran 98% of the time.

[@jamesmorgan5304]

I was not aware they used m1grands in ww2. I know they were used in ww1.

[@HitokiriRaiden]

@@jamesmorgan5304 The m1 garand was not issued till 1936 and stopped being used around 1957, before that was mostly 1903 springfields and 1917 enfield bolt action rifles used in ww1 on the american side.

[@spider.d7092]

Your grandfather served in the Pacific. Mine as well. Medics in the Western Front didn't regularly carry anything more than a pistol (if anything at all). But because the Japanese would shoot medics, Corpsmen and Army medics in the Pacific had to be armed as well. My grandpa was a Corpsman and carried a Garand. He said he only had to fire it a couple of times though.

[@HitokiriRaiden]

@@spider.d7092 Yep you couldnt wear anything that stood out as a medic or els the japanese would shoot you first that and the radio man. My grandfather found himself pretty much in the thick of it all everytime something popped off. In his own words he said he knew they wouldnt have survived the first wave on the homeland till they dropped the bombs, when they fight tooth and nail till you kill them or they killed themselves then add the civilians in with that same mindset, he said he knew thats where he would die if something didnt change.

[@idk-vz9uh]

@@jamesmorgan5304M1 Garands didn’t even exist during ww1 bro…

[@darvinclement8404]

I have a couple of NRA American Rifleman magazines from during WWII and one of them has an article on the Reising. The title says “This gun is blowing big red holes in little yellow men!” Different time back then for sure. All ammo factories were producing ammo for the military so what you had when it all kicked off not replaceable. There were postal matches where you took one shot at a target, then mailed the person you were shooting against the results, then he did the same until x amount of rounds were fired. And people complain about ammo being hard to find now. We’ve got it easy!

[@badgerrrlattin35]

To me, the Reising has always had a look to it that screamed - "MOSSBERG!"

[@everydaycarrymonkey2691]

Lots of these rusting at the bottom of the Mataniko River on Guadalcanal...

[@lukashaz4548]

Lunga River, not Matanikau, just so you know

[@brandonha]

The reliability issue was purely due to the marines batch cleaning and mixing up the parts. The rifle wasn’t fully uniform, not all parts were completely interchangable

[@ralphhines7903]

The smg wasn't uniform because they were made by hand.

[@sbreheny]

I have a Reising M50 (the one without the folding stock). It is rather complicated and difficult to keep running properly. I suspect it can work well but the parts would need to be fitted to each other. I've put maybe 1500 rounds through it and it has had a significant malfunction (requiring disassembly) about every 200 rounds, sometimes sooner.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

You do know it's not a rifle but a smg. 😇

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

@@sbreheny A lot of old WW2 weapons are tempramental until you find the secret formula and then they run fine. I have a German G43 that used to be a pain the ass but now it run's like a champ. I changed the springs and that was what it needed. It's often just something simple.

[@bradleykoperski7198]

​@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 I mean it's barrel is rifled isn't it..?

[@AtaraxisKese]

Holds 20 rounds of “ Stop right there, Friend”

[@X2_DACA]

Growing up as kid in 1980's my dad had a pair of Iver Johnson M1 Carbines and we shot them all the time on the ranch, but a 45acp like that would be awesome.

[@mike-h5h8p]

My dad was a Marine in WWII in the Pacific. He said the Marines had to keep the Reising gun in oil-soaked rags to keep it from rusting in the Pacific theater.

[@jamesmorgan5304]

They weren't extremely reliable

[@บัวสีโรเจอร์-ศ9ฝ]

4:56 'I think I broke it', hopefully didn't panic the owner. . .

[@definitelynotjasonmomoa]

He was obviously talking about the gong

[@tylerwill5250]

Watermelon Pepsi mmm 😋 haha

[@brianselt291]

You sure can hear that big bolt slamming

[@chriswalsh9989]

Thats awesome, i so glad you did this video. This has always been one of my favorite ww2 guns that never gets talked about!

[@user-is8tb7yg3c]

Huge fan. Your slow mo playback is sensational. Keep up the epic work.

[@GetIt28-q4w]

Nice , i like the simple look to it...

[@ericbergfield6451]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a video on this firearm, thanks 😊

[@crankygunreviews]

super cool!! I don't think I have even heard of that one.

[@maximpestsolutions3696]

Very Cool 👍 😎👍! Thanks for the Video 👌. Cheers 🍻🙏🇨🇦.

[@silvereyedlionking6680]

All I can think about throughout this video is how similar this thing operates like a Marlin Camp carbine. Both definitely have flawed designs. Both still potential gems.

[@zpap92rhino]

Looks like a pirate gun lol

[@adamrupp4288]

1shot uploaded, gonna be a good morning

[@thebeardedairgunner]

That bad boy is slick brother!!!! Excellent video!!!!

[@brettjenkins6439]

Pretty quick trigger finger for KZbin rules. Lmao

[@marqtaylor8291]

Nervous twitch has he lol.

