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Zenith MP5 review.
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Will see if for sale this afternoon. 
Nah if it fails to function properly I will get rid of it (not on the ODT of course probably pawn it for a 3rd its value) or throw it in the trash then again it has a five year warranty. If it works like it is supposed to I will SBR it.Will see if for sale this afternoon.
There decent guns for what they are but no comparison to HK when it comes to quality.
I've got one. I put 1,000 rounds through it before I filed my form 1. I put a B&T side folder on it that I got for a steal on GB. It doesn't wobble at all.
On the mags, I have 10 HK and three MKE's. There's little difference other than finish. The MKE's are painted and the paint wears some. The standard loading method is with retracted bolt, insert fresh mag and slap down the charging handle. Any time I ride (or use my thumb to rock out) the charging handle, I get a misfeed. If I slap it, all is good. Mine feed Hornady hollow points very well.
Do yourself a favor. Get some carb or break cleaner and clean the action well. It looks like they put a coat of cosmoline or lacquer inside the receiver. I had a few misfeed after about 300 rounds when trying to shoot It with a wet can. I sprayed some brake cleaner in to get the carbon out, and a good bit of brown thick gummy stuff came out. I started working at it and found it was all over the insides, and in the bolt carrier too. Once I cleaned this out, it's run flawless.
On the mags, I have 10 HK and three MKE's. There's little difference other than finish. The MKE's are painted and the paint wears some. The standard loading method is with retracted bolt, insert fresh mag and slap down the charging handle. Any time I ride (or use my thumb to rock out) the charging handle, I get a misfeed. If I slap it, all is good. Mine feed Hornady hollow points very well.
Do yourself a favor. Get some carb or break cleaner and clean the action well. It looks like they put a coat of cosmoline or lacquer inside the receiver. I had a few misfeed after about 300 rounds when trying to shoot It with a wet can. I sprayed some brake cleaner in to get the carbon out, and a good bit of brown thick gummy stuff came out. I started working at it and found it was all over the insides, and in the bolt carrier too. Once I cleaned this out, it's run flawless.
Keep in mind that these aren't simply commercial guns. MKE is/has been fielding these for quite a while, and while the tooling could be old, it doesn't mean that they haven't kept up with tooling wear. Turkey ain't Pakistan.
I've had a number of HK's and have some contract guns. I can't see much difference other than paint finish in the MKE's and the HK's. The parts finish looks good (no tool marks), the welds are nice, and nearly equivalent. IMO, the only superiority of HK marked has been left to cosmetics at best.
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Being made on HK tooling doesn't make it an HK unless you add to that tooling the same expertise and quality control.
Also HK is importing MP5 in the K configuration: http://www.gunbroker.com/item/595635777
All rollerlock clones are expensive so clone or not expect to spend $1500+
