H&K made HK416/417 clones for US civilian market

[Quiet]

It's offical.

According to the H&K USA website.

H&K will be producing the MR556 (HK-416) and MR762 (HK-417) for the US civilian market.

The rifles will be produced at H&K's new manufacturing facility in Newington, New Hampshire.

Release date is late Q4 2009. Unknown MSRP for either rifles.

Note: The MR556 will not be compatible with standard AR lower/upper recievers.

To conform to German export regulations, certain design changes made in the MR556 prevents the rifle's upper receiver from being used on other AR-style firearms.

H&K MR556

H&K MR762

 

[Pulse]

i bet the first few MR762 will go for more then the that 9k SCAR in gunbroker.

anyone up for Bets?

 

[Girodin]

Note: The MR556 will not be compatible with standard AR lower/upper recievers.

That is unfortunate and makes it much less desirable to me. It would be interesting to know what they will sell for. They wont be cheap I'm sure.

 

[w1smc]

Feedback From H&K

I sent them an email asking when the MR556 & MR762 will be available ...

Response:

Projected release date is Jun/July 2010.

Thank you


HK Customer Service
5675 Transport Blvd.
Columbus, GA 31907
Tel: (706) 568-1906
Fax: (706) 568-9151
www.hk-usa.com

(The rumors are they will be priced around 3K.)

 

[browningguy]

I heard they were delayed while they try to figure out how to make magazines cost $60.

 

[Shadow Man]

No matter what you think of the company or the products, posts such as the above do little more than insite fierce threads about the respective merits/flaws of companies and their products. Counterproductive, in my mind...

 

[Blakenzy]

So they finally realized they were missing out on a lot of business with "those who suck and must be hated".

I don't get it:

The rifles will be produced at H&K's new manufacturing facility in Newington, New Hampshire.

And yet:

Originally Posted by H&K USA
To conform to German export regulations, certain design changes made in the MR556 prevents the rifle's upper receiver from being used on other AR-style firearms

So they are to be made in the USA, to be sold in the USA, but still must conform with German export regulations?

 

[Maverick223]

So they are to be made in the USA, to be sold in the USA, but still must conform with German export regulations?

If that is the case it is a stupid move...oh well, no big deal for me...the cartridge offerings are very limited and that is the only thing that attracts me to the AR platform to begin with.

 

[happygeek]

I've already got a piston 5.56mm, Sig 556. And mine has a folding buttstock

 

[RP88]

if they cost under $2400 I'd be very surprised

 

[happygeek]

$2400?! I picked up my Sig 556 with quad rail for 1500. Heck, for 3000 you could get one of those brand new SCAR-Ls, and I'd expect that price to drop considerably within a year or two.

 

[browningguy]

No matter what you think of the company or the products, posts such as the above do little more than insite fierce threads about the respective merits/flaws of companies and their products. Counterproductive, in my mind...

Glad you have an opinion, but as an owner of multiple HK products I feel qualified to I feel qualified to comment.

And inquiring minds would like to understand why we shouldn't discuss the merits of various gun companies on a gun related forum?

 

[Mags]

I sent them an email asking when the MR556 & MR762 will be available ...

Response: We hate you and you suck

Fixed it for ya

 

[happygeek]

Do many think that H&K will seriously charge over $2000 for this rifle, and if so will anyone buy them at that price? I mean, I paid 2 grand for a NM M1A at the height of the Obama panic, no way I'd pay over 2 grand for a modified AR now. Besides, the 3 biggest pluses of the SCAR I've heard is the uni-rail, the ability to change barrels, and the retractable folding buttstock (which is huge for getting in and out of Humvees, LMTVs, etc.). The H&K doesn't have those pluses over a DI AR. Heck, you can get a Sig 556 (with gas piston, retractable folding buttstock, and a uni-rail of sorts) for $1500 or less these days.

 

[Maverick223]

Do many think that H&K will seriously charge over $2000 for this rifle, and if so will anyone buy them at that price?

I don't know about the masses, but my opinion is yes (and probably about $3k) and there are still a few nuts around.