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Would like information on the MG-5 FP made by Matchguns.Does anyone actually have one or has handled/shot this pistol?? Thanks

My dad has a MG5E, works and shoots nicely. Fantastic recoil recovery, although nobody (including Cesare) seems to know why - apparently much better than the standard MG5. Technically, a cousin of the FP10 / SAM 50 design, but appears well made. Not many of them around, though, so this is a statistic based on a sample of one...

Tycho wrote:My dad has a MG5E, works and shoots nicely. Fantastic recoil recovery, although nobody (including Cesare) seems to know why - apparently much better than the standard MG5.

Maybe it's the result of the trigger assembly forward trigger guard with different balance?

I have handled the MG5E and decided to put a MG5 on order. Hopefully it will be here by the 1st of January. I really liked the sturdiness of the loading system/level. On my Morini CM-80 this is a weak point of the design. It looks like the CM-84 is somewhat similar in having the level attached to one side of the frame. The MG5 looks much more robust and has a mechanical trigger which is what I wanted. I saw the results of someone else who has bought one and their targets looked pretty good. I know someone else ordered one right after I did, so maybe this model will pick up in popularity. I liked the balance, grip and light weight of the MG5, so we will see when it gets here what it is like.

The Matchguns website says "optional trigger" 40 to 200 grams. Does anyone know if there is an entirely different trigger or is the weight increased via springs like the Morini 84E?

Shadow - the MG-5 uses springs to adjust trigger weight. It seems that's one thing Cesare Morini can't part with - his beloved (and time-proven) spring weighting system. The "optional" statement is very much like the CM84 - to get higher trigger weights you have to install a heavier spring.

Nvalcik(Guest)-What is your impression of the MG-5E trigger?? Is it similar,in feel,to the CM-84?? Do you have any impression of the mechanical trigger-MG-5?? Did you receive your MG-5 yet??Thanks Erod

My experience was that the trigger for the electronic version was better than the CM-84 in the way that it felt. I have not gotten the mechanical MG5 yet, I hope to get it this week or next week. I really do like the fact that the MG5 is convertible between the electronic trigger and the mechanical trigger if you bought the conversion kit from what I saw in the information posted on the Matchguns Website. I hope that answers your question.

To Shadow's question: When I ordered my MG5 mechanical from ISS, Neil was told by Matchguns or Gehmann (if I remember this correctly) that they could make a MG5 with a 2 stage trigger but no one ever ordered one, so they made the MG5 with a single stage trigger (which is what I preferred). My guess is that one probably could still be ordered with a 2 stage trigger if someone wanted it.