The HK SP5 Experience at Range Ready

Duration: 2 Days
‍Instructor: James Williamson — with Chris Cerino
‍Location: Range Ready Studios — Robert, LA
‍Skill Level: Open to all
‍Class Size: Limited to 18 students
‍Tuition: $4500

Coffee, donuts, and lunch provided both days.
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Two Days on the HK SP5 + Trigger Time With the Originals

The MP5 is the most recognizable submachine gun in film history and the standard that military and police units have measured every other one against since the 1960s. The SP5 is the real thing in semi-automatic form — built by Heckler & Koch in Oberndorf, same roller-delayed blowback, same tri-lug adapter, same paddle release.

You'll spend two days learning to run it from the man most people in the HK world call when they have a question.

Then James brings out the originals.
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Select-fire MP5s, on the line, for the advanced portion of the course — which means burst and full-auto trigger time on the guns themselves.

When it's over, the SP5 and every piece of kit you trained with is yours.

Only eighteen seats.

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What You Get

• HK SP5 pistol, 9x19mm
  • FFL transfer on-site for Louisiana residents
  • Will be shipped to your FFL for processing for out-of-state residents (shipping fee will apply)
• Three 30-round magazines
• Blue Force Gear Vickers ONE quick-adjust sling with QD mounting attachments
• Magpul MP BSL Arm Brace – HK94/MP5
• All ammunition
• Two days of instruction with James Williamson & Chris Cerino
• Lunch both days
• A cameo in an episode of Gun Talk's Range Ready TV show
• Must attend training to receive gear

Your Instructor

James Williamson (pictured) is a retired Marine Corps officer and, by most accounts, the foremost HK armorer, historian, and trainer working today. He keeps a low profile for someone with that reputation. Ask him something about Heckler & Koch firearms that he can't answer and you will have found the edge of the subject.

What matters as much as the depth: James teaches for his students' results, not his own reputation. Eighteen people will have his attention for two days.

Chris Cerino joins him on the line. Chris spent years running the MP5 in tactical operations and training — a second set of eyes on every relay from someone who has carried this platform for real.

What You'll Learn

Classroom instruction pairs with live-fire coaching, so you leave understanding not just how to run the gun but why it works the way it does. The course opens at an introductory level and builds into intermediate and advanced work.

The platform

• Historical overview of the MP5 series — including hands-on with the originals
• Loading and unloading
• Use of the sling

Building the shot

• Stance and positional work, stationary and moving
• Presentation
• Kinesthetic alignment
• Establishing an effective zero — point of aim to point of impact
• Trigger management, including burst and full-auto work on the select-fire MP5s

Applying it

• Vision — single and multiple targets
• Reloading and malfunction clearance
• Skill drills

Who This Is For

• Anyone who wants to learn, train with, and own this piece of firearms history
• Shooters with a soft spot for Heckler & Koch
• Students who can handle a firearm safely
• Open-minded people who can take direction

No prior experience with the platform required.

What to Bring

• Eye and ear protection (electronic hearing protection preferred)
• A sturdy belt
• Any comfort items you want on the range

One More Thing

This is an experience, not a standard course — it's unlike anything else on our schedule. The training and the events around it are filmed for an episode of Range Ready TV, which airs on Shooting Sports Life. You're not an extra. You're in it.

Reserve Your Spot

Eighteen students. Two days. An SP5 to keep — and trigger time on the guns that started it all.

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