Right on, right on...The only mp5 I will ever get my hands on is a GSG mp5 clone in 22lr. But for what I need an mp5 for the 22 works just fine...
Nope. Under $1k as pictured with $13 mags. Eats steel case and has never malfunctioned. Granted it's not a MP5, but does satisfy the cool/fun gun niche.
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What does "need" have to do with it?
Well, if I was gonna have one it might as well be an original, and to justify a gun that costs more than everything I own short of my house? Well that would have to fit in the "need" category. But I still want one...What does "need" have to do with it?
3 words "Roller-Delayed Bolt".
I am under attack it seemsYou can get radial delayed bolt from CMMG in their Banshee, and you can get it in numerous cartridges, fed from commonly available Glock mags with a last round bolt hold open, with your choice of Ceracoat, for under half the price of the HK.
https://cmmginc.com/product-category/banshee/banshee-300-series/
The advantages of delayed blowback are well established, but not limited to HK.
I grew up in the 80s, when the HK MP5 was king, and it is still sexy. But half of all the money you pay for any HK is just for the brand logo engraved on it. HK likes to think they are God's German Gift to the firearms world and everything they make is worth twice as much just because they made it, but in reality, to can almost always get the same quality and similar features elsewhere for far less money, and should probably do so, unless you're a uber-snob collector who plays too much Rainbow Six, IMO.
I am under attack it seems
My Calico M900 has a roller delay bottom eject and after being broken in 25 years ago with the cheapest Spanish and Pakastani ammo I could find it remains tuned and darn near 100% reliable . I have one 100 round mag and 3 50 rounders that are very reliable and it is neat to load them up and not wind the crank for full tension until shooting time This gun will be form #1 integrally suppressed this year and already I made a mount for a Holosun red dot for it. The Calico are suprisingly accurate. In 1999 I sold in California before the 2000 assault ban an Uzi model A and an HK94 . I got $1500 for the Uzi and $2000 for the HK94 right before the 2000 scramble in Calif. 150% of what I paid in mid 80s for them . I kept the Calico which was $399 in 1992 . I am never selling it, my son claims it andis building the integral assembly/ for it.
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I never knew they were roller delayed
Neither did I. Word is, the roller delayed version of the Stribog, the SP9A3 is supposed to be coming to the US this next year, and should be pretty reasonably priced (I've heard ~$1k street price, but that's probably a guess at this point). My straight blowback carbine isn't all that quiet to the shooter suppressed because of the port pop, so I'd like to try a delayed system. There are a lot of things I'd spend $2,600 on first, but for less than half that, I'd definitely give the Stribog a try.