As luck would have it, I had just spent the remainder of my “gun funds” on a purchase from our own rjohns94 a couple weeks ago. I bought his GSG-5 rifle (carbine) that he had put for sale here on the forum. It was a funny twist of fate. My son (“Ysabel Kid’s Kid” here) and I had finished up a shooting session and decided to browse the offerings in the gun store portion of the range we went to – never hard to convince Y2K to do that (he IS a chip off my block!). We got down to the part of the counter where the “EBR’s” were kept (“Evil Black Rifle”), and he spied what he thought was an H&K MP-5. After having had a chance to shoot two of these (an MP-5 and an MP-5K) last year, he fell in love with this little sub-machine gun. It turned out that it wasn’t an MP-5 at all, but the .22 Long Rifle version called a GSG-5. We fondled it lovingly, but at $499, I just didn’t want to spend the money that day.
I remembered seeing a post by rjohns94 that had included a picture of one of these, so wrote him a PM through the forum inquiring about it, just to see what he thought of the gun itself. He responded immediately, noting that he had just put it up for sale that day in the “classified” section here. I jumped on it, knowing that it was a good deal, and the funds would be used for his Ethiopian mission trip. Talk about your “win-win” situations!
Well, the gun arrived Tuesday before Thanksgiving. In between that time my wife had heard of the tax-free firearm’s holiday in South Carolina and convinced me to go out and get something. Who was I to resist? I probably should have mentioned the new (to me) gun coming in, but why look a gift horse in the mouth? I figure it is always better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission, and it is not often I spend money from the “general fund” on firearms.
I had asked Mike what the GSG-5 liked to digest and he replied “CCI Mini-Mags”. Well, despite what you all may think after my great week last week, I’m not made of money, so I decided to test this out first on less-expensive fodder – some high-velocity Winchester “wildcats” and some Remington “Golden Bullets”. Both are the “bulk buy” inexpensive plinking ammo – fun to shoot a lot of, and easy on the wallet. Not the most accurate, nor the most reliable, but safe, cheap and fun.
I was rewarded with accuracy I didn’t expect given the rounds I was shooting. Good thing too, because this gun was made to shoot a lot of cartridges and shoot them fast. What a hoot! Again, shooting as fast as I could without getting myself in trouble on the range, I was amazed at how fast I’d empty a magazine (holding 25 rounds), all on target, and without a single malfunction of any kind. This is a keeper.
Only problem was that Y2K had a fit when he found out I shot it without him. I’ll never hear the end of this until I take him out with it as well!
Again, I’ve made you all wait long enough. Here are a couple photos of the new “EBR-JR”.
KirkD I am not, that is for sure. But these pictures should wet your appetite!
I’ll try to get a lever out here before the end of the year or you guys will excommunicate me!
Get some more mags if you can before Jan.20. 
