Squires Bingham M20

[zouave]

Does anyone have any experience, good or bad with a model 20 Squires Bingham? I have a chance to pick one up in real nice shape at a good price. No idea how old it is. Has an importer in San Francisco stamped on it. Thanks for any information.

ZOUAVE

[S.S.]

There was batch of those old Binghams (at least I think it was Bingham) that was imported many years ago  that looked like the old Rising Sub machine gun.. They were supposed to be semi-auto but "Surprise".... They had a two stage trigger that would rock and roll pretty good if you pulled it back hard and held it. Many hundreds of those were sold before Uncle Sam caught on.
Sounded like a chain saw when you cut loose with one. A more gentle tug on the trigger would produce the Semi-auto mode... I used to know several members of a local militia group (Before it became a bad word :roll: ),
They all had them and as far as I know they still do. They were a great group of guys to know, Doctors, Lawyers, several high ranking military personel
Firemen and police officers were with them. Not the kind of folks the news portrays?

[armory414]

I've shot a couple of them.  Made in the Phillipines.  The same gun was later marketed under the name "Armscor"  I usually find them in pawn shops in good condition for around $50.  You can sometimes use Savage magazines as replacements (the ones with the rounded front).  They're okay, but there are a lot better guns out there.

[Oldtimer]

I bought several at Kmart a whole lot of years ago for around $20 per.
I always strip down a weapon when I buy it, and they were loaded with metal shavings.  Looked like they were used as trash bins for a machine shop.  After I got them cleaned up, they functioned fine.  I never had one double on me and did not ever try to pull the trigger so hard that I discovered the full auto option.  I don't know about the reliability because I made money off them pretty quickly.  They seemed to be pretty good knockabout guns (remember the Sheridan?), and Kmart sold out of them and the supply dried up.

[popplecop]

Save your money.  They arenot that well made and parts are hard to come by.  Gun Parts will list parts, only problem is they never seem to have them.  Got one setting in the repair rack at a friend of mine Gunsmithing shop with a broken trigger, been there since last fall.  Could make one but it would be worth more than the gun.

[asron]

I've shot a couple of them.  Made in the Phillipines.  The same gun was later marketed under the name "Armscor"  I usually find them in pawn shops in good condition for around $50.  You can sometimes use Savage magazines as replacements (the ones with the rounded front).  They're okay, but there are a lot better guns out there.

Could you tell me exactly tme type of magazine that fix on the M20?

Thankyou