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What ammo is good for the breaking in period? Most of the 124 grain I see is not +p or is hollow point.
Anyone have a good recipe for making my own. I have tightgroup and wst powder on hand. |
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Quoted: What ammo is good for the breaking in period? Most of the 124 grain I see is not +p or is hollow point. Anyone have a good recipe for making my own. I have tightgroup and wst powder on hand. View Quote I've been using Blazer brass 124 without issue, but I don't have as many rounds through it yet as others. |
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Quoted: What ammo is good for the breaking in period? Most of the 124 grain I see is not +p or is hollow point. Anyone have a good recipe for making my own. I have tightgroup and wst powder on hand. View Quote From the hodgdon website. Attached File |
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Quoted: What ammo is good for the breaking in period? Most of the 124 grain I see is not +p or is hollow point. Anyone have a good recipe for making my own. I have tightgroup and wst powder on hand. View Quote Look I overlooked this, thought it was just the usual recommendation without consequences, it wasn't and my AP5 didn't shit well until I went through the p+ thing. Once done and since then, not a single hiccup, even suppressed |
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I bought a full size yesterday because of this thread. I have a few small 9mm options already so I went a bit bigger.
Now I need a brace, mags, etc. Not sure what brace I want to go with yet. |
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Sort of want. Definitely want an MKE G3. Since those are probably a year out, I'll probably have to settle for a PTR.
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Quoted: There's another thread with a dude real worried about a small cosmetic issue on his SP5. Meanwhile, I'm over here with the MKE and the spray paint. https://i.imgur.com/as528gO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U4vATIr.jpg View Quote |
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Took it out again today to continue with the break-in, and to see if it is reliable with hollow points.
30 rounds of Bosnian BrassMaxx 115gr fmj 30 rounds of Winchester white box 147gr jhp No malfunctions. The latter was unsurprisingly quite a bit peppier than the former. If memory serves, am now at 220 total rounds downrange, with only one malfunction at round #28. That one could probably have been avoided if not for the fact that I took it direct from the gunstore counter to the range without cleaning or inspection. All of these were shot using four MKE magazines, fwiw. They seem high quality, and I don't have the mag wobble that others report. Or perhaps I just don't perceive it as troublesome... Happy thus far! ALG Sidewinder Attached File |
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@Solo or others,
Where do you get spare buffers? Mine are all chewed up. |
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Quoted: Took it out again today to continue with the break-in, and to see if it is reliable with hollow points. 30 rounds of Bosnian BrassMaxx 115gr fmj 30 rounds of Winchester white box 147gr jhp No malfunctions. The latter was unsurprisingly quite a bit peppier than the former. If memory serves, am now at 220 total rounds downrange, with only one malfunction at round #28. That one could probably have been avoided if not for the fact that I took it direct from the gunstore counter to the range without cleaning or inspection. All of these were shot using four MKE magazines, fwiw. They seem high quality, and I don't have the mag wobble that others report. Or perhaps I just don't perceive it as troublesome... Happy thus far! ALG Sidewinder https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3906/20221015_162429_jpg-2564505.JPG View Quote @GySgt_D Where did you find that? I don't see it on the ALG website. |
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Quoted: @GySgt_D Where did you find that? I don't see it on the ALG website. View Quote @Lanceslot https://algdefense.com/sidewinder-556.html Whoops.. disregard I just realized that was for 5.56. Sorry |
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FYI
20 round ETS mags work fine. Just did a full mag dump with a single pull on the trigger....zero issues. They are tight and you must pull them back to lock...but they run. Not bad for $10. Attached File |
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Quoted: FYI 20 round ETS mags work fine. Just did a full mag dump with a single pull on the trigger....zero issues. They are tight and you must pull them back to lock...but they run. Not bad for $10. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/51024/IMG_20221018_102618901_2_jpg-2567284.JPG View Quote Where did you find those mags for $10?! ETA: @Jeremy2171 |
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I swear all the optics mounts and rails have dried up from this thread.
