Kansas Raider Posted March 11, 2021 Share #1 Posted March 11, 2021 I have a Model 65 Reising, my question is, was it one of the guns in the military contract to the Marine Corps? Here is what it says in the barrel. MOD - 65 H&R Reising 22Cal Harrington & Richardson Arms Co Worchester, Mass U.S.A. The serial number is 5180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottz63 Posted March 12, 2021 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2021 I don't know a whole lot about these, but the general consensus is that serial numbers 1 through about 6000 are Military versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canteenman Posted March 13, 2021 Share #3 Posted March 13, 2021 I have seen some of these marked USMC or something to that affect, but never found one in my price range that was so marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubgunFun Posted March 15, 2021 Share #4 Posted March 15, 2021 I had a model 65 Leatherneck that was a later commercial version. Was a fun gun to shoot and have along side of the subgun. Your gun has the GI style front sight which the later commercial versions lacked. It appears your screw in rear sight aperture is missing, but that is replaceable. Your gun is a nice find and the issue model I always wanted. I liked shooting the one I had... just a neat little gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted March 16, 2021 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2021 The H&R M65 and MC-58 trainers have a large following here and elsewhere. Our fellow member Dalbert has an extensive Database on these guns and is, I believe, working on a book about them. There is also a very long running thread over on Gunboards about these guns that answers many questions. Here is the link: https://www.gunboards.com/threads/harrington-and-richardson-h-r-mc-58-model-65-modified-usmc-22-trainer.7303/ Hope that helps. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Raider Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted March 16, 2021 Hi Charlie, thanks for the info. I also have a USMC Property MC 58 serial number 6392, My lights just went out so I will take pictures tomorrow. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted July 16, 2021 Share #7 Posted July 16, 2021 I have this serial number recorded previously, and it was shared by member "110th engineer" on the CMP forums. It was probably a USMC gun, though the records have not been found, but have been traditionally rumored to be the first 6000 rifles. I'd like to see a better photo of the barrel, as the perspective of the photo shared here makes it look like the barrel is shorter than normal. It's probably just the angle of the photo. USMC was not marked by the factory on Model 65's, though some of the MC-58's were factory marked to indicate USMC. David Albert [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 3, 2022 Share #8 Posted April 3, 2022 Hello, I picked up this model 65 at our local spring home show yesterday. I tried searching the web but not much info is available for the later models. It’s not military marked and the serial number is in the 18k range. Looks to have been refinished (?) but is complete with red field sight no extra holes etc. so for the price I picked it up. Any ideas or comments what it might be. I see varying comments regarding parked verse blued etc. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72psb Posted April 3, 2022 Share #9 Posted April 3, 2022 Have one on the rack at the gun shop I work at. I'll have to check the serial number and markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbb Posted May 9, 2022 Share #10 Posted May 9, 2022 On 3/15/2021 at 6:07 AM, SubgunFun said: I had a model 65 Leatherneck that was a later commercial version. Was a fun gun to shoot and have along side of the subgun. Your gun has the GI style front sight which the later commercial versions lacked. It appears your screw in rear sight aperture is missing, but that is replaceable. Your gun is a nice find and the issue model I always wanted. I liked shooting the one I had... just a neat little gun. I once saw one at a garage sale along with 3 other .22's. The guy used them to train Boy Scouts. Try as I might , I couldn't get him to part with the USMC marked Model 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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