HK416 availability and price?
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I have a "stupid" question: if we can't get MR556 rifles and upper receivers, what is the best alternative when it comes to reliable piston 16" or less barreled AR15 upper receivers?
I was seriously thinking if slapping an HK MR556 upper receiver on a Colt AR15 lower receiver but this seems impossible in Canada.
Alex
I was seriously thinking if slapping an HK MR556 upper receiver on a Colt AR15 lower receiver but this seems impossible in Canada.
Alex
angryeyebrows
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Why bother though, what benefit are you looking for? I could see wanting the KAC lower for her though. Unless you got Full-auto capability, but you cant really use that anywhere in Canada legally. I would just get the MR223 and get the KAC ambi-mag release with a BAD lever and be done with it. You can always re-profile the barrel too.
Starscream
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Not saying that HK firearms aren't good and I admit that it's highly unlikely that it would break but in the highly unlikely event that a parts breakage does occur, what then? Wait 9 months while Wolverine tries to convince R Nicholls to bring in a part? Buy two of the same gun, strip one down for parts and sell the frame?
Again I know it's highly unlikely but same can be said for any modern production gun.
PS: Yes I've seen a USP break... don't ask what happened to it. Answer would depress you.
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I see this as a huge problem, but the solution is we need a new distributor for H&K. I really have had nothing but negative experiences with R Nicholls in regards to HK importation, that is why i don't go through dealers like Wolverines that much for HK products anymore. Way too much hassle, i don't like buying guns from retailers that can not support there product line. Nothing against Wolverine i know it is out of there hands..At least they tried...
This is why I like what Questar and especially Armtac bring to the table...This is also why I don't bother with generic stores anymore in regards to AR or black rifles, the stores that deal in this line of products like OST is what i support now. Myself like many others look for specific things in my guns and demand certain criteria(MIL-SPEC minimum), I don't like going to a gun store and getting answers like "its good, or just as good as" or "its the same thing" just my little pet peeves...
If HK has any brains left in it's sale department they should drop R Nicholls like a bad habit and find someone else.
I see this as a huge problem, but the solution is we need a new distributor for H&K. I really have had nothing but negative experiences with R Nicholls in regards to HK importation, that is why i don't go through dealers like Wolverines that much for HK products anymore. Way too much hassle, i don't like buying guns from retailers that can not support there product line. Nothing against Wolverine i know it is out of there hands..At least they tried...
This is why I like what Questar and especially Armtac bring to the table...This is also why I don't bother with generic stores anymore in regards to AR or black rifles, the stores that deal in this line of products like OST is what i support now. Myself like many others look for specific things in my guns and demand certain criteria(MIL-SPEC minimum), I don't like going to a gun store and getting answers like "its good, or just as good as" or "its the same thing" just my little pet peeves...
If HK has any brains left in it's sale department they should drop R Nicholls like a bad habit and find someone else.
blaxsun
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Pretty sure you're in for a disappointment (MR223 being interchangeable with standard AR lowers). It's called the MR223 (Germany) because it's not an MR556 (US). There are no complete HK416 rifles because the HK416D lower is prohibited. And best of luck with the importing...
blaxsun
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Then quite simply, you're screwed (unless you've stocked up on spare parts). I've got a spare bolt/firing pin for mine; you can use any charging handle, so really the only things that I can get hooped with is something from the gas assembly. Fingers crossed, I guess...
blaxsun
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Back to the OP... Honestly, an HK416 is not for the feint-of-heart, because a high quality lower you'll easily be set back $8k or more. And this is not going to be an easy quest...
My advice? If you're looking for a great piston system (other than an HKMR223, which is the closest you can get to an HK416 right now), check out an ADCOR Defense, LMT or PWS.
Starscream
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Unfortunately there's not much incentive for HK to do that. Most their profit in Canada will be government / LE contracts. Truth be told there's every reason for HK to not drop R Nicholls because they supply several LE agencies already.
Only possibility of any relief I think is if HK GMBH allows HK USA to export... which they really have no incentive to allow.
Unfortunately there's not much incentive for HK to do that. Most their profit in Canada will be government / LE contracts. Truth be told there's every reason for HK to not drop R Nicholls because they supply several LE agencies already.
Only possibility of any relief I think is if HK GMBH allows HK USA to export... which they really have no incentive to allow.
Actually this is where we were both wrong, A friend of mine is a cop and the reason why a lot of LE contracts were actually lost or discontinued is because R,Nicholls actually dropped the ball in regards to parts/service failure, they never supplied them for there G36 with new barrels/parts that they basically had to shelve the rifles. I forget which LE department it was, I think it was Mississauga or Barrie. Don't remember all have to ask him again.It's not HK but entirely R'Nicholls....