was going to buy the MI rail for it and they have been sold out for months now. MI optics mounts are sold out for months as well. I have one of the super skinny low pro mounts right now but I need a little more space up top, im going to mount a crimson trace rail master in IR on the same rail as my optic just in front of the optic. I also need a little space behind the optic as well to mount my brass catcher but it only needs one slot. I settled for a magpul handguard to mount a surefire vampire on since everything else is OOS Only optic mount I can find (in stock) is that big long mandangalo MI one that puts mlock slots over the cocking tube but im not a fan of that. |
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Quoted: Where did you find those mags for $10?! ETA: @Jeremy2171 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: FYI 20 round ETS mags work fine. Just did a full mag dump with a single pull on the trigger....zero issues. They are tight and you must pull them back to lock...but they run. Not bad for $10. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/51024/IMG_20221018_102618901_2_jpg-2567284.JPG Where did you find those mags for $10?! ETA: @Jeremy2171 |
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Quoted: I got mine. My .22 MP5 was lonely. It had to be done. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/474231/D71847DC-0C91-4937-A4D6-0466F5E22BFB-2529735.jpg View Quote What stock did you end up using for your 22? I wouldn't mind SBRing mine but I want a source for a collapsing stock besides buying the SD version |
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Thus far we've tried 115gr WWB, 124 gr WWB, 147 gr WWB, 115 grain winchester forged steel (or whatever it's called), and 158 grain Privi.
MKE and HK mags work with everything. Tried a Zenith mag and it doesn't work. |
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Quoted: Link to brass catcher please! View Quote @wm69 Def the best design on the market right now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EB5OU0Q?tag=arfcom00-20 |
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Magpul selector installed today. Yuuuge improvement. ETA 22 Oct> Seventy-eight rounds downrange today. Zero malfunctions. Total of 298 with only one fte at rd#28. Also- ordered a $628 flashlight today. SOMEBODY STOP ME. MY CHILDREN ARE STARVING. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Got-wood-/9-534173/ View Quote @OnyxSkyDV, from your writeup in the other thread (now closed for new comments but accessed from the link above) you posted: Quoted: After dismantling the G3 rear stock, I went about cutting it down to fit the profile of an MP5, and removed the G3 recoil spring. View Quote My MKE AP5 has a silicone / plastic buffer inside the receiver pistol stub / end-cap, presumably to dampen the impact of the bolt traveling to the rear of the receiver. It looks like the receiver on the right in this picture: [/url] All the MP5 buffers I'm seeing for sale online say they are for the collapsing stock variants: https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-a3-retractable-stock-buffer-black-p18160.htm/ https://www.midwestgunworks.com/hk-mp5/buffer.html https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020297085 After modifying the G3 rear stock sheet metal to fit on the MP5 receiver, do you need to install a buffer if you're utilizing a fixed stock? |
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Quoted: After modifying the G3 rear stock sheet metal to fit on the MP5 receiver, do you need to install a buffer if you're utilizing a fixed stock? View Quote I think the buffer is not exactly required, more of a safety feature to prevent the bolt from impacting the rear. I also suspect that anything that would act as a buffer would work. Even cutting that shape out of some silicon would likely do the same job. |
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Quoted: @OnyxSkyDV, from your writeup in the other thread (now closed for new comments but accessed from the link above) you posted: My MKE AP5 has a silicone / plastic buffer inside the receiver pistol stub / end-cap, presumably to dampen the impact of the bolt traveling to the rear of the receiver. It looks like the receiver on the right in this picture: https://preview.redd.it/j8v1h7rtwl691.png?width=1008&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d0d155e4e35e67af85d721d6d0d0da898f5d528[/url] All the MP5 buffers I'm seeing for sale online say they are for the collapsing stock variants: https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-a3-retractable-stock-buffer-black-p18160.htm/ https://www.midwestgunworks.com/hk-mp5/buffer.html https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020297085 After modifying the G3 rear stock sheet metal to fit on the MP5 receiver, do you need to install a buffer if you're utilizing a fixed stock? View Quote My SB Tactical brace came with the buffer installed. |
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In case anyone was wondering. According to my shot timer....RPM on my fullsize MKE shooting 115grn is 805rpm. My PPsh-41 in 9mm with the same ammo is 1224 rpm
