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Thread: You wanted one, now is your chance. The HK MR556 is officially available...

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    I truly believe and I have said this to customers when asked about why I don't mess with piston uppers is that if there was a standard that was followed, they would have caught on faster and would have been more reliable by now. No sense dealing with the extra weight and headache, go DI.
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    Anybody try to put a pmag in one yet?
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    The largest obstacle that HK had was that they did not have the American manufacturing base that FN, and other companies already had.
    Now that they have Plants operational in the USA, one in Columbus, GA. we will see more and more HK products coming online with a mix of German and US made components with the same Quality control of the true German counterparts.
    I have used the 416 and granted it is a little heavy,but it works and works. I know that my next AR will be the MR556.

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    Count me in for an MR556, but probably not this year. I'll wait a bit. I've got other builds in the works first.

    However, if HK were to drop this onto the public, I can see myself being first in line to get one



    Like the SCAR, if I can't SBR it with factory parts and get spares easily, my interest falls down to zero. As long as companies keep getting this wrong, I'll continue to overlook all new guns, no matter how cool they are
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    Please forgive my ignorance everyone. But what does the 416 really offer that makes it better and any other DI or piston AR already out there? I have never really paid much attention to the platform since I am not a big piston fan and they were pretty much unattainable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by variablebinary View Post
    +1

    Time to weed out all the garbage that has infiltrated the piston AR15 market.

    Sadly, there is no shortage of bubbas that will line up for a SIG 516 or any of the million other pathetic conversions lingering out there. Mostly because they are cheap.

    If I were buying a piston AR15, I wouldn't get anything but an HK at this point. Lets be honest, that is what everyone wanted to begin with, not an LWRC, SIG, Ruger, Adams, CMMG, POF, STAG, S&W, LMT, Titan, Ares, Addax, Ospey, RRA, PWS...

    Did I miss anyone?

    Before anyone jumps up my ass to tell me how great their piston is, blah blah blah. I wasn't making commentary on your toy, but rather most wanted an HK 416, and settled for brand X in HK's absence.

    Now that HK is actually here there is no reason to settle for the Monkees when you can have the Beatles.

    Yeap.

    Its now time for the shake out.

    I want these other brands killed off.
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    I have one on backorder thru my FFL friend. The HK416 has done relatively well in military sales and I'd like to put a little more trigger time on one. I don't particularly like the weight aspect but this is just going to be a range gun for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by armakraut View Post
    Anybody try to put a pmag in one yet?
    im curious, I know the g36 doesnt run pmags well but magpul is working on mags to accomodate them, emags i think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quinn View Post
    im curious, I know the g36 doesnt run pmags well but magpul is working on mags to accomodate them, emags i think?
    E-Mags have been out for awhile now and were designed for the SCAR and HK416 where P-Mags didn't work. They would work in the MR556. Europeans have had P-Mags work in some of their MR223s, so they may work in the MR556. Someone will have to get one and try it out.

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    Won't work. Magwell is the same as the 416, which is too long on the front end, and interferes with the seating of a Pmag because of the nature of how it's curved on its frontstrap. It binds where the frontstrap of the Pmag meets the front of the magwell and won't seat.

    Emags work because of their lesser wall profile.

    TD ACRs work.

    USGI mags work, but be mindful of them. It's possible, upon loading/push-pull, or whatever, to overseat those and cause a whole slew of other problems. Not horribly common, mostly just another reason to inspect your metal mags, don't freakin' get posessive over them like some people do (they're just magazines; they're not love), hammer-treat problem mags and get replacements as required.
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