The Pakistani company POF makes some of the most affordable license-built MP5 clones. The POF SMG is a faithful reproduction of the HK MP5, but the SMG PK is… not. It’s more like MP5 fan fiction. In this episode of TFBTV, Hop takes a look at the POF SMG PK and talks about the MP5 [Read More…]
The venerated MP5 design is one that has lasted well beyond its practical use and into the modern age. The MP5 has made itself a comfy home in the minds of American gun owners due to a combination of real-world and fictional portrayals in the hands of operators and [Read More…]
Ho Ho Ho it’s time for another roller delayed blowback gun. The PTR 9CT Classic is here by popular demand. The 9CT Classic features all of the original MP5 lines that you know and love without any of the modern attachments or features that are on the 9CT. In [Read More…]
Century is importing affordable (well….*more* affordable) MP5 clones from MKE of Turkey. Many shooters don’t know that Heckler & Koch licensed certain factories to produce the MP5 in somewhat recent history. Licensee factories existed in places like Turkey, Mexico, France, Great [Read More…]
This week has been a roller coaster of Magpul products. And the best is yet to come. To round out the extremely popular MP5 platform, Magpul will be making a collapsing brace. The Magpul MP5 Brace will be a must-have item for your H&K or clone MP5 pistols. The [Read More…]
No Christmas season would be complete for me without a yearly rewatch of quite a few movies. The most important of which is of course Die Hard. Die Hard is probably the single biggest cause of millennial’s desire to own an MP5 submachine gun. However, technology [Read More…]
Magazines for 9mm roller locks are few and far between. Most suck it up and get German-made H&K mags but at $70 per magazine it adds up quick. There have been some attempts at polymer magazines for the venerable MP5 but they are hit or miss. Also finding a magazine [Read More…]
The Magpul MP5 SL Handguards and other furniture were announced back at SHOT Show 2019. You may have seen Will’s post here on TFB, they are now available. As soon as they were announced I ordered them for my HK SP5 and Omega MP5K-PDW clone. Let’s take a [Read More…]
Did you know that an M.A./N.J. compliant PTR-9R is identical to a non-compliant 9R? Except that it ships with 10-round magazines. I didn’t, at least not until PTR sent me one to review. Opening the box on this beauty has probably made it into the top 5 of my [Read More…]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Embassy Siege that spanned from the morning of 30th April to 5th May 1980, in London. During that event, a group of six men from an area of Iran, dubbed locally as “Arabistan,” stormed the Iranian Embassy in London [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 44th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet [Read More…]
Spuhr of Sweden has had quite some success with various stocks for various Heckler & Koch rifles like the G3 and the MP5. For instance the Swedish and Portuguese G3 upgrade orders as well as the large MP5 upgrade order from the German Bundespolizei. Spuhr now has [Read More…]
Let’s take a trip back in team to December 1984. Just before SHOT Show, Heckler & Koch USA advertised the models HK91A2 and HK93A2 for $399 each. The deal was: “At Rock-Bottom prices you will never see again.” They weren’t wrong. We often [Read More…]
William Barth posted his custom MP5 that he has been working on for the past two years. His upgraded roller lock free float handguard puts a new spin on roller lock guns and like other gun manufacturers, he has made an adapter to attach an ACR stock onto a roller lock [Read More…]
So you think you’re a collector of firearms? Well here’s your chance to prove it, as Euro-Optic sells no less than three fully transferable Class III Heckler & Koch MP5 rifles as the “Ultimate Package”. You can find the tri-HK collection at [Read More…]
Gregor, aka @Scaarat on Instagram shot this awesome photo of his MP5 and collection of MP5 accessories. His photo reminds me of that iconic M4 Carbine Accessories photo. Gregor’s photo has some interesting accessories. The one that stands out the most for me are [Read More…]
Germany’s Federal Police, the Bundespolizei, are seeking contractors to fulfil major orders for various accessories to modernise their MP5 submachine guns. The large scale procurement was announced via a contract notice posted on the EU’s Tenders Electronic [Read More…]
Until about two months ago, I had no intention of ever pulling a binary trigger. Seemingly serving no useful purpose, I viewed these fire control designs as gimmicky and on par with bumpfiring at hip level using a thumb-in-a-belt-loop stance. But when an Instagram [Read More…]
The roller-locked* Heckler & Koch G3 rifles and MP5 submachine guns have become iconic weapons of the Cold War era, being used in conflicts everywhere from civil wars in Africa, to hostage rescues and counter terror operations in Europe, to anti-cartel operations in [Read More…]
Over a year into the transfer process of my TPM Outfitters MP5SD, I have yet to start stock piling magazines. For one, H&K magazines aren’t the most affordable on the market and two there are a couple of polymer options in the works that I am hoping to review [Read More…]
Haley Strategic shows a pistol caliber SMG can get combat effective hits out to 300 yards. The 300 yard hits are a bit of a stretch but it can be done. Here is a screen capture of his hits using a 25 yard zero. 50 yards is a couple inches high and the 100 yard [Read More…]
Haley Strategic shows a pistol caliber SMG can get combat effective hits out to 300 yards. The 300 yard hits are a bit of a stretch but it can be done. Here is a screen capture of his hits using a 25 yard zero. 50 yards is a couple inches high and the 100 yard [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch MP5 is probably the most popular post-WW2 submachine gun design of the world. It is compact, reliable and lightweight. It uses H&K’s roller locked design, which proved to be a successful concept judging from the number of countries [Read More…]
Telescoping stocks designed to fit underneath a user’s helmet visor are very popular among a number of European Law Enforcement forces, and have been for some time now. Especially prevalent are Swiss response teams in Zürich, which have been in the news lately [Read More…]
Strike Industries used their Facebook page to announce a potential New Year’s treat. Apparently they are developing a drop-in aluminum H&K MP5 receiver that will work with standard trigger housings. The new gun will also use standard H&K barrels, charging [Read More…]
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