10/22 MP5-alike

DsrtRat said:
The ruger 10/22/ mp5 navy has haunted my dreams and cost me several hours on a mill.

Here are some thoughts. The mp5 is such a different shape from the ruger that to make a close duplicate, u will need trigger linkages etc...

The ruger is quite wide and trying to fit an airsoft over it will be next to impossible.

There are some kits that will get you an approximate shape and size of an mp5 five but certainly not replicas.


For what it's worth, here is what I came up with.

First, my concept drawing. This was done over a photo of ruger and takes into account trigger position etc...

navy.jpg


Next image is a photo of the bare aluminum chassis with it photoshopped black and accessories added with photoshop. I guess it is a look into the future of how I hope it turns out.

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After many hours of milling, here is the chassis without the ruger inside. A few small parts, some finishing then anodizing and it will be complete. Hoping for mid-sept completion.
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This has been a fun project and it is starting to take shape. It will never be a perfect replica because of the difference in shape of the two guns. Knowing how much work was involved, not sure I would have started but I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. If you can make an mp5 out of ruger, i say go for it.
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WOW. that mill work is awesome! i can barely wait to see the finished model. you really should make the sd front end also.... imo.
 
I looked at the SD front end but there are some issues with it. Because of the width of the 10/22, it would be difficult to fit.

Every bit of this project has been comprimising fit for as "close to looking like" as possible. I suppose a person could make a closer replica around a 10/22 but the machinning, linkages and messing around would be a huge task. What I tried to do was pick the closest balance between doable and looks. This is my first project with a mill I bought off Kijiji. I am learning a ton, but have a bizillion things to learn yet.

Sounds like djmay71 is looking at entering the dark side of the force and building one of these bad boys. I am interested in seeing how others would tackle the same project. There have been some nice builds on CGN.
 
Here's Johhny!
mockedMP5.jpg

Now you may be wondering: how on earth did I do that?
Listen up: 10/22 Dragonov stock. Chop off the skeletonized stock. Acquire and figure out how to attach a Metaldyne A5 stock.
As for the barrel, well, with a stock like that, it'd have to remain at its OEM barrel length (18.5") to still be classed as non-restricted, but I thought I'd erase down the barrel to see how that looks. I'll upload a longer barrel version next so we can see how that looks.

EDIT:
Here's the longer barreled version.
mockedMP5lb.jpg

It looks a little wonky with a ridiculously long barrel, but you can still tell it draws inspiration from the MP5.

EE Shopping List: 10/22 Dragonov Stock and a OEM or chopped length barrelled 10/22,
 
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