The gun that beat H&K at their own game: The Haenel Mr223/556 tabletop review
Hey guys,
Just did a little tabletop review of my Haenel Cr223/BT-15. I bought it as a historical curiosity because it is the gun that beat H&K to be the next German army rifle. Of course H&K sued and got the award overturned( IN A WORLD OF COMPROMISE, SOME MEN SUE). But everybody knows Haenel beat H&K. The reports at the time indicated that while Haenel definitely undercut H&K's price, they also performed slightly better (although both guns performed substantially the same).
The gun is very nice, and has some unusual features. The price BT is asking is outrageous (although Arms Unlimited recently cut these to 2500). But it is definitely an interesting gun. Also, it is neat because we are actually able to get the gun with all German parts because B&T somehow seems to understand how to import pistols where H&K doesn't or won't. It's a cool piece, and I suspect they won't be around much longer.
I took mine out to zero it but promptly lost the stupid cap to my Aimpoint M5 and it was raining so I called off zeroing it until later.
https://youtu.be/RW2sopiOajc