As a kid in the 70’s, I well remember seeing the M76 portrayed in some of my favorite movies of the time, such as The Omega Man, The Getaway, Mr. Majestyk, Prime Cut, etc. I always wanted one of those cool looking SMGs!👍🏻
I had the "Swedish K" at my time at the Swedish military. Highly competent (for it´s time) albeit a bit heavy. Rugged as hell and simple. It could take the abuse of everything. Mud, snow, water, blood... It just kept on going! VERY relaible indeed!!!! Highly rekommended if you got the chace to get one.
I have an MK-760, and it is an awesome SMG. The magazines were the only problem with this weapon, but altering Suomi magazines solved that problem. I purchased the gun back in 1987.
I don't know anything about retail success but I carried one of these in Veitnam and it served me well. It was reliable and accurate enough for a sub gun. I loved it.
m3 was actually used till iraq for tank crews , these guys dont know shit , the S&W 76 was commissioned by the US Navy to have plausible deniability for the navy seals secret operations , we had other submachine guns at the time but if something happened and guns were left behind the world would know who did it, so this was made.
I have fired this weapon. It's fun, but had one problem that we never had in Special Forces with the Swedish K/ Karl Gustoff. After firing it for several hundred rounds the screw at bottom of the pistol grip started to become lose. This caused the upper and lower receiver to actually begin to disengage from each other and the as one was firing the weapon. The upper receiver which included the barral group began to wobble. I simply stopped firing and after clearing the weapon tightened the screw and began to fire the weapon again. I found it to be a tighter tolerence than the Swedish K/Karl Gustoff, ,but we did not encounter any stoppages. So if you buy one, insure that you check the screw at the bottom of the pistol grip to insure it's tighted properly and be sure you have a screw driver or tool that you can use to tighten it. Of all the many submachine guns that I have fired, I never encountered something like that situation with the loseing screw.
I saw one of these in the Restroom at James Monroe High in New York. 1968 Vietnam duffel bag bring back. in the hands of a local teen gang member. (gun control did not work then either)
I remember my Dad was issued with a submachine gun when he was a federal officer and this was back around the early 1980s and it was definitely configured like the Swedish K and probably was a Smith and Wesson Model 76. So whether or not these guns were considered failures the gun certainly was around for some time if they were still issuing it around the federal government. The feds probably bought a few just like the military did so it did last some time even if it was under two decades.
The Smith & Wesson Model 76 and the MAC 10 were the less known firearms used by Special Forces during the Vietnam war and today are the cheapest transferable machine guns available to US citizens.
Only spendy if you aren't an FFL Pre May's still go for 12-15k The only people that have issue are the transferables going for 35k+. Pre May's you can keep until you die even if you forfeit your FFL/Sot. If you have a mortgaged house, you can get an at home FFL fairly easily. Just can't have an HOA or you'll need their approval.
This is Kpist M/45B possible to shoot single shoot but extrem advance because you will emty 36 bullet magazine at once. I know because iam voulenter in swedish army.
I know a guy at my club that has one he bought in the 70s. for 700 ish. Now worth over 7,000. I got to shoot it, cool gun. He was mad because he could of got a Thomson for 1000 at the time but did not have the extra cash.
What about the British Sten or Sterling submachine Gun? Couldn't they have been good alternatives? Hell, even some mp40s mustn't have been out of the picture? Also, here's what I don't understand - the US special forces needed a 9mm like the Carl Gustaf m45, but they couldn't get ahold of them. S&M made the model 76 but the army didn't buy them? What? Why not? Didn't the special forces need them? What changed? Wasn't that the whole reason for making them in the first place?
I read an article on the S&W M-76 some years ago, and the author wrote just the opposite of this video. If you're in the market for a full auto and a M-76 is available run from it, as it is colossal piece of junk. It has a nasty habit of splitting barrels at the feed ramps, and isn't worth what anyone with one is asking for it.
Having actually owned one, I can say that the S&W M-76 was a robust, reliable weapon. I ran all kinds of ammunition through it and I had only one jam due to my then 11-year old niece "limp-wristing" it. It is also classified as a "Curios and Relic" thereby allowing it to enter states where NFA restrictions apply. I regret ever selling it. I believe the negative reputation of this gun stems from it's clone, the MK760.
I believe this is the one I got to shoot, one of my club members has one he paid like 700 bucks back in the 70s. He said now it’s worth about 7600 dollars. He was mad because at the time he could of got a Thomson for 1000
Just to clarify, Sweden laws prohibits selling weapons to warfarin countries due to us being neutral. And due to the unpopularity of the Vietnam war in Sweden by that time, I guess the politicians hadn’t much choice then to stop the export. I guess they wasn’t so keen on letting the Soviets second guess our neutrality, we had/have them very close to our borders. My own thoughts? I’m not sure I agree with the decision our politicians take, I’m more of an pragmatic. Either you sell weapons or you don’t, else you might get yourself in some iffy situations. If we sell guns we can afford getting cheaper guns ourselves and save tax money. If you want to sit on a high horse, well then you have to spend more. There’s always someone else that will sell guns and if you have some really good ones, why not sell em to our closest friends. Buuu, I guess politics doesn’t work that way, huh? Never the less, I used a Swedish K or as we called them Kpist m45B during my military service. We where the last ones issued it pending the arrival of the AK5 with the collapsible stock, that was in trials. It was a great little gun, easy to handle and maintain, and fitted perfectly in to our role. I do understand why the special forces guys liked it, it just worked!
Not sure what the politics of 1960s Sweden were exactly, but a quick lookup and its impossible to say Sweden was actually 'Neutral' in Vietnam...it was about more than weapon sales, Sweden actually sent 'advisors' to N.Vietnam to build hospitals, factories, and provide 'technical support'...and ONLY N.Vietnam, not a single bit of aid to S.Vietnam. Also, the moment the USA withdrew and a couple of years later China attacked N.Vietnam...Sweden withdrew all its 'advisors' and economic support.
I've used both the Carl Gustav M45/Swedish K/Port Said and the S&W 76. The former is a solid, pleasant shooting, controllable, and accurate SMG. The latter is not. The MK760 is a cheap knockoff of the S&W and has quality control issues. Some of them are okay, while others are simply awful. Let the buyer beware.
Yeah, but try answering the REAL question here...how and why is this better than the M3? The M3 is nearly identical except for the trigger assembly and fired .45ACP...
If you want a pistol go to smith and Wesson but dont be buying nothing else from them. Its always been trash. Their revolvers are second to non nowadays
