Quoted: Do I need to get a cast or stamped receiver?
Which one does top-notch offer?
I didn't see anything other than the RF5 group buy on ARFCOM.
The email address did not work...
ETA: I'll buy your second receiver (right now) if you sell it to me before I get to anyone else...
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I've sent and received many of emails from him at that address.
Top Notch, currently has the cast receiver on their website. Supposively SW was only going to produce 500 more of the stamped receivers.
Quoted from George to save me time: The benefit of having a stamped receiver versus a cast one is that the stamped is lighter than the cast. It also mirrors the “real” MP5 closer than the cast, since the actual MP5 is a stamped receiver. I believe the stamped fits the A3 stock better than the cast. Also the stamped receiver is the latest generation of the receiver, meaning all of the improvments are already on the receiver, for example the sling hook. Also when you go to put a finish on the receiver the stamped looks better since it will be a smooth finish as opposed to a little more grainier finish that the cast has.
There is one benefit of the cast over a stamped, the cast will probably out last all of us. The cast receiver is built like a brick Xhithouse. It’s probably one of the strongest receivers made. There is a machine gun rental place in NV that has been using a cast receiver SW5 and it’s probably got over 200,000 rounds through it. It’s been back to SW for new barrels a few times and the barrels they use are rated for something like 60K rounds.
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ETA: The stamped are more expensive than the cast receivers. There wasn't much "advertising" for the group buy on the SW receivers on here because most people are so ANTI-SW. If found out about it from another board member.
If I decide to sell the second receiver, I'll give you first priority on it.