What a nice person! Maybe Santa could also point me in the correct direction??? Was enjoying reading HK Pro while in Nuremberg and envisioning HK’s latest jewel underneath my tree. However the ship had spotty satellite Internet likely sabotaged by Scrooge himself which hampered my efforts.
I had left a deposit for 1 last week, and got the call today that it had came in. should be shipped to my dealer tomorrow, and I should hopefully have it by weeks end 🙂
So all my calls paid off...just secured one! $2499 OTD from a nice shop in AR and ships out tomm (I'll happily pay 400 over dealer cost as he is a small shop and was true to his word). He said this was his only allocation and he didn't expect more soon as he does not do high volume. He did confirm serial is in the 700s so that's kind of cool.
I will post any information or links to the many shops I put myself down for in the event anyone is interested.
I am looking forward to getting mine....hopefully. Found one on Gun Broker last week from a merchant in RI. The description said they had 5 in stock and ready to ship......week and half later they still have not shipped. One person told me they would ship tomorrow (This was last week), and another person told me today they are arriving Wed....feel deceived but we shall see. Does any one have experience with D&L Shooting Supplies?......
Anyhow, this will complement my SP5K SBR nicely....going to add an A2 stock and Omega 9k. What a great time for H&K fans!
I am looking forward to getting mine....hopefully. Found one on Gun Broker last week from a merchant in RI. The description said they had 5 in stock and ready to ship......week and half later they still have not shipped. One person told me they would ship tomorrow (This was last week), and another person told me today they are arriving Wed....feel deceived but we shall see. Does any one have experience with D&L Shooting Supplies?......
Anyhow, this will complement my SP5K SBR nicely....going to add an A2 stock and Omega 9k. What a great time for H&K fans!
I bought two colt 6720s from them this year. It took forever to ship and about 20 phone calls with no one knowing wtf they were talking about every time I called. Complete **** show. Did finally receive the rifles but wasn’t a positive experience.
Christmas came early, I lucked out and was able to nab one today! I spent the weekend filling out “notification” emails and was contacted by RifleGear today. They had 10 SP5’s available and sold out in 30 minutes. When I submitted my order, 8 were available, when I got my confirmation email, they were down to 4. Unfortunately, no deals, the price was MSRP.
So how does allocation work? I normally deal with an HK “Premium Stocking Dealer” (Shooters Outpost in NH) and they were only allocated two and thus far have received none. I then hear about dealers getting five to ten — does not make a lot of sense. What am I missing?
The gist of what I gathered from Premier and Premier stocking dealers alike was that it is a combination of sales metrics (HK units sold), relationships with their HK Rep, and a basic willingness to stock the SP5.
Seems like a no-brainer to me but some dealers had mentioned to me they "had seen an email or something" about the xmas promotion/release of the SP5 and were somewhat ambivalent or indifferent. Others were enthusiasts and knew all about the release. What I gathered was alot of the units went to dealerships with strong rep relationships which makes sense.
For instance, Shoot Straight down here in FL is a fairly large gun chain and range but 2 locations had no idea what I was talking about really until I showed them the link. They then said to call the Ocala office and place a request that may or may never come.
Why? That O-ring is to center the barrel in the slide on select pistols. I cannot see what is to be gained with it on an SP5. If your intent is to keep the protector from coming loose, it's not going to fit.
On the 5th I went into a local “Farming” type store in UT that was listed as a premium stocking dealer. They hadn’t heard anything, wouldn’t take a deposit, no info on allotments but they would “take my name and #.” Not a whole lot of hope based on what others have said. Yesterday got the call that 1 came in and it was mine if I wanted it. $2379 before tax. I was in total disbelief and thought for sure I’d get there and would be told there had been a mistake. When I got there I saw my original post-it note with my info was taped to my new SP5. They said they only got 1 and no idea on follow ups. Nice to see really good guys doing the right thing.
[LGS]that was listed as a premium stocking dealer. They hadn’t heard anything [but] they would “take my name and #.” Not a whole lot of hope based on what others have said. Yesterday got the call that 1 came in and it was mine if I wanted it. ... They said they only got 1 and no idea on follow ups.
I bought mine in exactly the same way today. They received one with serial in the upper 500s range here in NTX. No idea on future shipments. Get your name on a list somewhere folks!
Edit: For those of you who are price tracking, it was $2579.
Local dealer said they received ONE from their distributor, and are asking $2650 plus tax for it. I'd like to get it, but I think I'll wait until I can find one around the $2400 range, or the new k model comes out
Picked mine up. High 500s serial number. Paid full list so not great at all but oh well. Also order one from SWFA for 2325 so my average all in is $2700 out the door - did think about selling this one while I could still probably get my money back. Still ticked about the credit card fee on top of MSRP.
I asked the guy at the store about the new SP5k and he said he could order one for me, but the stock number he was given was the same as the old SP5k. Probably hold off on that.
By the way, did anyone else get an SP5K manual with theirs?
Yes, SP5K manual with all them. There is a SP5 supplement in PDF on the HkUSA website available for downloading. It's only 4 pages and doesn't have a lot of information.
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