MP5 magazines

[DOC]

Where can we get them cheap? Are the cheap ones worth it?

[Vitesse304]

They aren't cheap!

If you've got a clone, the POF mags and MKE mags work great. The asian mags (KCI and ATI) aren't as good...

Honestly, I've had more problems with factory HK mags...but I usually buy used ones so they typically will need the spring replaced.

I've got an MKE and a POF but not a real HK so my opinion is based only on the clones...

But for a good balance of price vs reliability, I like the POF's.

As for where to get them cheaply...good luck. No online dealers will ship to CO.

[izzy]

TI've had terrible luck with the "cheap" ones. he only brand I ever had was ATI I believe and I got rid of that long ago. I've had good luck with both older and new HK mags. Though unused most of my new ones aren't so new anymore.

[2112]

Also have had bad luck with the KCI mags, but the 15 round HK have been pretty good with just a few FTF(YMMV). Mines is a clone as well.
Have used Arms Unlimited a few times.
https://www.armsunlimited.com/search...gazine&Submit=

[mutt]

Cheap/non-contract MP5 mags generally suck. They are a waste of money.

Get POF or MKE/Zenith if you want in spec contract mags for a "fair" price. Or bend over and shell out the dollars for HK mags. Other than the name stamp, I can't tell a difference in performance between my HK, POF and MKE mags. If I had to be picky, I'd say the HK welds look slightly cleaner but maybe that's because I want them to look better due to the price I paid for them.

[DOC]

I was thinking about the 15 round magazines to stay retarded. I did buy 2 more from the gun show and while I did bargain the guy down I paid a pretty penny for them. There is a MP5 guy there that when I said MP5 he came out of the woodwork from the opposite side of the show to give advice on the magazines. I ran into him at the gun range and he had his legal mp5 Navy version with him that day. He let me shoot a few mags through it and even offer to sell the gun for 10k. I should have bought it and doubled my investment by now. Oh well. I didn't have 10k anyway. But its his fault that I like them so much. I did buy the PTR 9ct with a threaded barrel and it will hold my can so aside from not being made with a fun switch and being a pistol and not SBR its perfect with a brace and should serve me well for years of range trips. I was just thinking I should have a few more mags. Reloading sucks and it gets me out of the zone on range. 10 magazines per gun is usually the minimum I have found based on no evidence at all. So 6 more to go and that would be another $600 down the MP5 hole. Who ever designed this gun must have invented crack too. He knows what will get people hooked for life.

[Delfuego]

I feel for you DOC. I wish I had never shot one. Why do I even like that old heavy thing? How can it be this much fun? Dated design, poor ergonomics, awful trigger, expensive, yet I cannot live without one! I think it less like a rabbit hole and more like a black hole, because you will never escape. Ther are a couple forum members and "friends" that that gave me my fist hit off the MP5 crack-pipe and might have some valuable info in your quest. PM me and I can let you know who they are.

Yippee Ki Yah!

[izzy]

+1 to the MP5 crack pipe addiction. My wife likes them even more than I do too!

[electronman1729]

Where can we get them cheap? Are the cheap ones worth it?

Good luck finding them. I stocked up before the mag ban even though I didn't own a 9mm HK platform.

[Erni]

Good luck finding them. I stocked up before the mag ban even though I didn't own a 9mm HK platform.

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