umarex Mp5

[Gunner]

Have any of you shot one or help one. What do you think about the? Any places local that have them?

[spyder]

I have heard that they are a lot better than the GSG plus they have full Hk markings on them. For the price of one, you might want to look into the Hk 416, 22lr version of their AR platform.

[Gunner]

I really want the mp5 but want it local

[WellHungSmurf]

I also was looking for one, because I'v heard horror stories about the GSG. 5280 armory has one for ya.. Looked at it yesterday. It's a lot heavier then the GSG and feels more sturdy!

[Graves]

Exactly what horror stories are you speaking of?

[WellHungSmurf]

A buddy has the pistol version. Every time we shoot it every mag gets a FTF, or a FTE. May be the ammo. But I'v read that after a few hundread rounds the screws shake loose. And you need the "screw" mod. That and ATI has good customer service but is swomped by peoples issue's to get help is kinda hard now days.. This is mostly hear say but....

[mutt]

But I'v read that after a few hundread rounds the screws shake loose. And you need the "screw" mod.

^ This. I had a GSG5. It was fun and fairly reliable for a .22lr, but built like a toy. Everything was held together with these soft screws that stripped easily unless you used their special tool. Even the take down 'pins' were these screw in screw things that stripped if you weren't careful. The first thing I did was the screw upgrade and got real HK take down pins. Even the receiver was held together with screws (clam shell design). I finally decided it wasn't my thing and sold it. The post lawsuit version may be built differently but I'm not interested in finding out.

The HK/Uramex .22lr may be interesting but I'm not buying one till I can touch it and look at the guts.

[WellHungSmurf]

^ This. I had a GSG5. It was fun and fairly reliable for a .22lr, but built like a toy. Everything was held together with these soft screws that stripped easily unless you used their special tool. Even the take down 'pins' were these screw in screw things that stripped if you weren't careful. The first thing I did was the screw upgrade and got real HK take down pins. Even the receiver was held together with screws (clam shell design). I finally decided it wasn't my thing and sold it. The post lawsuit version may be built differently but I'm not interested in finding out.

The HK/Uramex .22lr may be interesting but I'm not buying one till I can touch it and look at the guts.

Please, once you get a chance check one out let me know your impressons. The one I felt and looked at was nicer IMO then the GSG..

[Marine24]

This is an old thread, but figured I'd revive it. I was at LGS and saw the Umarex H&K MP5 22LR. Hate when that happens. Go in for a single purpose and get distracted by other things that "speak to me".



Wasn't a big fan of the retractable stock (pain to get a proper cheek weld on it) but was significantly more solid that the GSG First Anniversary edition I had (even though that one was nice and a lot of fun to shoot)

Swapping the stock to the more traditional MP5 stock appears easy to do.

Anyone kick the tires on these?

[mutt]

I've got one. Solid, well made and reliable. I love it. I agree the collapsible stock isn't the best to shoot with. It looks cool but isn't very functional. I bought the fixed stock for it. Much better. This one is a keeper.