Today Luke C is back on the SHOT Show 2024 floor with Zenith Firearms to talk about their wild roller delayed rifle, the ZF-56. This new rifle combines a lot of the handling characteristics and features of the much-loved AR-15 platform with the theoretically more robust roller-delayed blowback [Read More…]
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Keeping up with their tradition of continual updates to their expansive drum magazine catalog, at SHOT Show 2024, ProMag has launched two new drum magazine SKUs for MP5/PTR 9mm and Shadow Systems CP920. These latest additions come in the form of a 50-round drum for the [Read More…]
Roller delayed blowback pistol caliber carbines are extremely popular. Everyone wants an MP5 clone. But there are not many MP5-SD clones. HKBryce came out with a 3D printed SD handguard adapter that allows you to use an MP5-SD rubber handguard on a full size MP5. MP5 @ [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and today we gather around the Die Hard quote “Now I Have A Machine Gun Ho-Ho-Ho!” If you want to prepare your ZF-5 or MP5 for Christmas, this article will point you in the right direction. Beware, as I don’t think these products are [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – you may remember TFB’s article about Finland’s Police replacing MP5 with CZ Scorpion EVO 3? Here we are, a few years later looking at excellent photos from the Finnish Karjalan prikaati – Karelia Brigade, which includes law [Read More…]
Two of the best pistol caliber carbines in the game: The LEGENDARY Heckler & Koch MP5 faces off today against the B&T APC-9. The H&K MP5 has been the gold standard for PCCs or SMGs for nearly 60 years, while the B&T APC-9 is newer, having been invented by the Swiss group Brugger [Read More…]
The MP5-SD is one of the best suppressed 9mm PCC ever made. However, the problem it has is due to the cage that shrouds the suppressor. Well, Dakota Tactical has come out with the TheOne SD Cage. It is used in their MP5-SD builds and opens up more modularity for the [Read More…]
Back in May, Leapers announced they were making a UTG Pro MP5 handguard. This handguard is a monolithic top cover with a bottom section that bolts to it for the sides and bottom M-LOK slots. They sent one in for review so let’s take a closer look. More MP5 @TFB [Read More…]
I bet this caught you by surprise, didn’t it? I know it did for me. Bo Chen (no relation) is Leaper’s Director of Sales & Marketing. He reached out to announce they are making a UTG MP5 rail handguard that is coming out in September. MP5 @ TFB: Friday [Read More…]
Welcome back my nocturnal friends to another installment of Friday Night Lights. Last week we took a close look at Gibbous Outfitters up and coming weapon light mounts for the MP5 platform. Well, this week we take a look at the weapon lights of yesteryear, actually [Read More…]
Good news everyone, it is Friday and night is here. You know what that means, Friday Night Lights! Last week we took a look at the iRay USA RS75 high-definition thermal weapon sight. Well, today we take a look at Gibbous Outfitters weapon light mounts for the MP5 [Read More…]
Last SHOT Show 2023, I came across Dead Foot Arms and saw their AR-MP9s in person. As one of the resident MP5 fans, I was intrigued. Sure it is not a roller-delayed blowback but the aesthetics are what caught my attention. Since it was designed for the AR-9 platform, [Read More…]
Aeroknox is a small one-man operation that has been churning out some highly stylized accessories for firearms. He has been making upgrade parts for AR-15s, AK-47s, Glocks and even Hudson H9 pistols. Well, he has now set his sights on making parts for the venerable MP5 [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new YHM Turbo T3 5.56 rifle suppressor. Last week I made my pitch that everyone should own a 5.56mm bolt action rifle and suppressor [Read More…]
When walking down the aisles of SHOT Show 2023, Dead Foot Arms’ AR-MP9 caught my attention. It is not a secret I am a fan of the MP5 and I find AR9s that mimic MP5’s interesting. There have been attempts made by other manufacturers to mimic the MP5 [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves discusses two of the best submachine guns ever created, the Heckler & Koch MP5 and MP7, and he pays a special visit to the Czech Republic to perform research, including a stop at the Sellier & Bellot ammunition testing range, and training with the elite [Read More…]
We are living in a roller delayed renaissance. Roller-delayed blowback guns are more popular than ever before. We have companies like Century Arms, PTR, POF and even H&K bringing in roller delayed goodness. The venerable MP5 and its other semi-automatic siblings [Read More…]
In case you have been longing for some Heckler & Koch content in our Photo Of The Day, the wait is over! Above you can clearly see the Heckler & Koch G36s in the hands of a German Bundeswehr Special Reconnaissance Squad soldiers. In order to remain undetected, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and this is the fifth in a series of articles TFB is doing on the firearms used by the Finnish Army. The 9.00 Submachine Gun 2000 is used by the Finnish Border Guards, the Finnish Police and the Finnish Defence Forces. It is otherwise much more well [Read More…]
Are you looking for that finishing touch to your NFA MP5? Zenith Firearms has just announced the preorder availability of their new ZF-5 / MP5 A3 collapsing stock! This new stock is constructed from steel, and features a polymer butt pad, and 4 different positions that [Read More…]
Friday is here and you know what that means. Night Chenanigans! I mean Friday Night Lights. A while ago I wrote about MP5 lighted forends. Well, now it is time to delve into lasers. There are easy ways to do this but those often have compromises and we will detail [Read More…]
When it comes to roller delayed blowback guns like the MP5 or G3, your options for triggers are rather limited. You can either buy another German trigger or have someone polish a factory trigger hoping for better results. Well, ShootingSight came out with their Heckfire [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day brings one of the most interesting and iconic firearms and anti-terrorism actions together. Above you can see the H&K MP5A3 from when the Special Air Service stormed the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. Remember this is over 42 years ago. [Read More…]
Lee Sporting reached out to us to see if anyone at TFB would be interested in checking out their Sporting Trigger Group for the MP5. As an ardent fan of the MP5 platform, I volunteered as tribute. Lee Sporting has made their Sporting Trigger Group utilize an AR-15 FCG [Read More…]
As far back as January of 2021, Magpul has been teasing the release of some new drum mags for Glock and H&K platforms. The good news is that three new Magpul PMAG D-50 drums have just been released! Each of these new drums is made and engineered in the United States [Read More…]
The 3D printing community continues to impress me by finding ways of making reliable, durable, and interesting homemade guns. IvanPrintsGuns is one of my favorite YouTube channels that focuses on 3D-printed firearms and in early March, Ivan showcased his latest working [Read More…]
Magpul has a whole bunch of new items this week at SHOT Show 2022. The one that caught my attention is the Magpul MP5 stock and drum magazine. Magpul @ TFB [TFB GUNFEST] Magpul MP5 Brace [TFB GUNFEST] Here Come The Drums! Magpul MP5 Drum & Glock 17 Drum Magazines [Read More…]
A few years ago Quarter Circle 10 came out with their QC5. It is an 9mm AR receiver set that can take MP5 magazines. Well with the help of my friend Sean St. Cin they have refocused their brand and will be coming out with their QC10 MP-5 inspired YKMF-5. Quarter Circle [Read More…]
In the past, there’s been a fair bit of debate whenever I started talking about PDW-style firearms. While I have carried a PDW-style firearm in the past and they are one of my favorite weapon types to shoot, I don’t typically carry them daily. Over the last [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: There is just one photo today, but considering what’s in it, there should be enough for long discussions. There is no exact date when it was taken, but the guess is that sometime between the end of ’77 and ’79. This picture was posted [Read More…]
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