AP5-M vertical foregrip

[SGT Dave]

Are the factory MP5 foregrips (https://hkparts.net/product/vertical-grip-usa-mp5k-p16474.htm/) compatible with the AP5-m from Century Arms?

If not, what would you recommend?

 

[SGT Dave]

Follow up question: if you want to add a stock, a vfg, and a suppressor to something like an MP5, do you need to buy three separate stamps (AKA $600 in federal bribes tax)?

 

[zackmars]

Yes it should work. It will be an AOW, which is a $200 tax stamp. I believe if you transfer it to an SOT who can do it, the tax stamp for that is $5, plus whatever fees the SOT may charge.

If you make it an SBR, you can add the VFG just fine. An MP5K with a stock, vfg, and suppressor would only need $400 worth of tax stamps, one for the SBR, one for the suppressor.

The M models can't easily be suppressed since they lack a tri lug or threaded muzzle.

 

[zackmars]

I think there is a company making mp5k "angled" foregrips, so it's not technically going to turn it into an NFA item

 

[baboon]

My MP5K is a 3 stamp gun SBR, registered sear & suppressor.

 

[SGT Dave]

My MP5K is a 3 stamp gun SBR, registered sear & suppressor

Ant regrets? Or was it worth the cost?

 

[baboon]

Ant regrets? Or was it worth the cost?

Not a single regret in that gun. I bought my SP89 for less then $1K. I remember after getting it pissing the wife's father off, especially when I said it would be a machine-gun one day.

What I have in it & what it's worth makes me really happy. Not as happy as shooting it. Some times when I feel blue I open these & just look at it.

A few member have had trigger time on it & that is why I call it the 3 second smile maker.

 

[A1Oni]

Are the factory MP5 foregrips (https://hkparts.net/product/vertical-grip-usa-mp5k-p16474.htm/) compatible with the AP5-m from Century Arms?

If not, what would you recommend?

mp5ks arent really good to throw a can on because they tend to beat themselves to death unlike the standard format MP5

 

[baboon]

mp5ks arent really good to throw a can on because they tend to beat themselves to death unlike the standard format MP5

Could be, but mine is still solid as the. day it was re configured. If someone really only want a suppressed MP5 my guess is they would go the MP5SD route

 

[zackmars]

mp5ks arent really good to throw a can on because they tend to beat themselves to death unlike the standard format MP5

You just need an 80° locking piece

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

To be clear to the OP, The suppressor is in itself a NFA item = $200. You can put it on anything it will fit on. As for the MP5, if you configure it as an SBR, that's a completely separate stamp and another $200. A SBR with a suppressor attached is called a two-stamp gun but by no means implies that they can't be separated. I am not familiar with the AOW route but as with everything pertaining to the ATF, it depends on specifics and unicorn dust.

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

I've been looking at the AP5-M at PSA for $899. There's a reason why they are still available when all the other models are going for 2x that if they are in stock. It's going to take booku bucks to make it into anything else than what it is.

 

[baboon]

I've been looking at the AP5-M at PSA for $899. There's a reason why they are still available when all the other models are going for 2x that if they are in stock. It's going to take booku bucks to make it into anything else than what it is.

Have you checked the price of a German MP5 or MP5k that has been made into a sear host lately?

I have thought about a full sized MP5. I'd buy parts kit & find a flat then send it to TMP Outfitters

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/10/27/tpm-outfitters-young-gunsmiths/

Heckler & Koch MP5 A2 9mm Parts Kit - Police Trade in Used-2

www.bluemountainsupplyllc.com

 

[zackmars]

I've been looking at the AP5-M at PSA for $899. There's a reason why they are still available when all the other models are going for 2x that if they are in stock. It's going to take booku bucks to make it into anything else than what it is.

It's pretty close the what the MP5K was intended to be, but yeah it's not the best option if you want to do anything to it.

 

[baboon]

A budget option would be buy a Colt 635 parts kit and add a binary trigger to the lower. For a lower a QC10 would be my choice.

Police Trade In Colt 635 9mm SMG Upper 10.5

www.bluemountainsupplyllc.com

 

[zackmars]

A budget option would be buy a Colt 635 parts kit and add a binary trigger to the lower. For a lower a QC10 would be my choice.

Police Trade In Colt 635 9mm SMG Upper 10.5

www.bluemountainsupplyllc.com

https://palmettostatearmory.com/century-arms-ap5-5-75-threaded-barrel-9mm-pistol-black-hg6035n.html

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

It's pretty close the what the MP5K was intended to be, but yeah it's not the best option if you want to do anything to it.

Yeah, that AP-5M is begging for a VFG ala MP5K.

 

[baboon]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/century-arms-ap5-5-75-threaded-barrel-9mm-pistol-black-hg6035n.html

I paid under $1K when I bought my SP89 was back when.

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

I paid under $1K when I bought my SP89 was back when.

You wouldn't happen to have a DeLorean, would you?

 

[baboon]

Yeah, that AP-5M is begging for a VFG ala MP5K.

Aint nothing to it, but to do it!

The nice thing about the fore end pictured is its cut for the H&K Pulse Laser