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Quoted: @OnyxSkyDV, from your writeup in the other thread (now closed for new comments but accessed from the link above) you posted: My MKE AP5 has a silicone / plastic buffer inside the receiver pistol stub / end-cap, presumably to dampen the impact of the bolt traveling to the rear of the receiver. It looks like the receiver on the right in this picture: https://preview.redd.it/j8v1h7rtwl691.png?width=1008&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d0d155e4e35e67af85d721d6d0d0da898f5d528[/url] All the MP5 buffers I'm seeing for sale online say they are for the collapsing stock variants: https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-a3-retractable-stock-buffer-black-p18160.htm/ https://www.midwestgunworks.com/hk-mp5/buffer.html https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020297085 After modifying the G3 rear stock sheet metal to fit on the MP5 receiver, do you need to install a buffer if you're utilizing a fixed stock? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Got-wood-/9-534173/ @OnyxSkyDV, from your writeup in the other thread (now closed for new comments but accessed from the link above) you posted: Quoted: After dismantling the G3 rear stock, I went about cutting it down to fit the profile of an MP5, and removed the G3 recoil spring. https://i.imgur.com/y1yITbn.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/egES8mf.jpeg My MKE AP5 has a silicone / plastic buffer inside the receiver pistol stub / end-cap, presumably to dampen the impact of the bolt traveling to the rear of the receiver. It looks like the receiver on the right in this picture: https://preview.redd.it/j8v1h7rtwl691.png?width=1008&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d0d155e4e35e67af85d721d6d0d0da898f5d528[/url] All the MP5 buffers I'm seeing for sale online say they are for the collapsing stock variants: https://hkparts.net/product/mp5-a3-retractable-stock-buffer-black-p18160.htm/ https://www.midwestgunworks.com/hk-mp5/buffer.html https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020297085 After modifying the G3 rear stock sheet metal to fit on the MP5 receiver, do you need to install a buffer if you're utilizing a fixed stock? @tReznr Here’s how the buffer situation has been explained to me when it comes to MP5’s. Pistol caps and collapsing stocks have a little rubber/plastic buffer inside of them because the inside of the cap sits close enough up in the receiver that the bolt will bottom out on the buffer before the recoil spring bottoms out. On the solid stocks, that back portion sits far enough back that the bolt will bottom out on the recoil spring fully compressed before it would impact the inside of the cap. Therefore a buffer would be useless. You would have to take a look and compare an A2 stock to the modified G3 stock but I would imagine you can go bufferless. |
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Quoted: I'm painting magazines today- https://i.imgur.com/NikT8ON.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3906/20221023_153507_jpg-2573464.JPG Different lighting- https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/3906/20221023_153722_jpg-2573474.JPG View Quote |
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GunMagWarehouse has HK 30rd mags on sale for $64.99
https://gunmagwarehouse.com/hk-mp5-sp5k-hk94-9mm-30-round-magazine.html |
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I held out for MONTHS after getting my AP5... months after putting my first 500 flawless rounds through it.
Just ordered the -p version. |
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Rebate came in on Thursday! Shot my jailed Omega 9k yesterday. What a combo! It really is awesome!
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Started with the full size.
Loved it. I plan to watch diehard while spooning it this Christmas. Month later i just had to have the "P" (PDW K model). Now i want the M. |
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Fuck it , I’m in. Bought a full size with pistol brace. Also couple extra mags and optic rail. Any good red dots for under $300?
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AP5-P Core back in stock at Atlantic Firearms. Just bought the AP5 that I pick up today. Tempted to get the AP5-P.
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Quoted: AP5-P Core back in stock at Atlantic Firearms. Just bought the AP5 that I pick up today. Tempted to get the AP5-P. View Quote Picked my -p up last night. Love it already. Took tomorrow off to put 500 rounds through it. I also bought 1500 rounds of that mke 9mm and it worked flawlessly through my fullsize. Do it. Get both. |
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Quoted: I can also confirm MKE 124gr is damn good ammo. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/923/FUupm4.jpg View Quote Is that MKE ammo +P? |
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It doesnt say +p on the box.
Just got back from the range with my new -P, and it didnt run for shit. im kinda pissed. Going to order a new extractor spring or 10 and see if that helps. First two mags ran flawlessly, and after that it went downhill with double feeds and double feeds with an empty in there. |
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Quoted: It doesnt say +p on the box. Just got back from the range with my new -P, and it didnt run for shit. im kinda pissed. Going to order a new extractor spring or 10 and see if that helps. First two mags ran flawlessly, and after that it went downhill with double feeds and double feeds with an empty in there. View Quote Not two rounds out of it without a malfunction - particularly failed to extract - some spent cartridges even feel into the trigger pack... a desperate POS. Then? Bought the +p (124 grains I think) and shot I think 200 of those. Not a SINGLE malfunction since - and I've been using standard, CHEAP and even steel cased 115 grains ever since Please keep this in mind. |
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Quoted: ... keep in mind that UNTIL I EXPRESSLY shot +p ammo through my standard size MKE AP5, it malfunctioned like a POS. Not two rounds out of it without a malfunction - particularly failed to extract - some spent cartridges even feel into the trigger pack... a desperate POS. Then? Bought the +p (124 grains I think) and shot I think 200 of those. Not a SINGLE malfunction since - and I've been using standard, CHEAP and even steel cased 115 grains ever since Please keep this in mind. View Quote Copy that, ordered some sig +p to try. thanks. |
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