[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Hk MP5 Transferable at AIM (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 7/1/2026 2:58:58 PM EDT
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For a cool $45,000 you too can own a transferable Heckler and Koch MP5!!!! HK MP5 Transferable SMG at AIM Surplus May the odds be ever in your favor! Edit: Made link not have the gay. |
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Here is a clean link: Link The is very lacking in detail. It just says "registered receiver." There is nothing about the provenance of the gun. Is it a converted 94 for example? An LE gun from prior to 86? Price is pretty low, so I have my doubts. |
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I just noticed the receiver markings: Safe Semiautomatic Burst Full auto That's cool. Attached File |
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For those poo-pooing the registered receiver - how many transferrable Pre-68 HK MP5s are there on the registry? They would have to be pre-68, as that was when the import ban on NFA firearms came in. IIRC the number of true HK MP5s on the registry could be counted on one hand? Maybe 2? |
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MKE/Century AP5-SD ... If a super safe works in one, I want it. |
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Quoted: I’d imagine a transferable is a poor investment at the moment. I think there’s more of a “collectible” aspect than there is a “fun” aspect to this gun. You can put a FRT in a SP5 or Turk clone and give yourself a reasonably authentic feeling experience, but it still won’t be the “real deal.” The guys getting hit hardest in the transferable market are the ones with non-historical converted semi-auto guns or cheaper guns like MACs. The guys with the bring-back AKs, MP40s, Thompsons, registered M16s etc., likely won’t take too much of a hit. |
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Quoted: For those poo-pooing the registered receiver - how many transferrable Pre-68 HK MP5s are there on the registry? They would have to be pre-68, as that was when the import ban on NFA firearms came in. IIRC the number of true HK MP5s on the registry could be counted on one hand? Maybe 2? |
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Quoted: Maybe it's a pre may DS that the ATF reclassified as transferable. Quoted: Quoted: For those poo-pooing the registered receiver - how many transferrable Pre-68 HK MP5s are there on the registry? They would have to be pre-68, as that was when the import ban on NFA firearms came in. IIRC the number of true HK MP5s on the registry could be counted on one hand? Maybe 2? I wish they had better pictures. I have fired a dealer sample MP5K that belonged to a friend of mine, and it was stamped as a dealer sample. |
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Quoted: IIRC the number of true HK MP5s on the registry could be counted on one hand? Maybe 2? As to the "registered receiver" aspect, there are quite a few receivers in the registry that were registered as machine guns prior to 1986. Registered receiver guns are a one trick pony, the trigger pack is basically married to the receiver and cannot be used with other host guns. I have a Pre-May "keeper" MP5SD that was imported after 1968. |
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Quoted: I wish they had better pictures. I have fired a dealer sample MP5K that belonged to a friend of mine, and it was stamped as a dealer sample. Dealer samples are post-ban samples and cannot be transferred to a private owner. Only FFLs with the proper SOT can have post samples. |
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Quoted: Dealer samples are post-ban samples and cannot be transferred to a private owner. Only FFLs with the proper SOT can have post samples. Not completely true, a few years back the atf added 4000 or so machine guns that were dealer samples before 86 to the transferable registry, so there are transferable dealer samples out there. Forgotten weapons did a video on it |
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Quoted: For those poo-pooing the registered receiver - how many transferrable Pre-68 HK MP5s are there on the registry? They would have to be pre-68, as that was when the import ban on NFA firearms came in. IIRC the number of true HK MP5s on the registry could be counted on one hand? Maybe 2? I don't think there are any except for the batch of "premays" that flipped and became transferable. |
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Quoted: I think there’s more of a “collectible” aspect than there is a “fun” aspect to this gun. You can put a FRT in a SP5 or Turk clone and give yourself a reasonably authentic feeling experience, but it still won’t be the “real deal.” The guys getting hit hardest in the transferable market are the ones with non-historical converted semi-auto guns or cheaper guns like MACs. The guys with the bring-back AKs, MP40s, Thompsons, registered M16s etc., likely won’t take too much of a hit. Yep, the shaky ground is people with a $15k lightning link in their AR-15. If your paper clip breaks, it's gonna be a sad day. |
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Quoted: I wish they had better pictures. I have fired a dealer sample MP5K that belonged to a friend of mine, and it was stamped as a dealer sample. Ummm no. Pre86 dealer samples have no such markings. The Form 3 will be stamped "Sales Sample Only." A true factory MP5 with be a C prefix serial number. |
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Quoted: As to the "registered receiver" aspect, there are quite a few receivers in the registry that were registered as machine guns prior to 1986. Registered receiver guns are a one trick pony, the trigger pack is basically married to the receiver and cannot be used with other host guns. That is not correct. What you are probably thinking is if they left the shelf setup, you aren't allowed to drill it out for a swing down pack. But if they set it up for a swing down pack, you can use any pack you want because the receiver rather than the sear is the machine gun. The only reason people like sear conversions is the trigger group is the machine gun and you can use it on multiple host guns. |
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Quoted: I’d imagine a transferable is a poor investment at the moment. my guess is FRTs wont be a thing for long once the dems get enough control to legislate. that means the pool of real transferable MGs will still be a static thing and there value will only go up. we live in the golden age of ersatz MGs |
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Quoted: Dealer samples are post-ban samples and cannot be transferred to a private owner. Only FFLs with the proper SOT can have post samples. There are also pre 86 / pre may dealer samples that can only be sold to SOTs however you can keep them after you retire your license (unlike post samples) and you don't need a demo letter to purchase one. |
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The rare greed works great |