[@w.scottjones4677]

Thank you for bringing that weapon to the masses. The haters can donkey smile but I'm happy you took the time to tell a story that needed told.

[@rolandedrummer9723]

The happy switch always makes em smile.

[@joshfreeze]

I've really enjoyed watching your channel go from barely a couple thousand followers to where it is now

[@steosu1978]

Loved the video...hopefully the new YT rules on "fun fire" don't bite you or age restrict 🤷🏻‍♂️🤞🏻🤣

[@Tyius420]

hope this video doesnt get age restricted from the new stupid full auto fire rule

[@jamesmorgan5304]

😳

[@jamesmorgan5304]

You don't need to verify your identity to make a Google account. Put any age you want in.

[@coyoteodie4458]

​@jamesmorgan5304 i like the way you think.

[@MrSpringheel]

I learned a lot with this video; I was sure it never saw combat. Thanks for all the info.

[@ElChris816]

It's got that cool WW2 look to it, and it seems to run like a champ. I really like it. Great video.

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

That's the first time I've ever really seen one of these up close that's actually pretty cool

[@tanishqrastogi9347]

Bro u know what i just watched film Kalashnikov... And now i understand that weapon design and other points matters a lot at that period..,🚩🚩

[@allenwrench2352]

Wow, never seen/heard of this firearm. Thanks for sharing, good episode.

[@BamaGunsOutdoors]

Love your videos bro!!!! You deserve the Gun sportsman channel trophy of the year !!!

[@janmale7767]

That.45 sounds so gooood on fun setting!👍😁

[@caffeinatedinsanity2324]

That thing looked surprisingly controllable on full auto. PS: I actually watched Ian's video on it before

[@Deeleo-c7o]

POJ! Marines tossed them in favor of other weapons.

[@altospizza-hm3yy]

That's a chopper with a folder. Sweet! Now you need to find a drum mag.

[@Mr._Mean]

Thank you for sharing with us. Such a unique and interesting firearm! That thing is pretty cool

[@Vampiiremouseart]

That thing looks crazyyyy!!!

[@2packrm781]

I'm glad that you're having a blast & I'm going to admit it, the Rising is a not that bad looking at all All it need from what I'm learning about through your use is some more ironing/hammering out of the bumps that are in its way😮😮🤔

[@notsosilentmajority1]

This firearm really came across well on video. It has a charm to it and looked like it was extremely shootable for a sub. Thank you for the "scripted history lesson". I'm sure we all learned a lot from this lesson. Well done.

[@MichaelPaparelli]

For an oldie. She's got a pretty high cyclic rate. Great video.

[@aidanalbert6263]

Great content man, keep it up. Can never get tired of the classics 🔥💪🏼

[@robertarthurs328]

Always liked these whether Bonnie & Clyde or I have a old pic of local with them (carbines) and Thompsons

[@robertezell1916]

That bad boy is pretty quick for a .45acp. Lot faster than an M3 and as fast as the Thompson, well the lower cyclic rate Thompson. Now the first Thompson’s that were 1100 rounds per minute, they were pretty wicked.

[@frankdavis1139]

Nothing wrong with simple 45 great round too . Very cool 👍🏼 o

[@beanbag7096]

My grandfather used it as a guerilla in the Philippines, there's a photo of him holding it somewhere in my grandma's house...

[@bretsubotnik1777]

A little more history wouldn't hurt

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

I highly recommend Ian Mccollum's forgotten weapons videos about the gun

[@NDB469]

I was always curious about this one. Cool video

[@thePrussian]

Someone got more ink 😉

[@PeterIshman]

Great video. Keep up the good work 👍

[@robertseafield5810]

I have fired this one quite a bit. I think the reason the GIs did not like it is that the barrel and the charging handle get very hot. Wear a glove if you get a chance to shoot one. There were some problems with the 20 round magazine. They came out with an 11 round mag that supposedly worked better. These have ridges on the sides. At one time, there was a guy converting magazines that held 28 rounds. A lot of police departments used these with no problems. You do have to keep them clean. Good video. Note that these fire from a closed bolt. The bolt locks into the receiver.

[@wlerch58]

Love the slo mo camera!

[@scottmcclellan6886]

Love it. I am going to get one for sure

[@MichaelGronski]

As usual a very excellent job on the video!!😊👌

[@UnknownMe321]

An amazing art piece

[@Dep5455]

Never knew you were in Indiana. I'm right across state line in Ohio. Just on other side.

[@bad74maverick1]

I'm in Columbus, nice to see a close community haha.

[@bossladycox2505]

​@@bad74maverick1 I'm from Lancaster, about 25 miles southeast of Columbus. If you take 33 East out of Columbus, you'll end up in Lancaster, if you follow the business route and don't take the bypass.

[@bad74maverick1]

@@bossladycox2505 Oh I know exactly where Lancaster is. My girlfriend likes the cherry street pub. Their Calamari and Bayou Burger are some of my favorites!

