Hey guys James get with tfbtv, and I'm sitting here between these two lovely ladies
the HK mp5 and the sig MPX
because I want to talk to you guys about some pros and cons of each so this is gonna be a
Multi-part series video today is going to be 5 reasons the sig MPX is better than the H&K mp5
But you bet your ass
there's gonna be a 5 reasons why the
H&K mp5 is better than the MPX because there are some things that each of these platforms
Does better than the other but today?
We're focusing on the MPX, which I believe is a platformer with maybe a little bit more potential than the mp5 well
It's not as old and proven as the mp5 it's not as old as the mp5 so it's got a lot of new
modern design
Cues that make it a little bit different and more versatile than the H&K
So let's get right into it with number one number one has to be the mechanics the MPX perhaps one of the biggest advantages
the mechanics versus the H&K mp5 how you use the gun how you
Manipulate it and get it to do what you want it to do it has ambidextrous
everything and ambi safety and ambi mag release and
ambi bolt release an AM be charging handle and speaking of that bolt release
You won't find a true bolt release on the H&K mp5
Because it doesn't have the mp5
Does not have an automatic last round bolt hold-open and that can be a serious issue
With the MPX whenever you run out of rounds in your magazine your bolts gonna lock back
You can put a new mag in there
and then you can drop your bolt release and you're back in so because that
Mp5 doesn't have the last round bolt hold-open worst case scenario you fire all the rounds in your magazine you line up to take that
Last shot you pull the trigger and what's the only noise? That's louder than a bang when you're expecting a click
That's a click when you're expecting a bang
You've gone completely dry the mp5?
doesn't let you know that so you've taken another shot wasted a couple of seconds and
Realized you had to reload check it out to see what I'm talking about
See all that time wasted lining up my last shot and taking it on
The other hand the MPX lets you know when you've gone empty
It's very easy to get another magazine in here because unlike the mp5 you have a bevel and flared
Magazine well in the MPX and moreover because of the last round bolt hold-open you're not fighting
spring pressure against the bolt whenever you're putting the magazine and we're with the
Mp5 if especially if you've got a fresh 30 round magazine and the bolts closed you're really going to be
struggling to get a positive lock with that new magazine if you don't open the bolt up with the mp5 so
Mechanics far and away the number one reason why the MPX is superior to the mp5 reason number two ar-15
Commonality the ar-15 is the most popular platform in the United States right now?
And the good news is if you know how to use an ar-15
You know how to use the MPX and what do I mean by commonality not only a common manual of arms?
But you have some overlapping parts commonality you're using an ar-15 charging handle
And you can use any air 15 charging handle in the MPX
You've got basically the exact same
magazine release
You've got almost the exact same bolt release you see you've got a ping-pong paddle on the left-hand side if you prefer to use that
But there's also an AM be release here that you can actuate with your index finger the safety is in the same place
Ambi it functions the same way down to fire up for safe. You can use ar-15 triggers although
There is a caveat there
Because the bolt comes back much more violently in the pistol caliber carbines make sure that your trigger is going to work without
Breaking in the MPX before you decide to change your trigger from the factory trigger you also get to use whatever
ar-15 grip you like to use on your AR you can use that on the
MPX as well not to mention your flip up iron sights
So not only does this have a common manual of arms with the ar-15, but it uses a lot of the same parts
And that's a huge plus for those of you
who are AR guys it even breaks apart the same way you see you functionally have an
Ar-15 lower on the MPX with the two pin takedown and it's even got the same pins as I mentioned for the trigger so
This but for all intents and purposes is as close as it gets to being a pistol caliber ar-15 without being a pistol caliber
ar-15 now number three and another big issue
Modularity with the MPX you get a lot more
Modularity that you don't otherwise have with the mp5 as you see you have a full top rail with the MPX
You can put whatever optics you want to put on?
The MPX you can change out your irons not so with the mp5 and you're stuck with the irons on the mp5 now fortunately
The diopter sights are some of the best out there, so that's not such a bad thing
But you still don't have the option you can also with the MPX
change it at home user serviceable to any barrel length that you want between 4 inches and
16 inches and you can change out the handguard yourself although with the mp5 you can buy a
Modular handguard the stock is attached in the rear via Picatinny rail
so it's very easy to find stock adapters for it now my number four reason is going to be chassis design the
MPX in my opinion has a superior chassis design to the mp5 the chassis of the MPX is almost
Completely aluminum, so it's going to be lightweight. It's going to be durable and it's going to be corrosion resistant
that's not the case with the mp5 with the mp5 you're looking at a steel gun that can rust it's heavy and
With the trigger group and the lower you're using polymer
Instead of the aluminum lower that the MPX has so not only is the MPX in any similar
configuration to the mp5 going to be about a
Lichter it's going to be just as durable
If not more durable because of the lack of polymer
But it's also going to be lighter and with the MPX right out of the box you get a free float handguard
That's partially monolithic. You can change it out and
That makes it in and of itself superior to the mp5 the mp5 you're typically going to get just a plastic
Handguard held in place by one pin and you have some expensive
But less attractive options for a Picatinny rail or a keymod handguard
For the mp5 and y-you can change out the barrel lengths freely with the MPX
You can't do that with the mp5 you're gonna need an armor for that now finally
I've just given you four really good reasons why the MPX is better than the mp5
but for number five
Notwithstanding the fact that you get I think a whole lot of value out of the MPX over the mp5
But let's talk about cost I think this gun cost me about twelve hundred dollars in pistol format
And then I got my stamp, and I think I paid about
250 or 300 dollars for the stock now the markets so
Volatile with these guns you never know at the time this post they could be selling for a thousand dollars
They could be selling for fifteen hundred dollars, but at the end of the day I paid around
1450 or fifteen hundred dollars for the MPX
I paid about fifteen hundred dollars for my
Mp5 parts kit alone so my mp5 is built on an HK an authentic HK mp5
parts kit, and then it uses an
Mk II a Turkish MK ii
Receiver which I had to buy and just that receiver flat cost four hundred dollars because it was made on HK tooling in
Turkey so you guys may be familiar with Zenith Zenith makes HK clones
But they are made on the Turkish HK tooling just like my MK e-flat was but even for the zenith clones
Which are by all indications really good clones?
Those are still going to set you back around two thousand dollars. Well if you want to buy an mp5 complete
You're looking at four or five thousand dollars for like an HK 94 or converted HK 90 for
my mp5 looking
$1500 for the parts kit $400 for the receiver
and I don't even remember how much it costs to send the gun off to get refinished and
Assembled so well
there's a good argument that you're getting a lot more gun with the MPX it cost about half as much as the
Mp5 and that's the number five reason why it is better than the mp5 in any case
I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it. I want to say
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I will see you guys next week take care