Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Old member returns only to find watch thread stillactive...

[Martin Stark (MStark]

HKPro is an outstanding site.  If you follow the link below and then 
scroll down you'll find a picture of an SR9TC.  The one I have has been 
re-worked with PSG-1 internals and has the forearm with the bipod.  
There are a few quirks though: the bolt doesn't stay opened after 
exhausting its ammo and necessitates a very high effort recharge cycle, 
the extractor destroys brass so that you dare not use reloads if you 
value your brass (I use NATO surplus 7.62 x 51 ammo), re-assembly of the 
roller bolt mechanism after field cleaning requires superman fingers or 
a small machinist's clamp.  Shooting from a rest (not from the bipod) 
will result in 1/4" to 1/2"  five shot groups at 100 yds. 
http://www.hkpro.com/sr9.htm
I rarely carry, but if it's a night trip to a lousy part of Boston it's 
hard to beat the squeeze cocking HK P7M8 for its accuracy and the 
Hydra-Shok in the chamber readiness.


Dennis Liu wrote:

> Willi wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Me too. I had one of the first H&K 93's sold to civilians back in the late
> >    
> 1960s. I paid $225.00 for it new from a place on Hawthorne Blvd. in L.A. A
> very nice weapon, and if you hacked the lower receiver, it would fire full
> auto. (So i've heard) But it was kind if bulky, so traded it for an H&K 91
> in .223 with a folding stock. Both outstanding assault weapons. While I was
> with Anaheim PD, I carried an old Walther PPK in a leg holster. I never had
> to use it, but I knew it would never let me down. My life was worth the
> extra money.
>
> ==========
>
> Hmmm...  An HK 91 is 7.62mm/.308Win, while the 93 is 5.56mm/.223Rem.  The a
> nice HK91A3 with the folding stock, bipod, scope, HK-multi-purpose sling and
> 10 extra mags, all stuffed into a soft bag slung over one's shoulder... It's
> hard to beat that as a "when the big trouble comes, grab this bag FIRST."
>
> "The rifle that started the young company on its way to becoming the
> preeminent tactical firearms manufacturer during the latter half of the 20th
> century was known as the G3.  In the early 1970s, before semiautomatic
> copies of select fire battle rifles or "assault weapons" became really
> popular, Heckler & Koch adapted the model 91 as a semiautomatic counterpart
> to the G3 that was deemed importable into the United States until 1989.  The
> most prolific of the HK90 series to be imported, the 91 was on its way to
> becoming the most popular rifle import from HK, beating out the 93 in U.S.
> sales by almost 20 to 1.  
> Almost identical to the G3 externally, with only the select fire internals
> missing, the flipper magazine release deleted, the front pushpin area
> replaced with the "shelf" and the grenade launching ring omitted from the
> barrel, the HK91 was considered the "Rolls Royce"  of battle rifle copies.
> Introduced at a staggering price of $400 or so dollars at the time, they
> were unbeknown to most, a significant investment, with most genuine examples
> bringing now close to $2000 used."
>
> For more great info on HK stuff:
>
> http://www.hkpro.com
>
>
>
> Vty,
>
> --Dennis
>
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