Today we are out at the range to compare the Angstadt Arms MDP-9 to the classic H&K SP-5. We will do a bunch of runs on a course of fire that incudes precision targets, spinners and stars, and see which of the carbines comes out ahead! Plus, as a bonus, some shooting with a suppressor and subsonic ammunition…
Bolt Action Rifles
Winchester Model D: The WW1 Origin of the Famous Model 70
Just as World War One broke out in Europe, TC Johnson was working on a new Mauser-based sporting rifle design for the Winchester company. With the war, Johnson added options for military configurations (handguard, bayonet […]
Book review
Book Review: Ott-Helmuth von Lossnitzer, Technical Director of the Mauser Company 1933-1945
Ott-Helmuth (Otto, after he emigrated to the US) von Lossnitzer was a remarkable firearms engineer. He served through World War One as a machine gunner, gaining extensive experience with a variety of different machine guns […]
Medium MGs
Vintage Saturday: Why They Make Tripods Like That
Waffen-SS soldier manning a Czech ZB-37 machine gun on its tripod. Note that the articulated tripod legs have been put to good use mounting the gun up on a large rock that offers some cover […]
That spinner is such a big variable all by itself that it kind of makes any gun comparison meaningless.
Yeah I think to be statistically valid you’d need to shoot the spinner many many times.
Odd conclusion to arrive at considering you were more than 3 sec faster with it and it had no malfunctions.
The HK that is.