Anyways, to my point. I had been trying to find a rifle/carbine that my wife and kids would enjoy shooting. They all say my V-93 is too heavy (8.0 lbs empty/9.2 loaded) so I had my wife check out MP5 clones and AR's. Yeah, I know there are lot of other options out there but I don't care for them or they are hard to get parts/mags for.
HK MP5 type clones share the same basic functioning as all 9x series of HK weapons. I'm very familiar with them so this was my first choice. The wife really liked the MP5 ergonomics and the weight was good with her. The bad side is they are very pricey and so are their mags.
So, an AR it is, I think at the time. More accurately a CAR version. They are about half the price and mags are about a third the cost of MP5 mags. So, I want to get an AR lower with the HK pictogram type markings. (hey, I am the HKfreak!)
POF's lowers look really nice but are about $250 total to your FFL so I kept looking and found Spike's Tactical. I did some research and read nothing but good things about them. The election was coming up so I told her she had to make a choice between the clone or the AR. She finally decides to go the AR route the night of the election. OK, no problem. I'll order the lower in the morning. Wrong!
The next morning I get up and go to order the lower and Spike's has already jacked their price from $115 to $180 overnight! Well, I won't go into how I feel about it as I will be labeled a whiner, or even worse, a socialist! Let's just say I was unhappy with the price increase. Honestly, it just turned me off of AR's at that moment. I never have been a big fan of them but they are good rifles and it was for my wife and kids and not for me.
Man, I'm going in circles here! Ha! I start looking at the MP5 options and see that Coharie is selling off some MP5/40 kits for $425! You literally have to assemble everything on them but the price is great. I figure I can buy the kit, swap out the bolt and carrier for genuine HK and have one fine running clone. I can even use genuine HK mags as it would only put me up to 5 parts that are not 922(r) compliant. Hell, I can even add real deal HK furniture and still be compliant! I believe now that this is the direction I'm heading in as I can build the clone for just about $1k and still have money to buy about 10 HK mags for it. This is what I see for the future...
I haven't made a decision on whether I will do an SBR or not. Something about putting a weapon I own on the NFA registry that just doesn't sit good with me.
EDIT: I had to include this vid of me getting the opportunity to shoot a real full auto HK.
OK, I have rambled enough for one post so I'll shut up now.
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