Curious...
What's up with the selector (as shown in this article)?
Is that like the special key that Robin Hood had....to open the most special treasure in all the land? (Robin Hood-Men in Tights reference here)
That pack has a set of selectors with the FA lockout feature which need a special key to enable/disable the selectors from moving to the FA position. They were provided to leo organizations that wanted to prevent their use of FA for liability reasons.Curious...
What's up with the selector (as shown in this article)?
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It's worth remembering that an old IIA will stop 95% of what you might get shot with, to include almost any hollowpoint.Yes Lamont agree all 100% true. I own a H K 5 3 but both, SD, would not punch the new ish pimped up level III/III+ armor or hard level IV armor... yes most bad guys likely not have III+/IV stuff on true... in this crazy world sould be ready for anything tho etc. They have so many whizbang (pun intended) soft/soft ish body armors that's now = to old school type hard level IV stuff. "Better to have and not need vs. need and not have concept. Seems now ya need a FA .308/.308 AP to try to "have an edge." Just commando couch talking here that's all.
Bold statements. I dont necessarily disagree but I also dont agree with your comparisons.The 1911 has been surpassed in terms of design aesthetics and sheer functionality by Glock.
In a hypothetical shootout between a guy and his identical clone the one armed with a 1911 loses to the one armed with a G19 - less recoil, 2x the bullets and consistent trigger pull.
The Glock doesn't rust or even really need to be cleaned so it's also more likely to be 100% functional when the hypothetical dual goes down.
The MP5 meanwhile has been surpassed in functionality in some areas (BHO, polymer receivers, etc.)but nothing comes close to it in terms of design aesthetics.
In other areas the MP5 still is unsurpassed - modern mags are still double stacked and the roller lock action hasn't been obsoleted by anything superior.
I'm curious what would happen if an MP5 receiver was cloned in the exact same material Glocks are made out of with steel reinforcement bits on the rail high points.
Also curious how hard it would be to add BHO to the MP5, it seems like with a polymer receiver there could just be a simple link from the magwell to the bolt.
A new follower in the magazine would trip the BHO.
The MP5 10mm/40 cal has the bolt hold option. And yes, they function quite well on semi and full auto.The 1911 has been surpassed in terms of design aesthetics and sheer functionality by Glock.
In a hypothetical shootout between a guy and his identical clone the one armed with a 1911 loses to the one armed with a G19 - less recoil, 2x the bullets and consistent trigger pull.
The Glock doesn't rust or even really need to be cleaned so it's also more likely to be 100% functional when the hypothetical dual goes down.
The MP5 meanwhile has been surpassed in functionality in some areas (BHO, polymer receivers, etc.)but nothing comes close to it in terms of design aesthetics.
In other areas the MP5 still is unsurpassed - modern mags are still double stacked and the roller lock action hasn't been obsoleted by anything superior.
I'm curious what would happen if an MP5 receiver was cloned in the exact same material Glocks are made out of with steel reinforcement bits on the rail high points.
Also curious how hard it would be to add BHO to the MP5, it seems like with a polymer receiver there could just be a simple link from the magwell to the bolt.
A new follower in the magazine would trip the BHO.
People often confuse the launcher with the payload. The reason an M4 is "better" than an MP5 is because of terminal ballistics, not what launches the projectile. Whatever issues one might have with an M4 in 5.56 are addressed by 7.62x35. In it's supersonic loading it is the direct equivalent of the 7.62x39/.30-30 Winchester. (Worth noting that many Russians and Ukrainians both prefer 7.62x39 to the 5.45x39....) In it's subsonic loading, it's the most useful and capable cartridge of it's type. Not to mention easily available.Back in the 80’s while I was in the service of the USAF, I was deployed out with MP5’s or M4’s depending on the mission criteria. My only requirements were, when the trigger was pulled… something came out of the barrel And that the target went down. Same criteria for side arms.
I can tell you I ”preferred“ the M4 but by no means would I say it was “better” than the MP5.
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M.
Any idea why the BHO wasn't it ever ported over to the 9mm guns?The MP5 10mm/40 cal has the bolt hold option. And yes, they function quite well on semi and full auto.
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My sentiments exactly!!!Any idea why the BHO wasn't it ever ported over to the 9mm guns?
I've always figured if it worked great and didn't affect reliability in a negative way they'd make it the default and sell the whole world a bunch of new guns and new magazines.