Used this in Northern Ireland for 2 years back in the day. Still my favourite service weapon.

@darkchild130

4 жыл бұрын

@kev french Based in Ballykinler mate, 2RGJ

@darkchild130

4 жыл бұрын

@kev french Cheers, I was COP mate HK53s were standard for us on plain clothes jobs.

@darkchild130

4 жыл бұрын

@kev french No we had to do a selection in battalion, then a 8 week course down at Lydd run by 14 int and hereford blokes. It was pretty hard but good training, more interesting than the actual job most of the time.

@darkchild130

3 жыл бұрын

@It’s ya boy covert reconnaissance. Our training, tactics and kit were all modelled on the SAS and SRR. Google COP platoon if you want to know. There's a video of me on my channel on the range in 2005 firing one.

@daimill1728

3 жыл бұрын

Snap 🤙 1WG COP. Car drills were loadsa fun with this thing 😎

I don’t think anyone should underestimate the level of effort that this man will have gone through to recondition himself, after all that his body went through in his military career. Once you get past, say, 40 years of age, it’s an uphill battle like you wouldn’t believe. There’s a unique take on a popular saying in the armed forces; “Pain is just weakness leaving the body (unless you’ve served, because then it’s probably just arthritis)”. Those that know, know. Those that don’t will post things about weight. Much respect to Mr Vickers.

Not one of the best HK designs but dang - 10/10 on the looks

@supersmashbrosevil

5 жыл бұрын

G3/MP5 looks are always pretty

@catsfrommars

5 жыл бұрын

@@skepticalbadger the SAS and SBS SCUD hunters want to have a word with you

@jasonarmstrong5750

5 жыл бұрын

German weapons tend to be the sexiest, at least in my experience

@vaesh7854

4 жыл бұрын

It was designed to tear Spetsnaz apart with body armor. The design is perfect.

@timmteller871

3 жыл бұрын

The roler delayed system just didn´t work as well for 5.56, but I mean they did nail it later with their short stroke rifles.

This is my favorite rifle to shoot. I'll take it over any of my AR's. The gun is brutal and violent. The recoil has never been an issue for me. It's a thumper but very controllable.

Larry, you went from McDonalds employee to proper Delta Operator body wise. I have a ton of respect for the work you must have put in to pull this off. Well done man!

great info and cool gun for sure

@VickersTacticalLAV

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

Personal weapon for 4 years and loved it. Ideal for the job at the time as was a Jack of all trades.

For a gun with that much weight the recoil looks brutal.

@betalabs

5 жыл бұрын

Like as 7.62mm

@LRRPFco52

5 жыл бұрын

Compared to the Hk33, I was surprised about what a handful they are on auto. Hk33 is a pussycat, very fun to shoot with 40rd mags. Hk53 is more of a novelty.

@John1911

5 жыл бұрын

Conan 1812 oh that sucks!

@blandpepper2755

5 жыл бұрын

Roller-delayed blowback is naturally violent and anything bigger than pistol cartridges are hard to control.

@SpecJack15

5 жыл бұрын

@@blandpepper2755 I think also due to the very short barrel that doesn't give much room for the powder to completely burn out

That thing was throwing the empties into the next county..like the forward ejection pattern also. Thanks LAV! ✌

@3ric585

5 жыл бұрын

budster mcgreen lol

@budstermcgreen6360

5 жыл бұрын

@@3ric585 👍

@doublep1980

5 жыл бұрын

It's the same design with the G3,which is ejecting the brass in a similar way.

@david05111

5 жыл бұрын

You should see my 23e. Damn thing ejects spent casings into the next state

HK has a lot of underrated guns besides the G3 and MP5.

@retskl

5 жыл бұрын

@@BelialsGenuflect He said besides the G3 and MP5, idiot

@Jeragon186

5 жыл бұрын

HeavyDutyTraining He prolly means their 416.. I think

@retskl

5 жыл бұрын

it does NOT mean not mean that at all, are you a native English speaker? It means APART FROM. i.e HK has a lot of underrated guns, apart from the G3 and MP5.

@retskl

5 жыл бұрын

​@@BelialsGenuflect If you think YOUR usage of it is stupid, isn't it more likely the not retarded usage of it is right? Use context.

@pandemonikussuperbus4590

5 жыл бұрын

One of them is the g36c.hell of a rifle.fell in love since the first time I fired it.

Sir, you are unrecognizable ................. Congratulations on your hard work & dedication :)

I like how you guys showed the gun firing at actual speed rather than just slow-mo like a lot of the other vids! 👍👍

Looks & sounds lethal ! Love all the types of weapons & knowlege you share with your audience. Congrats on your new lean & mean look. Thanks Larry

Really liked the editing on this one, particularly the close-up of the chamber and extraction. This time you showed two complete cycles, very nice and interesting to see!

I loved this video so much, I understand the drawbacks but I've still been an HK53 fan for a while.

