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cornered rat · January 23, 1999, 12:06 PM

In my experience, MP5 (closed bolt) has been rather unreliable, where as Sten/Thompson/Beretta 38 worked fine (all open bolt). BEretta was made to close tolerances, just as the MP5, so precision was not an issue.

January 23, 1999, 12:06 PM	#4
cornered rat Junior member Join Date: November 30, 1998 Location: Minnesota Posts: 920	In my experience, MP5 (closed bolt) has been rather unreliable, where as Sten/Thompson/Beretta 38 worked fine (all open bolt). BEretta was made to close tolerances, just as the MP5, so precision was not an issue.