Picked Up An HK-91 A3

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Very nice rifle. I shot something like this in the late 90's, the guy who owned it said it had been a police duty rifle. Definitely a step up from something like a ptr91 or cetme. It's just a shame these rifles run so dirty.
 
Came across this beauty the other day and I couldn't resist when I saw the price of $1,900!

It was made in 1981 and has the MSG90 trigger group installed! Other than some claw mount marks the gun is in excellent condition. I'm pretty sure it was a good buy.
I've had many 91's and clones over the years and I'm pretty sure that's a durn good buy, however you may find yourself wanting a clubfoot type stock with the HK21 rubber pad and heavy buffer, there are a couple places that sell them ... also, I've heard rumors that those Target triggers are prone to doubling or more after x number of rounds. I've had a couple of them and never experienced it myself but have heard rumors of it ... if youhavent' been there you might take a gander over at HKPro ... anyway its a huge step up from the military trigger that usually comes in them ... as many of them that are out there I'm surprised that Giselle hasn't made a set-up for them.
 
With a title like that your just bragging. And rightly so. Excellent find at a good price. I always wanted an HK91. I had a HK93 when I was young but sold it when my son was born. Needed the money. Congrats on the new rifle.
 
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Nice buy! I had an HK91 many years ago. It was a great rifle but even back then extra magazines, scope mounts, sight adjustment tool, even a sling, were all very hard to come by and somewhat expensive.
 
Indeed, get a full fixed stock. They are hollow so flex along their length and reduce recoil to your shoulder a lot, even with the rigid buttpad. They are simple, so a non-german contract one is just as good.

If a collector, fine, but if you just want a shooter, be aware there are collectors. Most non-HK parts are not "knockoff" but "contract." Turkish and Malaysian and other such guns have Germans in lab coats overseeing things. They are fine, and authentic enough for me.

I suggest the Buffertech buffer. Works very neatly, and as I always say: the spring-and-pin buffer is a last-minute fix to the early CETME/HK rifles when the rubber buffers failed in service (I MAY even be able to get a photo of the originals in a couple weeks when I am in Leeds... hoping!) so an elastomeric buffer is sensible, and helps again a bit with recoil. I and friends I have who have used it do NOT screw it in. Should work just dropped in and it will stay in the back of the receiver anyway. (Bad reviews I have seen are for clones and US built receivers which says more about the clones than the buffer I say)

Read up on bolt gap, etc. Get feeler gauges, don't guess. If getting out of spec it can do bad things to the gun, and also will make it less pleasant to shoot. Get new rollers if you need to adjust it, and do this soon.

Scratches on the claw mounts are nothing: get yourself a claw mount and scope that up!

That ejector buffer is not standard, but presumably worked to keep it clean. Normally the brass spins around and smacks the receiver with a nice little crescent of brass mark for every single time you pull the trigger.

Look up the cost of that trigger. Assuming you can prove it is factory, it MAY be so beloved you can fund dressing the gun up more by selling it, getting a normal trigger group and have a lot of cash leftover. Do not underestimate how insane the collectibility goes on HKs.

I mean, such that I don't want a G3 now (I do have a 33), and if I ran across this in a gun store I'd buy this without hesitation, shoot it for a week, then sell it for a profit, without even trying. $2,000 is a deal, maybe a steal for these now.

Get a refrigerator coil cleaning brush. Like this: https://www.amazon.com/GE-PM14X51-Coil-Brush/dp/B00DZU954E Useful for lots of things like cleaning mag bodies, etc. but invaluable to get the receiver tube on stamped HK rifles cleaned up.
 
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