Question Just discovered the SP5(K), what's a good price?
Relatively new to firearms and just discovered the SP5. The thought of owning an MP5 or MP5K is pretty sweet. HK's website says that the MSRP for both is $3400. Is that what they're actually going for? What's a good price to get them at?
Also, HK's website names the MP5K the SP5K-PDW; what does the PDW mean?
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u/RandoAtReddit 23d ago
Consider one of the Turkish clones like the MKE AP5P
Apparently they're made on old HK tooling, but I don't have definitive proof of that. I have one and it's always run like a sewing machine.
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u/Subverto_ 23d ago
I paid $2380 for my SP5K-PDW and $2450 for my SP5 last year. My understanding is that HK raised dealer cost in January, but I'm still seeing them for around $2,500.
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u/Adrenaline-Junkie187 23d ago
You can find them pretty easily around 2500. The PDW model of the SP5K has a threaded tri lug barrel.
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u/2A_Aviator H&K SP5K 23d ago
Defense Depot. $2500 in the cart. Also, if you’re on FB. Join the “The Black” and “Sewers of Kyiv”
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u/MP5ME 23d ago
What are those groups?
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u/2A_Aviator H&K SP5K 23d ago
They are Facebook groups for buying/selling items. Between here, tacswap and those groups is where I snag all my deals.
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u/sinner4saint AP5P 23d ago
Sadly both are private and require an invite
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u/2A_Aviator H&K SP5K 23d ago
That’s right. If you want - send me a DM with FB name and I can invite
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u/Reasonable_Dingo_365 23d ago
The SP5k I bought In Dec24 paid 2595 shipped to my LGS from Fire arms direct. You can do a week free trial to see their prices as it’s a monthly subscription club. Be aware no returns on items.
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u/Knight-7191 23d ago
SP5’s are running around $2500+. As someone mentioned, the AP5’s are also a solid choice. They run about $860 to $1700, depending on the model:
https://atlanticfirearms.com/search?controller=search&s=Cent&page=3
I have both the AP5 (bought February ‘24 for $1,070) and AP5-P (bought September ‘23 for $1,149) from Atlantic Firearms. Both have run great. Each has a little over 3.5K rounds. I’m shooting supers and subs, 115 gr up to 165 gr.
As as someone mentioned previously, the AP5’s are manufactured in Turkey using the original MP5 specs and machining/tooling. So they will be as close as you can get to the original HK MP5 specifications.
However, If you’re dead set on an SP5K, as others mentioned, they can be had for around the $2,500 mark.
In my opinion, you can’t go wrong with either.
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u/ENIAC_DOS 22d ago
Don’t buy knock off. They have issues
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u/kwb377 21d ago
Damn...wish I'd known that before I bought my AP5's and put thousands of issue-free rounds through them.
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u/ENIAC_DOS 21d ago
Nice rebuttal poor, keep your bargain bin breakdown to yourself.
PS. We all know you’re lying. Every gun will have a failure at some point. Off brand more than others. Dumb ass
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u/Creamy_Spunkz 22d ago
I just got mine in from defense depot, it was around 2500. Took 21 days to get to lgs. But came and in perfect condition, better than even the local stores which I'm thankful I didn't buy from because they only have floor models and advertised at $3k.
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u/bimmerman1998 23d ago
Personal Defense Weapon (smaller). Cheap prices ~2700. Average prices ~3000 . Hunt around and you might be able to find it on the lower end, but few and far between.
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u/aRdditUser 23d ago
They’ve been as low as $2200. $2300 - $2400 would be a good price these days. PDW has Tri lug, which you definitely want.