Just the right amount of slow motion in this one. I like being able to see the gun firing at full speed too and some of the recent videos didn't have very much of it,

Oh snap! You're looking good, Larry! Jeez, man. 👌👍I didn't even notice until watching that old vid from 3+ years ago.

Wow Mr. Vickers, I almost didn't recognized you. You're looking real good.., congratulations and I wish you lots of luck.

I love your video keep them coming. And thank you for your service!

Interesting insight on it's usability, and outstanding camera and editing work! Thanks

Larry, I've been watching some of your earlier videos and noticed how much weight you lost since then. Great job, man!

The chamber opening and closing detail is great.

Congrats on your weight loss! You are looking great!

Been waiting for this one, my favorite firearm

Keep crushing it Uncle Larry! Looking great bro!

Looking absolutely great and fit! Beautiful video btw👍👍👍

good to see that you're in good shape sir!

Being used to the G36 in Service, shooting the G3 once was way more fun, it actually felt like doing some work. One time I shot the MP5 and it felt like a piece of cake. All this and watching it rock Larry's shoulder, I bet I would absolutely love the HK53.

Lookin' good Larry. Keep up the good work.

I've always liked the look of those, nice lines. My local police used to carry them, semi-auto only carbines though.

I have one of these and it is a lot of fun to shoot especially on full auto. Not much recoil but puts out a big blast and is an attention getter. Vector made a lot of these 10-15 years ago converted from HK93s and Vector 93s. They are starting to become very popular again. AR style pistols got into the game but there is nothing like a HK53 or clone!

Holy hell Larys lost a lot of weight! Good on you man

Larry you look amazing. Good job on your fitness goals. Its inspiring to me. 💪

You've lost a lot of weight.... congratulations...

@jheichelbech

5 жыл бұрын

You ain't kidding. Look at his PSM video. He should get his lead levels checked..ha.

@binodmenahihu8104

5 жыл бұрын

@@jheichelbech 😂👍

@CalvinL.Stevens

5 жыл бұрын

looks like a new person ^^

@yanivelbaz100

5 жыл бұрын

IKR i though he was someone els

@residentduke891

5 жыл бұрын

Lets hope its not health issue. If not congrats Mr Vickers !

Very much want one of these.

Looking good larry!

Looking good, Larry!

The only automatic rifle compared to the Soviet's AKS-74U & American's CAR-15.

@Jeragon186

5 жыл бұрын

ARMORED KONG what about G36? I’m sorry for being ignorant.

@songgut

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jeragon186 Those rifles came out at about the same period while g36 came out later.

@Jeragon186

5 жыл бұрын

songgut Oh! Thanks for the info!

@chrisbrent7487

5 жыл бұрын

I dunno the SIG 552 /553 is a nice tiny little package in 5.56,

@MegaEvoluzione

5 жыл бұрын

Big advantage over the M4 variants is the no buffer tube this shorter, no gas in your aiming eye and better reliability

Got the chance to shoot one once the first burst it got away from me but once I got a hold of it it was a lot of fun to shoot definitely an awesome first machine gun experience

Great video, very cool firearm. I remember seeing pictures of seal team in Vietnam using licensed copies of g33 made by H&R

Wow man you lost some weight good job,awesome video somewhat rare variant of HK I was looking for

Our Highway Patrol tactical team were issued those in the 90s. I'm retired from a state drug enforcement agency and was a member of our tac team. We were issued M-16 A2 carbines, select fire. We used to train regularly with the highway patrol and they swore by their HKs, until they shot our Colts. I used to give them a hard time with the safety/select fire switch on the HKs telling them the diagram meant "no boom" with a line through the bullet, one bullet means "boom", and the three bullets mean "boom boom boom." They were kind ok like Marines.

@PhysifistEngineering

Жыл бұрын

There are plenty of Marines with higher IQs than you.

I've shot them and they have a definite bit of recoil. Full stock is a little bit better. Re-barrelled into 300 Blackout with the proper locking piece and rollers. I'm thinking HK53SD 300 Blackout.

@mattipps

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. That looks like the way to go for this platform.

@rayansandid6609

5 жыл бұрын

You should rename it « HK 57 » because in HK new nomenclature, 3 means 5.56 and 7 means 300 blackout

@karzeem360

4 жыл бұрын

Which locking piece and rollers are you using with the .300 BLK barrel? And who made the barrel? Thanks!

I have an HK93 I bought in 1981. Great rifle. Very reliable.

Looking amazing man

Nice! Thanks for explaining why it didn't fly; looking at the resemblance to the MP5, I was wondering.

dude, looking good man!! very nice.

We need more 5 guns videos larry, love your picks brother.

That's my "grail" Class III gun. I had the opportunity to carry one in Sarajevo (compliments of a Norwegian CPT that loaned it to me when I needed a gun to leave base). While it IS heavy, and in "serious use" has it's issues, the "Cool by Association" factor is unmatched. Go up behind Mt Igman, to the Olympic barracks/hotel back there, and blow a case of ammo in an afternoon. GOOD times.

