Which SMG?

[Joe Simone]

If one was going to buy a SMG which one would be best?

[Tony Nelson]

What caliber are you thinking about?

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

If you're looking at a 9mm, the STEN is probably the best bang for the bucks. Simple, reliable and fun to shoot, too. :cool:

[Rick Simes]

Since we are limited to guns produced prior to 1986...

I prefer the MP5 if you want to use it in a tactical role, or to train with it. It's about the only SMG available to civies that's "modern". It can be easily outfitted with a weapon light, various optics, rail systems, and you have options on stocks. The stock sights are excellent as is the ergos. Not to mention it's accurate.

If you just want a fun gun, I really like the Uzi and Sterling. Vary capable guns in their own right, you just don't have options as to how you can set it up.

Mac 11s are typically the cheapest thing out there, but the cyclic rate is absurd and the sights and ergos suck.

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

I dunno... ;)

If you look at the Street Gun Nationals results for the SMG Division, the old WWII Sterling was used to win. It beat out (2) tricked out MP5's. One of which had a Jet Comp Recoil Compensator on it and the other had a muzzle break and an Aimpoint! :eek:

[Tony Nelson]

WOW! :eek: Man, that's hard to believe... :confused:

You sure it didn't have something to with the man behind the trigger?

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

Actually Dave Sevigny shot the MP5 first, then the Sterling. That old gun really rocked!! :cool:

[John Badertscher]

At the SGN, I only got a chance to handle to MP5. As a lefty, the Sterling seemed a bit intimidating, but if you're a righty, it's hard to beat a SMG of that quality for one third the price of an MP5. Personally I always thought the Sterling was the coolest gun ever made.

The MP5 however is one sweet gun to shoot. Outside of a heavy trigger, which is still pretty controllable, it puts rounds on target very quickly. Bursts were no problem, and it was almost child's play to empty a mag into center mass. If it wasn't for the price...

[Dave Sevigny]

The rules of the TSA Nationals SMG competition favored the slower cyclic rate of the Sterling over the MP5 which is a major reason why it did so well. It was easier to fire single shots at the steel with the Sterling which gave you more rounds for the one-second per round time deduction on the final TSA target. The concept was cool, but shouldn't be run the same way again. I enjoyed shooting both SMG's. Thanks again Scott W. and Andy H. for the loan!
Dave

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

Yeah, Andy Horner came up with that scoring method, it was just a test. And I concur 100% with your assessment, Dave... :cool:

But that was a fun little gun to shoot, wasn't it? :)

[John Badertscher]

Out of curiousity...how rough is that MP5 to clean/reassemble?

A friend has a G3 clone which is a bear to reassemble especially with that roller block.