Really H&K? Really??
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Negatory Batman.Were you one of those people?
gotboostvr
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I wouldn't have minded a G36.
Or at least a SL8 that took STANAG mags.
Or at least a SL8 that took STANAG mags.
NIGHTLORD40K
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Maybe they a bunch of parts taking up warehouse space and decided to assemble them into complete guns and sell 'em?
Idahou
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That can be actuall reasson - G36 is getting to be replaced in some countries (Czech Republic, Germany, France i think...) so its possible they want to use existing product lines and parts
S&W still offers 3Gen autos made in Hougton ME on contracts, maybe HK had one come up and decided if the line is running then make extra.
German manufacturers of firearms are intensely micromanaged and even get prosecuted or sued for selling guns to countries that the goverment assumes shoudn't be allowed to have them - after the fact Off go the cops to arrest management beeb burb beeb burb and it's just another day in Deutschland. .
SIG USA is quite a bit it's own corporation with much less jerking around by Germany.
German manufacturers of firearms are intensely micromanaged and even get prosecuted or sued for selling guns to countries that the goverment assumes shoudn't be allowed to have them - after the fact Off go the cops to arrest management beeb burb beeb burb and it's just another day in Deutschland. .
SIG USA is quite a bit it's own corporation with much less jerking around by Germany.
Whats wrong with them bringing it back? or now you need to buy one?
People don't want the SL-8, they want the G36. They paid Tommy Built Tactical $900+ just to convert these things.
Are the SL-8's made in Germany? If so, that's why we get those instead of semi G36's, due to "sporting purpose" import restrictions. H&K certainly isn't going to build a production line in the U.S. merely to sell a few hundred, or a few thousand, civilian G36's.
Ivy Mike
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The laws are likely one reason behind it, but the SL8 is really just a repackaged semi-auto G36 but with a few differences to make them incompatible with real G36 magazines. But really, the choices back then were because the Assault Weapons Ban was still in effect. There really is no reason to continue building them the way they did unless they just had that many parts kicking around that they thought they could make enough to justify the expense.
If you were to reintroduce them today, it would seem to make more sense to just use all the common G36 parts you can and ship it with low capacity double stack magazines and the big goofy thumbhole stock. If American owners want to put the guts into G36 look-alike stocks and get standard capacity magazines, then that's on them.
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