Very nice details!

Thank you!

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I actually saw these in a gun store a few days ago, or at least something like it, it seemed like it had a slightly longer barrel than shown here.
and even though it'd a little higher than I'd personally be comfortable with, I like that red dot there and the the grip there makes the gun very appealing.

There is a longer barrel version and even a full-length MP5-like version, but they aren't the ones that I saw that were on sale. The optic riser is there to give clearance when in use with nods. I really suggest never getting into night vision. It really restructures your range priorities. LOL

Is it considered too late if you don't have the money to ever buy nods but still really one?

Not too late! The NV, LAM, and passive aiming market are a pain. Once you get NV, you start reconfiguring all of your guns that were once perfectly good for use in the day to be used under night vision because you spent $3k-4k on tubes that convinced you that shooting in the dark is the only way you want to shoot while gaslighting yourself into thinking that everything else in the gun industry is relatively cheap (which it's not).

Hmm... Now I'm curious if there's an untapped market for making cheap but reliable NVGs. like 2K at most. If could you could make it cost less than a used car you'd probably get a lot of people buying from you.

It's the tubes that are the bulk of the cost. The housings are relatively inexpensive. PVS-14s can sometimes be had on the used market for about $2k without nitrogen purging, but Elbit tubes purged make my eyes prickly seeing the price.

Finally caved and purchased my Henry All Weather in .357. I've been waiting YEARS for the price(s) to drop back to near-sanity, and they refuse! So, at twice what I'd EXPECTED to pay, mine has arrived and is waiting patiently in town for me to bring home!

Now that I have two sets of 'Riding' platforms (.357 and .44mag), I and a friend can go out into the wilds without feeling the lack!

Next on the plate: Stocking-up on the freedom seeds. Damned if those things aren't becoming nearly as expensive as diamonds, too?!

I know that feeling looking at the AK market. Sometimes the time spent having it makes up for the money spent. Just hurts that being patient didn't pay off, huh? Certainly didn't pay off for me.

I've been kicking myself in the ass for decades, WAY back prior to ANY of these BS 'Federal/State' bans that took-off in the late '80's. At that time (Just prior to the Stockton public school shooting in Stockton, CA), I had TWO brand new AR15's sitting on the shelf at a local gunshop (Owned/Operated by my Unit's "Armory Sgt." no less!), for a TOTAL of $500.00! TWO of 'em, for that?! And I let 'em slip through my fingers, thinking I had more time...
bah!
I've also had my eyes/mind on getting into the 'AK' platform, but damned it's so tricky, considering all the various Manufacturers/Models/QUALITY OF?! I've been very wary of it. 'PSA' seems to have finally cracked that nut with some of their new models? Still looking closely at 'em (And keeping my fingers crossed I'll ever actually be able to afford one?)...

Yeah, anything 2A related has gone orbital over the prior eight or so years, esp.. Even mil-surp is batshit insane (If they're any good).

Ah, man...

"The good ole days!"

;-P

If ever you want to do AK-talk, I can talk an ear off. I love the AK platform enough to hate the AK market. Long story short, I would still get a WASR over a PSA. It's only $100 or so more and it is a way better base rifle. They are uglier and rougher yes, but robust in all of the right places to remain a truly worthy AK. I have a PSA AK-V and my brother once owned a GF-3 and we both came to the same conclusion, they feel "softer". Not soft as in "weak", but soft as in... "powdery" I guess? After getting used to Romanian and Bulgarian stuff, it was just a little odd.

Despite all of that, a WASR will still set you back $650-$800 depending on where you get it and how much of a turd the seller is. Nowadays, an okay AR-15 can be had for $450 from PSA and it can always be upgraded over time until there are no longer any PSA parts.

I'm probably gonna PM yer eyes out (That read so horribly when I paused to uttered the statement!), when (If?) I get the $$$ gathered and make this leap (To the AK platform). I cherish my pennies, so my dollars matter even more, and I hate throwing good $$$ at crap product(s)!

I have zero problem with 'Uglier/Rougher (To a point) platforms. What I want with the AK is durable/reliable, which is what the AK is famous for. My AR's are like thoroughbreds/arabians. They run beautifully, but demand attention/care! Papa's M1 Garand for instance, while I constantly check/maintain/clean it, I know for a fact I can drag it into/through the mud and everything else, and with almost 100% certainty when I need it to function, it will.

That's the allure of the AK in my eyes. Robust, reliable, DAMNED effective caliber. 'Accuracy?' meh. Anything I can keep in the black with iron sights, out to 100 yards (300?), I'm not going to gripe too much about! (I ain't planing on hunting pronghorns out to 800 yards or anything!).

There is a LOT to know before going into the AK platform. As a general rule, get imported AKs before domestically made ones. Arsenal, Cugir, WBP, FB Radom, Zastava (the controversial one). Import AKs are made in manufacturers that have made the AK for decades and make them well.

I'm currently building similar though I have an mp5 22 and not the century clone or the real thing because I'm poor. Its still fun to shoot though and the brace really helps with keeping the gun steady while aiming.

Those things are just such fun plinkers!

Great work! These details are incredible, especially the attachments.

I would not mind having a braced MP5 at some point so I can scratch that PCC itch, but I think I'm going to wait for some more solid movement in the courts before that happens. Gives me enough time for my second AR build, though(nothing too exciting, just throwing a bunch of spare parts together)... :P

PCCs are so much fun! But, the price point just to get an MP5 or a clone is just... such a hard pill to swallow. Making another AR with a parts bin is just so much better of a prospect than getting a $2000 plinker.

Nothing beats the MP5.

As a PCC maybe, but the instant you scale that action up for anything more than 9mm it becomes okay at best or awful at worst.

I've ran a PTR 32P and it was fun at first. After the 10th drill, I was aching to just have an AK again.

I ran a PTR 91. The 1R1 drill had my arms ragged.

I ran a Marcolmar CETME-L once. Bad rifle in nearly every sense other than robustness.

I should clarify: I'm referring to it's iconic image and how it looks in fiction.

The MP5 platform is fantastic. My main criticism is just the action when scaled up. The MP5 becoming an icon is quite deserved.

But, as a PCC. *CHEF'S KISS*