Honestly the real HK-91 is a bit better quality than the PTR and other clones. Not that PTR is bad, but there is a reason why a lot of HK smiths I have talked to won't work on them. From what I understand the some of the early "real" HK-91's had laser cut polygonal barrels which is said to be a frictionless barrel. Problem was you couldn't shoot soft points out of them.
The way its been explained to me by the hard core HK guys/smiths is in the early-mid 80's HK went back to a different type of forging for their barrels, I have heard you can't wear those things out. I forget his name but there is a popular HK smith (I believe he is in the midwest) he deals with NFA stuff also. He said he has never been able to wear out the forged German barrels even after putting thousands of rounds through them.
If I am not mistaken PTR, Greek, Portugese and other HK contract guns are not laser cut, nor hammer forged and rifled a more economical way. Most of your century clones either use Greek, or Portuguese barrels. They are still good but supposedly not as good as the German barrels. If I am not mistaken the Springfields are built the same way the old Greek contract rifles were built. Another thing I have heard is that the real 91 had better quality steel parts, trunnion, and lets just say a sweeter trigger than its contract and clone cousins.
I had a buddy several years ago that even bought a MSG-90 trigger kit, and stock for his. See with the real German deal you don't have to worry about parts count stuff. So all those really cool German accessories you can use.
I would say between $1700-2500 bucks for one depending on condition.
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