An mp5 that fires 5.56 just needs to be in my life.

Just want to say damn!!!! Larry way to go with the weight loss, and another damn good video.

This has the to my FAVORITE Roller-Delayed Blowback style weapon. Will EASILY swap out my CQBR Block II out for one

I love this rifle!!

I would love to see a 80% lower on this channel tested out. Whatever pistol or AR, etc there is out there. Would be cool to see some it come to completion and to get a review on it from Larry.

Looks like our boy Larry got all fit up!!

I had a 4 pos picto trigger group and a vortex suppressor. You are right, this thing is a beast, but intimidating when you see that watermelon sized flash off the end of it and it's pretty brutal compared to the M16. M16 in 9mm rocks the house IMHO compared to a MP5 in 9mm...much more controllable. Wish I never moved and got out of the NFA stuff...NY is no place for me when I think back to my days of fun and full auto in Virginia.

Looking good sir.

Good weapon I carried it in Northern Ireland

@abefroman8202

4 жыл бұрын

I used it too in Northern Ireland.

Good...Recommended Channel

I’d love to see some reloads on these weapons in future video I think that would be cool

Very nice!

I would love one of these

man you are so good with guns!

AWESOME!

Damn Larry you look fantastic! Gangster firearm! Love it.

I wonder why the 53 suffered that issue with the charging handle, but you don't hear about it on the MP5?

@Vanalos

4 жыл бұрын

good question, actually. Maybe the MP5's pros outweigh the cons? But then again, I've never encountered the problem the MP5 being out of battery.

@phaserrifle3

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vanalos aye, when I thought about it a bit I did wonder of it was just the MP5 was so much better than the competition in every other area that the issue was ignored. My other thought was: does the g3 style folding cocking handle provide more leverage, while the MP5's shorter fixed handle makes it less easy to knock out of battery? OR does the folding handle even provide a camming action that unlocks the rollers? (I don't know, I've never handled a G3)

@abefroman8202

4 жыл бұрын

The MP 5 is lighter and didn’t lock back the same way when the CH was moved slightly back. The same happened in the 33 and G3. I carried all of these in Ulster.

Would have been cool to see some reloads. Even if it was a bit of a miss this round, I still love seeing the classic HK charging handle in action. Great video nonetheless.

Great review as always, you're a lean mean machine again!

Dam Larry Looking good!

I don't care that it's not that great of a gun. I just love the idea of a 5.56 mp5. I need it.

If you play Goo Goo Doll's Lazy Eye over Larry shooting slow-mo, it's force multiplies the Badassery by a factor of 5.

Looks awesome despite the recoil. HK should produce more of the HK53.

Looks like my favorite mp5 loving it tho

BCM is one of the best parts I have, they work, take a beating, and look good. Semper Fi 🤠👍🇺🇸

Damn Larry has been working out man..

Awesome vid, in the slomo you couldn't see much receiver flex, does it also feel very solid when you shoot?

Hey larry love the vids, can you please do a video on the vz.61 skorpion

Like H&K. They are know how to build a great gun.

I know this isn’t what your channel is really about but you look like you’re much better shape.

Another gun from my wishlist

Incredible.

HK is the best small arms company out there the germans really know how to make a gun

Damn...Larry looks combat ready

The three prong flash hider looked way cooler and massively helped at night

I love this gun, I regret selling my clone.

Larry you lost a lot of weight. Great job man. Neat gun. Doesn't 556 lose a lot of velocity on a barrel that short? And holy flash batman.

Looking great Mr. Vickers! You must be on the Keto Diet brother?? I'll take two of the HK53s to go! Thanks for another great video and thumbs way up!

That brutal brass ejection may kill someone... XD Damn that roller lock... Helloo from Greece, my favorite HK system is HK11/21 Light MG....

Agreeed, it’s kind of a shame HK was just slightly late to the party on the 33/53 after adopting and making such a superb gun in the G3 and MP5. Even the G41 was behind in terms of what colt was doing with the development of the XM series of CAR’s. Love the roller lock though

@LRRPFco52

5 жыл бұрын

I like the Hk33 a lot more than the G3. MP5 speaks for itself of course.

Looking great, and so is the gun ;)

I saw a police officer at Edinburgh airport with one of those things. Makes sense. It's a place where you might need the extra stopping power, and the ARU are trained on mp5's.

Loved this gun in Battlefield 3

Legend has it that brass is still airborne

Looks like it shoots just fine

The old roller lock hks are just too cool

I love ur videos 👍

Larry can you do a video on the standard SCAR H rifle? I know you did a review on the marksman/competition rifle but can you do one on the standard rifle variant?

great video as always. can u make a video with a m16 armalite ar-10?

I love this weapon

Nice! Hey Larry how about a H&K G41 next?