I help out on a local range and a guy brought out a new semi-auto version of the MP5. It is made in Turkey at an HK licensed plant. He had a brace on it, and he had us all shoot a few rounds and like all HK weapons it was flawless for all of us. They are around a grand, which is the lowest price for semi-auto MP5 type semi autos added MAC-5 Pistol, 9MM Current Issue of Firearms News Magazine| Subscribe Now - Firearms News
Not for me, too old and will never give up my 1911, but it is a beautiful design and well done. It is however seems to be a good choice if you wish more magazine capacity or use of accessories. Seems to be comparable to the AR pistol in price and function for what you get. Turks make some fine guns so that wouldn't bother me. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed your post. The video was good, discussed the weapon well and took the time to find out that the Turks had stuck to the design specs and the take down and use of original and after market parts and accessories was usable. Not a gun porn or off the wall display but very useful to someone interested in the weapon.
So, is this a direct replica/clone of the MP5? I always wanted one of these and thought long and hard about a HK SP5 (HK's civilian version of MP5) but I am of two minds - meaning - for that kind of money I could get a good SBR 5.56 so... If I did get one...I think I would want one in a bit larger caliber than 9mm, like .45 ACP or 10mm. With a brace, I think it would be excellent as a house gun improving accuracy, giving better magazine capacity and less penetration in close quarters than 5.56. Plus, it's something the wife could pick up immediately and use with better effect than a pistol in the same caliber but without a brace, nah...wouldn't even consider it. Speaking of which...are pistol braces legal again or is that still be legally decided? Thanks! The MAC 5 is definitely something to think about....
The dip shits have been stripped of power to regulate pistol braces as the supreme court got tired of the aft bullshit where they would say something is perfectly legal then a few years come out and say you're a felon for buying one when they said it was ok.
Nice! I had a couple of old MAC-11s that had belonged to my Father (you know, the kind that could be converted to full auto) but I sold them for a pretty penny years ago. Illegal to convert to full auto (if they ever found them) and besides they would be hard to control and eat too much ammo, but they had extra magazines, screw on extended barrel, improved bolt handles, vertical fore grip and wire shoulder stock. I know that some of those add-ons were not exactly legal, but what they don't know, they don't know!
Sounds like when the Beretta contract with Brazil ended and Taurus bought the factory and kept the employees. They produced "copies" of the Beretta 92 made with Beretta tooling by ex Beretta employees for a fraction of the "real" thing. Based on that very positive experience I'm considering one of these. The awesome thing about the MP5 design is how it just floats even on full auto. No barrel climb whatsoever and almost no recoil. It's so refined that you wind up comparing everything else to it. Pistol brace bans have been pretty much squashed by the courts, but the only reason for me to not SBR is to keep a folding stock firearm a pistol so I can carry concealed in a small pack using my CPL.
