The licensed MP5 22lr guns look great at a distance and up close they're basically functional junk.
The barrels have fake tri-lugs, the front sights are plastic and the receiver flats are marked up worse than most airsoft guns, among other problems.
Unlike brilliant airsoft gun manufacturers, HK hasn't made deluxe upgraded parts available outside of a lower-tier selection of airsoft grade parts that fit.
Wondering if anyone's found any good DIY ways of upgrading any of the BS components on these or otherwise been able to bring them on par with airsoft guns in terms of look and feel?
HK missed a massive opportunity (as usual) to sell overpriced "real steel" upgrades for these to allow users to buy further into the HK world.
Every POS part on each of their 22lr guns (short of whatever piece has the serial number on it) should be available in an upgraded form.
That way average non-rich folk could start out with the reasonably priced base model and buy their way into the HK dream at their own pace.
At the end of an expensive and entertaining journey they'd have something that was almost indistinguishable(labeled for 22LR, etc.) from the gun that it was modeled after.
So for thousands of dollars doled out in small chunks (ideally with the most expensive part costing significantly less than the initial gun purchase) they'd end up with a badass gun that's made out of the same parts as the real gun. A sh!tload of Americans have wanted an MP5 for decades but will never be able to afford an SP5 or MP5 all-at-once.
EXAMPLES:
1. The upgraded barrel could be made from an actual HK MP5 barrel with real tri-lugs. It would be much smaller, non-rifled and it would cost less than an HK MP5 barrel.
2. Upgraded ability to add real HK hardware - stocks, grips, handguards, etc.
3. Upgrade to replace Zinc parts with steel parts.
4. Ability to add real grip units from FBI model MP5s.
5. Sell HK-priced HK branded tools that work with the upgrade parts. Invent the need for these new tools by designing the upgrade parts to use proprietary connections.
6. Give users more HK branded high quality things to buy.
The barrels have fake tri-lugs, the front sights are plastic and the receiver flats are marked up worse than most airsoft guns, among other problems.
Unlike brilliant airsoft gun manufacturers, HK hasn't made deluxe upgraded parts available outside of a lower-tier selection of airsoft grade parts that fit.
Wondering if anyone's found any good DIY ways of upgrading any of the BS components on these or otherwise been able to bring them on par with airsoft guns in terms of look and feel?
HK missed a massive opportunity (as usual) to sell overpriced "real steel" upgrades for these to allow users to buy further into the HK world.
Every POS part on each of their 22lr guns (short of whatever piece has the serial number on it) should be available in an upgraded form.
That way average non-rich folk could start out with the reasonably priced base model and buy their way into the HK dream at their own pace.
At the end of an expensive and entertaining journey they'd have something that was almost indistinguishable(labeled for 22LR, etc.) from the gun that it was modeled after.
So for thousands of dollars doled out in small chunks (ideally with the most expensive part costing significantly less than the initial gun purchase) they'd end up with a badass gun that's made out of the same parts as the real gun. A sh!tload of Americans have wanted an MP5 for decades but will never be able to afford an SP5 or MP5 all-at-once.
EXAMPLES:
1. The upgraded barrel could be made from an actual HK MP5 barrel with real tri-lugs. It would be much smaller, non-rifled and it would cost less than an HK MP5 barrel.
2. Upgraded ability to add real HK hardware - stocks, grips, handguards, etc.
3. Upgrade to replace Zinc parts with steel parts.
4. Ability to add real grip units from FBI model MP5s.
5. Sell HK-priced HK branded tools that work with the upgrade parts. Invent the need for these new tools by designing the upgrade parts to use proprietary connections.
6. Give users more HK branded high quality things to buy.
