The MP5 is the 1911 of subguns, with all the positive and negative connotations that come with it.
The MP5 is the 1911 of subguns, with all the positive and negative connotations that come with it.
The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
22lr just doesn't do it for me and I have 3 machineguns I can run it in. It just doesn't have enough recoil and yes I know that kinda sounds like a weird thing to complain about. It just doesn't feel like shooting a gun to me. Even the lack of weight in the magazines throws me off. Short of like some target practice of aluminum cans at a farm or something it just doesn't get broken out much. That and lack of magazine capacity in 22lr pistols.
My m16 with a 22lr upper will get run to hell and back at MG shoots as people enjoy it. I'd rather shoot a subgun or something else though.
Where did you see me suggest dumping the mp5? I would never do such a thing. I love my mp5s and would never get rid of them. Objectively and in actual use, the APC9 series beats the mp5. From the standpoint of collecting and shooting, the MP5-N is my choice above all other SMGs.
SLG Defense 07/02 FFL/SOT
I have a love for the MP5. I sold a Scorpion Evo to help fund one.
That being said, if I had to choose a subgun to fight with, the MP5 wouldn't be my choice. The B&T APC or even the GHM9 would be my first choice, with the Sig MPX being the next. While the APC is a blow back gun, it does have recoil mitigation technology in the design that works well. I found it very easy to shoot off rapid strings of fire at moderate distances, 20-50 yards, and still get good repeatable hits on a steel IPSC.
C co 1/30th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division
2002-2006
OIF 1 and 3
IraqGunz:
No dude is going to get shot in the chest at 300 yards and look down and say "What is that, a 3 MOA group?"
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