H&K to release civilian MP5

[ralfabco]

So MKE's were a viable contract gun when they were being imported by Zenith and I think ATI before that. At the time they were about $1200 and a fantastic alternative to things like CA DOC HK-94s. But then MKE got greedy, jacked up prices and dropped quality control. Zenith tried to keep the quality on par with previous imports but it just wasn't happening.

Now CAI is importing them and they are perfectly happy to import complete junk and sell it. Given the fact that these "new" MKE's are actually selling for more than German HK imports you'd have to have something seriously wrong with you to buy one. You can score NIB HK guns for $2995 and anyone not willing to spend the difference probably deserves one of these new CAI guns.

That's as close as I can come to saying anything nice about the current MKE's coming in from CAI.

Agreed.

No clue how the seller's on GB are going to unload Erdogan's CAI MP5 clones, for $2,800. Really liked my POF reverse stretch and full size guns. Sold them about a year ago on GB. Initially, they were cheap to pick up. I do not understand why MKE/CAI items are trying to compete with the name-brand Hk product. For a few dollars more you can buy the HK.

The licensed copy is great buy, at $1,200. At $2,800 it is no contest.

[methical20]

HK Web Shop has MP5 30-round magazines in stock with 15% off for the 4th.

[SteyrAUG]

Looks like HK now has a 16" barrel handgun design. Oddly enough the 16 barrel is tipped with a three lug / threaded setup.

[JoshNC]

Looks like HK now has a 16" barrel handgun design. Oddly enough the 16 barrel is tipped with a three lug / threaded setup.

The SP5-L has been out for awhile.

[JoshNC]

Double tap

[SteyrAUG]

The SP5-L has been out for awhile.

I just saw it for the first time seeing if any of the wholesalers actually have a SP5 in stock, which of course they don't.

[Mr McSimon]

I just saw it for the first time seeing if any of the wholesalers actually have a SP5 in stock, which of course they don't.

Recoil has stock, but maybe not at the price you want to pay. https://www.recoilgunworks.com/shop/...m-pistol-39971

[Mr McSimon]

Recoil has stock, but maybe not at the price you want to pay. https://www.recoilgunworks.com/shop/...m-pistol-39971

Here we go. Pretty cool build kit here. Sub $2K MP5.

https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-9mm-...otUc%3D.MuqaA3

[SteyrAUG]

Thanks but not interested in building a clone or paying Covid/Antifa/Biden prices for factory guns.

I'm a FFL so not gonna pay much more than a FFL price for anything. I already have several factory original MP5s (premay samples) and some MKE contract guns so if I miss out on the whole SP5 thing I'm gonna be ok. But I'd still like to snag some one day just to have them.

[JoshNC]

Here we go. Pretty cool build kit here. Sub $2K MP5.

https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-9mm-...otUc%3D.MuqaA3

That won’t be sub $2k once it’s built by a decent smith. If I was going the clone route, I’d buy one of Ralph Jr’s MP5s where he grafts the front half of a German gun to the back half of a rolled LSC flat and properly cuts the scope mounting tabs.