umarex Mp5

[ray1970]

I wouldn't mind picking up one of the "SD" models if I come across a good deal on one.

[akumadiavolo]

I have had one for about a year now and I love it. As others have said the cheek weld isn't the greatest, but for a cheap fun plinker I put up with it and it is still dead on accurate. You can get the fixed stock for it for around 75 bucks if it bothers you that much.

They have a nice solid feel compared to the GSG and have a nice heft to them. Nothing really feels cheap except for the stock, but the authentic MP5 retractable stock isn't really any better.

I have many thousands of rounds through it and just wipe down the inside and run a boresnake through it every 1k rounds or so and I have never had any issues with it.

[spongejosh]

I picked an SD model up for my wife 2 months ago at Sportsman's. It's a great plinker and my wife loves it more than her beloved P22. Only problem I've noticed is the sights won't adjust far enough to the left. I plan on mounting a small optic so that's not a big deal.

We put 6-700 rounds through it without an issue. Everything from mini-mags to super-x, to bulk remington and federal and it ate everything. They have an adjustable blowback spring so you can get it dialed in to cycle on just about anything.

[Marine24]

I couldn't see through the sites unless I contorted my head. Not sure if the fixed stock would be much better, but the setup would be ideal for a red dot.

Good to know that this thing will eat bulk 22 ammo. I liked by GSG First Anniversary edition, but it was more particular about the ammo you fed it.

[AztecWarrior]

I've had one for about a month now and have about 700 rounds through it. I agree with most people who own them, the collapsable stock sucks and I don't really like the paint on it it seems really thin and easy to scratch but overall the rest of the gun is alot of fun. Everything is really well built. I got mine at Gander mountain for $500 but I should have check sportsmans because they have them for $450. Here's a pic of mine...

[SideShow Bob]

I've had one for about a month now and have about 700 rounds through it. I agree with most people who own them, the collapsable stock sucks and I don't really like the paint on it it seems really thin and easy to scratch but overall the rest of the gun is alot of fun. Everything is really well built. I got mine at Gander mountain for $500 but I should have check sportsmans because they have them for $450. Here's a pic of mine...

It's About time ! Finally posting instead of lurking........

P.S. Sorry the AR is gone, you never got back to me........

[spongejosh]

We went out shooting this morning and my wife's Umarex MP5 started shooting keyholes after about 100 rounds. It's only had 700 or 800 rounds through it.

We took it out shooting when we first got it and it shot great. The sites wouldn't adjust far enough left but it didn't bug us because I planned on mounting an optic. I took it apart and cleaned the whole thing thoroughly with Frog Lube. We finally got out shooting again today and put about 100 rounds through it to sight in the Eotech. Everything was going great. I told my wife she was set to start killing some zombie targets and I started prepping my AR. She fired a whole magazine and told me none hit the target.

I took it an fired a couple rounds, same issue. They were going everywhere. I walked in closer to the target and noticed the bullets were all over the place and most were hitting sideways.

What could have happened between sighting in and hanging a new target that would destroy the barrel?

I was very happy with this gun until now.

[SideShow Bob]

Different ammo ? Slower/faster or heavier/lighter weight bullet than the first times ?

[spongejosh]

We primarily ran Minimags to break it in and then ran some Rem Thunderbolts, Win Super X and Federal bulk the first time we shot it. Yesterday it was running fine on the Thunderbolts when it started getting getting screwy. We changed to Minimags and it was doing the same thing.

[spongejosh]

I guess I should update this. I broke down the rifle and noticed the barrel was caked with lead. In my opinion that's unacceptable for less than 1000 rounds. I called Umarex before doing anything in case they wanted it "dirty" to look at it. The CS agent told me to clean the barrel good and try different ammo. I explained the whole situation to him and he still said the clean the barrel. I told him it was going to take a ton of work to clean the barrel and it may get messed up trying to push all the lead out. He assured me it would be fine and to shoot it more after it's clean and see if it leads up again.

I took the whole upper apart and pulled the barrel. I've surprised it was shooting at all with all the lead in it. I ended up having to pound a cleaning rod through it to get out the lead. There was basically a whole .22lr bullet worth of buildup in there. After countless passes with a brush and solvent patches it started to look clean. After a few more passes I was satisfied and reassembled the gun.

We finally got a chance to shoot it last weekend and used only 40gr Mini Mags. After a couple hundred more rounds the barrel looked alright. I put the bore snake through it to clean out the burnt powder but I'm not going to clean it until it gets over 1000 Mini Mags through it. I'm starting to think the Rem. Thunderbolts are just garbage.

Also it shoots great again after cleaning it. It's no tack driver but with a red dot at 35 yards it's a hoot to shoot.