Now most of us have seen the evaluations by guys like LarryG36 (who coincidentally sells special weapons products) who makes important statements regarding reliability such as "These things are great!" and "These are gonna sell like hotcakes", etc.
Well in my opinion the ones posted online looked terrible. They looked every bit like the special weapons guns I was accustomed to seeing and that is no surprise since special weapons built the first 250 guns for vector.
Vector was subsequently very dissatisfied with the guns and even more displeased with customer response to them. As a result Vector rebuilt most of the original 250 guns and decided after those were sold, they would do the assembly. For verification of the above facts please call Vector at (801) 295-1917.
Having seen the Vector UZIs and being very impressed with qaulity, build and performance I had very high hopes that the Vector built V53s would be a quality reliable firearm.
Well a local dealer finally got his "Vector built" V53 today.
First off it still has those attrocious SW patented welds.
It is a sad thing that bicycle shops in Pakistan and Africa can more professionally weld a AK than these people can weld a HK type weapon.
Now the very first thing the apologist will do is refer you to the Vector website where they specifically compare the welds of a V53 to a "factory German" HK53.
http://www.vectorarms.com/guns/hk_rifles.htm
German gun:
V53:
The only problem with the above is that is not a "factory German" HK53, it is a HK93 to HK53 conversion. Anyone who has seen a factory HK53 (which will be a dealer sample) knows those wleds are NOT on factory guns. In addition nobody knows who did the above conversion HK53 (RDTS would be my guess) but even the better smiths can do a 93 to 53 conversion without the sloppy welds.
I personally have a HK91 to 21 conversion that required a great deal of cuts and welds to attack the feed box, etc. and it is virtually devoid of assembly welds, but that is what talented conversion from places like FJ Vollmer are like.
If you go to the HK LE website, even with the tiny pics, you can even see that the welds on a factory 53 are nothing like the 'suppossed' HK53 on the Vector page.
Now in fairness to Vector I doubt they are aware of these details and probably just accepted SWs (or in this case Tactical Weapons Training Academy) copy regarding the comparisson.
http://www.tactical-weapons.com/hk 53.htm
Well in my opinion the ones posted online looked terrible. They looked every bit like the special weapons guns I was accustomed to seeing and that is no surprise since special weapons built the first 250 guns for vector.
Vector was subsequently very dissatisfied with the guns and even more displeased with customer response to them. As a result Vector rebuilt most of the original 250 guns and decided after those were sold, they would do the assembly. For verification of the above facts please call Vector at (801) 295-1917.
Having seen the Vector UZIs and being very impressed with qaulity, build and performance I had very high hopes that the Vector built V53s would be a quality reliable firearm.
Well a local dealer finally got his "Vector built" V53 today.
First off it still has those attrocious SW patented welds.
It is a sad thing that bicycle shops in Pakistan and Africa can more professionally weld a AK than these people can weld a HK type weapon.
Now the very first thing the apologist will do is refer you to the Vector website where they specifically compare the welds of a V53 to a "factory German" HK53.
http://www.vectorarms.com/guns/hk_rifles.htm
German gun:
V53:
The only problem with the above is that is not a "factory German" HK53, it is a HK93 to HK53 conversion. Anyone who has seen a factory HK53 (which will be a dealer sample) knows those wleds are NOT on factory guns. In addition nobody knows who did the above conversion HK53 (RDTS would be my guess) but even the better smiths can do a 93 to 53 conversion without the sloppy welds.
I personally have a HK91 to 21 conversion that required a great deal of cuts and welds to attack the feed box, etc. and it is virtually devoid of assembly welds, but that is what talented conversion from places like FJ Vollmer are like.
If you go to the HK LE website, even with the tiny pics, you can even see that the welds on a factory 53 are nothing like the 'suppossed' HK53 on the Vector page.
Now in fairness to Vector I doubt they are aware of these details and probably just accepted SWs (or in this case Tactical Weapons Training Academy) copy regarding the comparisson.
http://www.tactical-weapons.com/hk 53.htm
