Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
FULLY TRANSFERABLE CURIO H&R REISING MODEL 50 SUBMACHINE CARBINE
03-1888
Cal. 45 ACP.
S# 7163.
Bbl. 13.5″ over comp.
Barrel w/ 29 fins.
In a search for another compact SMG as things were heating up in Europe in 1939, Eugene Reising went to work designing what we would eventually know as the Reising Model 50. He received a patent on his compact, closed bolt carbine, chambered in .45ACP in June of 1940, and entered into a manufacturing contract with Harrington & Richardson to facilitate production. It didn’t have many competitors, as the only similar firearm was the Thompson SMG, but the Reising Model 50 was extremely accurate since it fired from a closed bolt. After submission for testing with the US Army, it was not immediately accepted since its same closed bolt mechanism that provided superior accuracy had a tendency to malfunction when not cleaned and maintained regularly. Since the Thompson SMG faced a shortage, the United States Marine Corps adopted the Reising Model 50 with a parkerized finish, cooling fins, a muzzle device to assist with recoil and with select-fire capability. They then requested a modified version for the “Para Marines” that utilized a folding wire stock in a pistol grip design, and without the muzzle device. It was known as the Reising Model 55 and shared by the Tank crews. This example, the Model 50 is a select fire, closed bolt sub machine gun. It has a 20rd mag-well. Barrel has 29 cooling fins and a 6 slot muzzle device. Exposed metal surfaces are finished in a light gray parkerizing. Full length wooden stock. Graduated elevation adjustable rear peep sight & drift windage adjustable front post sight incorporated into the muzzle device. Receiver is stamped on top “MODEL 50 – H.&R. REISING – CAL .45 / HARRINGTON AND RICHARDSON ARMS CO. / WORCESTER, MASS. U.S.A. PAT PENDING”. MAGS: 4 total factory mags, blued 20rd. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Black hard case with fitted blue felt interior. Spare firing pin, 2 spare mag springs & 1 “Rifle Service Pack” of small springs.
STATUS: CLASS III CURIO
