While home for the holidays, I picked up my B&T GHM9 and the 4.5" barrel MPX "K". Between the two, I would go MPX. I do plan to get the GHM9 Compact as I already have the folding tailhook brace for it (my current GHM9 has the collapsible brace). Both are excellent, and while I love the features on the MPX, the quality seems much better on the GHM9. Actions aside and after shooting a few hundred rounds through both (unsuppressed), they were both a ton of fun, zero issues, plenty accurate, and even my son's 18 year old girlfriend didn't notice any difference in recoil.
While the GHM9 controls are pretty intuitive, I found the controls on the MPX better suited to me only because of my time on the M4. While the charging handle on the GHM9 is reciprocating (I switched it to the left side and my thumb continually induced malfunctions
), it's not bad (when on the right side for me). I was disappointed with the MPX charging handle; it just seems flimsy, which is my only real complaint.
There were no issues with magazines of either one, but the MPX magazines are definitely a step above. With all the quality of the GHM9, their magazines work, but seem pretty cheap; my only real complaint. The good news is that B&T mags are much cheaper than MPX magazines.
A better comparison to the MPX K is the GHM9 Compact, so that's next in the hopper when I get home in April.
It's a tough choice, which is why I ended up with both
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