The lighter thin hand guard was simply too slick for me to get a good grip on the rifle when my hands were dripping with sweat, so I stopped using it.
I think it weighed over 12 pounds with a Hensoldt Z-24 mounted in a claw mount and the wide hand guard, which I found more comfortable to grip. There only sling I ever had for that rifle was the standard HK sling, which was a rather thin carrying strap. It was a good rifle, accurate and reliable, but the ergonomics were best described as poor. I used the standard fixed stocks when shooting them.Ĭlick to expand.The first rifle I ever owned was a HK-91. Possibly one day achieve anything like match accuracy by installing a better trigger.Īnd here's a picture of a couple of mine from about 2004 (a 91 & 93). Unless you're willing to spend some serious coin to weld reinforcing rails to the receiver channels, there's no point in even pretending it's going to Don't expect to reload your brass, as it's designed to bounce off the ejection port and fling out at 2 o'clock. Feed it quality surplus ammo, anything better is a waste. The receiver torques when firingĪnd battlefield accurate is about all you should expect. Port buffers suck, causing more damage to the rifle than they save on the brass. The 91's are relatively heavy and the recoil is relatively light.Īnd yes, the telescoping stock sucks, but it sure looks cool. Also get an extra extractor spring (it's the only piece I've ever had break on me in a dozen rifles, 10's of thousands of rounds, both semi and fully automatic).Īs far as recoil? Really? I guess since I started hunting with a sporterized '03 springfield at the age of 12 I'm not thoroughly sympathetic nor understanding. If you shoot it a lot, I mean 10k-20k rounds, you're going to need to eventually get some larger rollers (as the gun wears).
All the early guns like yours that I examined were beautifully made and functioned quite well.Īs for modifications. I don't know if HKpro archives are available, but I remember when they were posting pictures of the unboxing of the HK machinery they'd bought from Portugal.
Yours is an early JLD 2002-2004 while the AWB was going on. It was hard to discern where the additional value of the HK91 was, above the name as each rifle performed exceptionally well. The 9 series HK's remain one of my favorite battle rifles, and I've owned 91s and 93s from the early 1980's until 2010 (divorce, recession).Ībout 12 years ago a friend of mine bought a PTR91 quite similar to yours and we took to the range for a side-by-side with an IB date coded HK91.
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