danb
dont be a dumbass
I think people are skeptical because Pakistan and Turkey have had many many years to work out the kinks building the MP5 clone. PSA has a history of unreliable products. And also not shipping to MD, which burns people up.
I have never built an MP5 clone (although you can buy the parts kit at hkparts.net), but every video and blog I have read suggests this is not a small feat you can do in a garage, like an AR. Pressing and welding the receiver flat looks very easy to screw up even if you know what you are doing - and the tolerances on German engineering are tight. Making one receiver flat (taking ones time) as a prototype or garage project is hard, but even that is a lot easier than pumping them out for a mass audience with the tolerances needed. Could easily end up with lot of mass produced jam-o-matics.
I have never built an MP5 clone (although you can buy the parts kit at hkparts.net), but every video and blog I have read suggests this is not a small feat you can do in a garage, like an AR. Pressing and welding the receiver flat looks very easy to screw up even if you know what you are doing - and the tolerances on German engineering are tight. Making one receiver flat (taking ones time) as a prototype or garage project is hard, but even that is a lot easier than pumping them out for a mass audience with the tolerances needed. Could easily end up with lot of mass produced jam-o-matics.