[@Dep5455]

@@bad74maverick1 Celina about hour north of dayton

[@mattwilsey7520]

From Evansville (far south west Indiana). I had no idea you were in my state. That’s awesome!!!

[@brianholland2916]

Man that things co0l!! Ive never seen 1

[@MarkHahn]

6:19 Seeing the engravings is kinda cool. I bet it has a story to tell.

[@tlock4616]

Cool piece of history! Also, i grew up in Indiana, so I'm glad i subscribed to you. Lol.

[@andrewwebb-trezzi2422]

Just listened to Fred T Harvey discuss using one of these during ww2.

[@neilwalker8686]

Never even heard of this, I like it

[@Im_Basty]

It looks so weird, but such a cool weapon

[@Nick-Matchem]

uh uh.....I don't think KZbin is going to be very happy with this video......Damn Fun switch !! Best of luck keeping this up !

[@tiolucasoff-roadingcompany2113]

It looks pretty manageable a very accurate

[@Chase_01]

Grandpa brought back an mp-40 from wwII and it was never registered… Too bad it was lost in a boating accident

[@trappedinkalifornee]

Nice cyclic rate! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@thinkingofyouto1]

Cool toy thanks for video

[@cbroz7492]

..you're having too much fun!!!

[@jacobstaten2366]

I love the hyper minimalist stock. It is so weird and janky.

[@mr.e.2175]

LOOKS FUN AS HELL!!

[@Pattern51lover]

Good show! ☕️

[@ESPLTD322]

Looks like the Thompson and the Sten had a “special” little baby, but grew up to be strong and effective

[@anon_y_mousse]

I look at the recessed charging handle as a safety feature. Snag prevention, and it's cheaper to make a reciprocating handle, as well as make it safer for the user.

[@tylersmith2312]

Not sure how the sound recording differs from what is heard on the range but it sounds awesome.

[@gordtron]

looks like a good one for raccoons! reminds me of pirate guns.

[@chrishigginsdrums]

Great channel. It's always intesting.

[@jedediahsibley3355]

I like ur new friend, hope he comes over to play more often!

[@wiggly8484]

Enjoyed it more than I thought 😂

[@uselogicplease2380]

My uncle Bill Munson was with the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal and he said these were such junk that Chesty Puller had all of them in his command rounded up and dumped in the ocean...

[@richardross7219]

It wasn't forgotten, it was reviled. A WWII Marine friend of mine, who was on Guadalcanal, said that they were junk. He shot out the bore on his M1903 Springfield there. He had an M-1 for Betio and Saipan. As I recall the Reisings went to the Post Office.

[@jonathanpurvis4504]

That thing is awesome

[@ShellShock11C]

That one round left in the chamber... scary. I didnt even notice. Always check your guns, folks.

[@robertseafield5810]

Fires from a closed bolt.

[@TheFunkhouser]

Bro thats mean AF!! Wouldve been great for Para's and Tankers man!

[@GunsGuy1990]

Overcoming a bad reputation, personalny i think Reising is very clever, ekegant and pleasant SMG to shoot.

[@Cuccos19]

1st I heard about this SMG was when I played Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault around 2004-2005, I think. Of course there was no reliability issues in the game, and looked cool. But other way, this one rather should be some police issue gun, where conditions are not that harsh. My two favorites SMGs from WWII era are from Europe, the Suomi M31 SMG is simply the best among the sophisticated guns, and the Soviet PPS-43 (Sudajev) is the best among the simple and cheap SMGs. There is two other favorites: the British STEN is cool, and the Hungarian Király-géppisztoly (Király ('King') submachinegun) is very good, very sophisticated, very reliable but very rare, fires special ammo (9x25mm Mauser) and very heavy, very big one (both 39M and 43M versions).

[@bugbuddy1771]

Great stuff Fun video.

[@lelonbond6682]

brotherinlaw had one wood stock.only had 19 shot clip pulled triger heard bang bang clip was empty worked great .most were issued to navy.

[@galesams4205]

Vietnam vetearn: Don't forget the M-14 KING of battle.

[@boondocker7964]

Worked 24/7 for me. RVN '66-'67, 1st Mar Div. 0311

[@davidleonard1813]

Tbh heres the first ambidextrous charging handle lol. Tbh i like it. A bit of development that could be on any rifle with a pistol grip 🤷‍♂️

[@whiplash8277]

The Reising was also very popular among special ops troops (MACVSOG, Seals, etc.) during the Vietnam War.

[@johnimhoff6153]

BOOSHIP!

[@RonnieMorgan-fw8qj]

Awesome!!!

[@markk7644]

I think this is the weapon John Basillone (John Ceda) was carrying in an early episode of the pacific. Looks like it in the small glimpse you get. Always wondered what it was. Pretty awesome

[@lukashaz4548]

That’s right, he has a late-war M50 Reising in the episode 2