Welcome to my review of the Umarex Hk
MP7A1 By KWA (available here at Air Armory). I purchased this weapon yesterday from Air Armory. The
MP7 was announced some time back, and finally scheduled for release
some time in August. However, due to some delays, which were probable a
result of US Customs, they are finally here. First you'll notice the
excessively long name of the weapon, which undoubtedly has something to
do with the battle over trademarks, the weapon, although made by KWA,
must be called Umarex. Enough about that, on to the review.
First Impression:
The box, while rather cheap in construction, is impressive, the first thing I noticed was the Hk
logo in bright red against a black background. After popping the lid,
other than the weapon, its pretty standard stuff. Operators manual,
which to my surprise only says Hk
on the cover, and appears to be written by someone who actually speaks,
and understands English. A measly ziplock of bb's which, may fill one
mag. A Hopup tool and a small bottle of Silicone in a ziplock, which
had burst and gotten silicone all over my bb sack and hopup tool.
Thanks KWA. After first grabbing the weapon, it feels very solid. Very
well built, and its surprisingly Heavy. Weighing in at 4.7 lbs, its
almost spot on with the real one(listed at 4.4 lbs with magazine). The
mag is solid as expected with any KWA mag. Its very well balanced, top
rail runs the entire length of the weapon, and although the front has
two more metal rails, the rear of the weapon seams heavy also, so it
balances out, plus the mag is centered, so overall it feels very
balanced. Now although the weapon is designed to be fired one handed as
well as two, its a little too heavy to comfortably fire with one. All
of the trademarks are beautifully done, and overall, this has some of
the best attention to detail I've ever seen on an airsoft gun.
Operation:
First,
choose your preference of foregrip down or up, the foregrip is very
solid, and when you flip it down, it stays tight, and locks in place.
Flipping it back up requires you to release the lock, which requires
some finger strength, but again, just seems very high quality. The
sights can also be flipped up or down. When flipped up to use the
aperture sights, they have fully adjustable windage and elevation, down
they will act as standard pistol sights. Placing the magazine in the
weapon (it comes with a 48 round mag) has a very satisfying click. Pull
on the rear mounted cocking grip and release, and its ready to fire.
Here, I was slightly disappointed, the cocking grip is plastic, and
appears to be one of the weakest parts on the weapon, and racking the
bolt and releasing it is a rather unimpressive sound. Now with the
weapon ready to fire, all that's left is to switch the selector from
safe to semi (or auto), "and watch, your lane" (old range lingo). The
selector is tight, smoothly slides from safe to semi, and gives an
audible click when switching to full auto. The stock is also an area of
disappointment for my. When Hk
made the MP7A1 (Successor to the MP7), one of the changes they made to
the weapon was making the sliding stock adjustable to three positions.
This one, while clearly labeled MP7A1, clearly has no adjustments. You
either use it, or not. Left handed players will be happy to know
everything is Ambidextrous. While I'm getting all the bad out of the
way, the Flash hider is 12mm CW, which is true to the real weapons
specs, and although more realistic, what it boils down to is most other
flash hiders, silences and other related accessories will not fit on
it. The Hopup is an improvement over most KWA weapons, the Hopup tool
is inserted into a slot at the front of the weapon above the barrel,
and you twist. Very simple. Also, one final detail, which many will
like, it is equipped with a safety trigger (as made popular by Glock).
Firing:
Now
on to business. Firing the MP7A1 is simply a joy. The rate of fire is
pretty good, listed at about 20 rps by KWA. Anyone familiar with the
KWA M11, will be familiar with this weapons performance, but it sounds
more refined, more controlled, but still loud and impressive
nonetheless. Test conducted by AIr Armory, as well as a video posted by
KWA have show FPS to be around 330 w/ .25's. I don't have a Chrono, so
I really cant confirm that. Until I get to take it outside, or actually
field it, I wont know it true potential.
Verdict:
I
am very impressed with the weapon, the quality and attention to detail
leave nothing to be desired, and its a blast to fire as well, and
although a bit on the hefty side for a backup, and a step down from a
primary, its still a great weapon, and I am very happy with it. At
$255.00 its a little pricey, especially if considered a backup, but a
price I'll gladly pay for a beautifully detailed quality product. It
should serve me well as my zombie killing machine. Just in time for
Halloween. Thanks for reading! Enjoy the pics.
The KWA sticker was an afterthought, the box was designed with only Hk on it.
Have to display their legal nonsense.
Here it is again on the weapon
Notice only Hk listed on the Manual.
Trademarks
Airsoft Reference.
Hopup Adjustment.
Umarex H&K MP7 by KWA little details
Thanks to Primer Apollo for taking the time to make this review.