 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in today. We're looking at the Zedith ZF 5 It's an HK MP5 clone without the price a lot of people said, you know, I'd love to have that MP5 It looks awesome, but the thing that has kept them away from it is the cost. It is very expensive This is a copy. It's a clone and they did a great job nine millimeter semi-auto MP5 clone made by Zedith firearms called the ZF 5 and It can be purchased for under two grand. You can see it's a very clean Look to it. It offers a lot in the case. We're going to get into that It is a side charger, which is super cool Just hit that charging lever down and that will charge around comes with this sling. We're gonna talk about that Let's take a few shots here. All right Very nice firearm for an affordable price When I took it to the range the first time I shot this thing is not super heavy. It is extremely short It offers a lot. I know I keep saying that but I'm going to get it over to the table now And we're gonna talk about that and you will see what I mean Zedith gives you the nicest case you could ever ask for check that out. It is heavy duty heavy padded very Strong I kept this buckle fast and you see you push this Button right there to release it buckles all throughout it has a carry handle right there You could roll it like a suitcase Because it has those wheels right there really amazing and then the the padding is pretty awesome They give you the paperwork Three mags a cleaning kit the firearm. There's your lock It is a firearm worthy of a case like this I just have never seen anything this nice in this heavy duty in any Firearm that I've ever owned and if you want to just carry it normally there's a pretty heavy-duty carry handle So let's get into it. Here's a closer look at the ZF5 the American made ZF5 I mentioned it came with a two-point sling here. It is it is made by Zenith I know a lot of people would run a single point. I like this because when I Fire I grip around like this to grab the handguard standard grip right there. Not much texture to it Oversized selector switch right the thumb safety oversized and then the mag release is right here Okay, you just slide it here rip that mag out. It is a tight fit and for those who like a traditional mag release That is on the right side the reach for the finger is a lot Okay, or fire I should say so it's it's you have to go a bit to do that So I think it's just easier to go that route You can take a look at the handguard. It is Polymer alright that can easily be switched out and then a side charger and that's cool Okay unload and everything just hit that and you charge the the firearm Has a hooded front sight in case you don't want to run an optic and then the rear has this site here. You can change the witness hole However you want okay different sizes, but if you run an optic, it's no big deal No, I did put a vortex spitfire on there. It's a little large for this firearm I'm gonna put something a little smaller, but that's what I had to run the Rail you can install they give you that a little more difficult than I thought but once I have it It's very stable. And so that's certainly a nice touch 8.9 inch barrel and it is a roller delayed blowback system, which really softens the shot now You may say nine millimeters a soft shot. Anyways, this is even softer So I took it to a gunsmith to check it out. I want to know what makes this type of blowback system different he explained it to me it made perfect sense. I'm going to Cut that in very shortly. This is a three lug flash hider All right, you can see it opens up right there And it is a threaded barrel so you could run a can if you want or you could install this flash hider It doesn't matter. It's it's pretty cool. Here's a look at the other side All right, it is very clean very well built It's refined. It's got a nice look to it easy disassemble and When shooting, you know, it's like anything else when you when you get your optic sighted in You're going to shoot as well as you pull the trigger now. Speaking of the trigger. It is a heavy trigger All right, we see it unloaded here right around eight pounds and move that down right around an eight pound Trigger with the reset right there. It works. It works. Just fine I don't have a problem with it a lot of times with some long guns This is not a long gun, but you know people like those real short triggers But when I fire this it doesn't feel like an eight pound trigger, but I mentioned the roller delayed blowback system I want to show you that because that would make that is what makes this such a soft shooting firearm This is the delayed roller blowback system. So this is your spring tent your spring on here So this push attention forward on this so when this is locked up you have a cartridge in here You pull the trigger it goes bang and it pushes the system rearward and it takes the tension off of here And these can come in and the system can come back and pulls that back Your cartridge is on the ejector there or extractor and ejects and then it feeds up and cycles But that's how those delayed rollers work See when it's pushed forward it forces them out on the on that piece in there Let me show you real quick See the tapered bit there Yeah, so that's what actually rates the timing on the walls See it forces the rollers out once in there Loading a mag with the ZF-5 is much like a rifle mag. Just push it in there just like that All right, you can see it's a double stack right there And they gave you three of them which is certainly a nice touch But all you do is push it in it's cold in Michigan I wear gloves and it would certainly work no problem with that oversized trigger guard Also, the mag release is super cool. Just run your hand down like that to hit that lever to release the mag The mag well is tight though. So maybe once the mags get worn down a little bit from In and out that it'll be a little bit easier The overall length of this firearm is very short All right, I'm gonna measure it and put some Text down below because I am at the range. There's a closer look at the grip rather smooth some grip tape Additional stippling on the grip tape would be nice, but overall a decent feel to it I like the the way the charging handle works You slap that down and charges around that is the benefit The other thing is that it doesn't lock the bolt open because in order to do that It needs to be pulled up and then towards the center because it has that cutout right there That will hold the bolt and and the charging handle when locked back Here's a closer look at the rear rotary drum. All right has different size holes there So you can choose whatever aperture you want. You don't need to run an optic It's easier to run an optic, but you can see the hooded front sight All right, so when I first got it, I ran it without an optic. It was completely fine But like I said, it's easier to run an optic. So that's what I went with. So there it is the Zenith ZF5 HK MP5 copy American main and under two grand. 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