American HK33 knockoffs - the C93 (by PTR) to 500yds: Practical Accuracy

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The HK33 and HK93 are well known to many internationally, but the C93 is typically only known to American enthusiasts. The is because the C93 is a re-build of de-milled German-made HK33 kits from Malaysia.
While Century / CAI (not the gov agency) butchered many of these builds by a poorly spec-ed out receiver, PTR later had produced a small batch of C93 rifles with unused HK33 kits. How well do these perform? How do they compare to the real HK93? We find out.
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[@BeingFireRetardant]

Weld the rail, a minor blemish if you will, is such a practical and utilitarian choice. After all, only accurate rifles are interesting. Nobody complains that the new PTR's have rails, because they are just too useful.

[@Borderline5440]

Josh yelling out, "Poor, poor, poor!" incessantly like some kind of snobby seagull had me dying. 🤣

[@Resident-GunGuy]

Henry's German accent is on point. I'm saying that as a German .

[@ianwinter514]

Henry should just bend his scopes to fit

[@TheOz91]

The HK33 was Malaysia's first 5.56 service rifle and the shortest lived one. If this was a Malaysian kit, then it was manufactured in the early 70s at the latest; Malaysia abandoned the HK33 due to many problems and domestic licenced manufacturing issues and instead made a special acquisition in 1976 to buy a bunch of M16A1s straight from Colt (the rest of Malaysia's M16 inventory were made in Singapore).

[@wallyzworld7108]

Growing up in Bishop, California (1970s and 80s) a friend of my father (a Bureau of Land Management Desert Ranger) carried an HK 93a3, along with an Ithaca 37 LAPD special and a 1911 as his service weapons while Patrolling the deserts of California and Nevada. In the areas now inside Death Valley National Park. Remember, this is where Charles Manson and his followers were arrested. I asked Bruce why he carried the HK and he said "because back up is hours away"

[@lonelanaikoa9689]

Good Afternoon gentlemen. May I make a suggestion. As an Army vet Ordnance Corps I was a 44B/44E. Welder metalworker that worked with the machinists. I suggest taking the scope mount itself to a machine shop and have them take out the negative tolerance from the receiver out of the mount. A good shop can take it out of the mount stantions, re weld and machine down the welds for aesthetics. It would designate that particular mount for that particular rifle only. That’s what my machinist and I would have done in the field to overcome a small problem such as the MOA issue if the rifle itself cannot be modified. Just a suggestion sir. SPC 4(p), U.S. Army, 1984-1992. Desert Storm we performed jobs that our officers didn’t know we could do and often got around the “Army red tape” so we could Charlie Mike. I enjoy your videos immensely as I was an Expert Marksman for my whole time in service but I was denied participation in the black rifle teams due to being the only 44B in the battalion because of T.O.E. I was also taught how to shoot by my father who is a retired CW3 and Presidents Hundred. Keep the videos coming. Maybe I will meet you 2 when I retire and move to Texas. Aloha

[@dan725]

Henry’s quite the cultured gentleman. Multilingual, well-traveled, served with honor, supremely knowledgeable, and can blend in with any accent. Quite the varied and diverse background, and an amazing shot to boot.

[@williamwlotzka8721]

Henry's mimicry of foreign accents is as boundless as his ability to shoot the shit out of a rifle!

[@ElGringo21]

HK33KA3 with the slim hand guard, FBI style lower, and MP5 telescopic stock is top 3 sexiest Cold War guns.

[@komradekobra]

Nice call out to the East German Diensteinheit XI with the Strichtarn & HK33 set-up.

[@ahkararuthai2287]

Hello from Thailand! We still keep 33 as conscript main rifle, Used to carry one.

[@jonesn3863]

No welding. Low rise, pick Mount. That's what I got on my G3. Same problem. It helped a lot.

[@ultrablue2]

8:25

[@jeremiahcherry5283]

Thank you for making this video. I have so few quality C93 videos.

[@sapperstyle57]

I own a PTR built C93. It has been an excellent rifle.

[@MTimWeaver]

I remember when HK93's hit my fave gun dealer's shelves around 1983-84....for the princely sum of $450.00 ($1,362 in today's money). Ah, all the missed opportunities over the years. LOL

[@bradenbollock3207]

I wouldn't weld the rail, because we've already seen Henry take base rifles and add optics before, and the results were predictably better with an optic, we know Henry has a fixation for form factor, he didnt remove the front sight on his ak4d clone even though it would've been correct, permanent modification that ruins the aesthetic is not Henry's style

[@patrickwentz8413]

Henry sounded like he is/was battling a cold through out this episode. Get well soon Henry the West depends on you.

[@dougputhoff3215]

You guys compliment each other so well…..great channel