The SL8 Mods, Info and FAQ Thread

Read ya loud n clear fireball... But trust me the weight is not a carry issue, just a handling issue. The weight of these rigs make it feel slow when you bring em up.
The re-contoured barrel seems like a good idea cnadnsl8-5 might have to think about trying that. Has anyone ever tried removing excess material from the fore end or other places in the rifle? I know this might seem trivial, but ounces are what pounds are made of.
 
nope. You can cut it down to 18.5 (Non restricted) or 18 (resticted), but not less than 18
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Just goes to show what the people working at the CFO office in Manitoba know, because that is exactly the question I posed

"If I have a 21" barrel and want to cut it down to a 18.5, does it change the classification"
Got back a "yes it does... makes it a prohibited device, you're not allowed to legally cut down a barrel"

I guess they got their edumacation from a brochure printed in a chinese sweat shop, that was translated from french, which was read out loud by some guy in brazil, who was talking about a fence.

I gotta start tape recording my conversations with those people.
 
TheGamer### said:
Just goes to show what the people working at the CFO office in Manitoba know, because that is exactly the question I posed

"If I have a 21" barrel and want to cut it down to a 18.5, does it change the classification"
Got back a "yes it does... makes it a prohibited device, you're not allowed to legally cut down a barrel"

I guess they got their edumacation from a brochure printed in a chinese sweat shop, that was translated from french, which was read out loud by some guy in brazil, who was talking about a fence.

I gotta start tape recording my conversations with those people.
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The legal answer is in the criminal code, part 3 "Firearms and other Weapons Interpretation", section 84(1) "Definitions".
Criminal Code
 
CNADNSL8-5 said:
The legal answer is in the criminal code, part 3 "Firearms and other Weapons Interpretation", section 84(1) "Definitions".
Criminal Code
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(b) a firearm that is adapted from a rifle or shotgun, whether by sawing, cutting or any other alteration, and that, as so adapted,

(i) is less than 660 mm (25.984") length, or

(ii) is 660 mm or greater in length and has a barrel less than 457 mm (17.992") in length,

When I requested mine cut down to 18" the smith suggested 18.5 just as a safety measure against the occasional goosestepping liberal official or beaurocrat that may have questionalble skill with a tape measure (his words... not mine). It was good advice though. It didn't make much difference in the wieght, however it allowed the install of a flash hider to without making the barrel appear freakishly long.

A G36K barrel however made a huge difference due to its lower profile and shorter length. I'd love to get my hands on a C variant barrel however that's proven to be more difficult than anticipated;)
 
Just remembered we have a thread dedicated to the sl8 :) sorry about repost but please help this brother out!

Ive finally decided to stop playing with ARs and move onto something more German . This project has always been something I've wanted to pursue, however, low funds or poor timing has always gotten in the way. I just have a few questions to ask before I start dumping money into this ambitious project

-Is it easy to swap uppers and lowers of the Sl8 just like Ar15s? The reason why I'm asking this is because I plan on keeping the sl8 heavy barrel upper as precision/target/varmint non restricted upper then import either a g36e,k,c upper for all the tacticool work. I remember reading a thread on swapping something and it required a proprietary wrench... Is this required???

-How would you rate or compare the sl8 trigger? Based on my findings from the hk pro forums, people refer to it as a "match" trigger. What does that actually mean?!? I've tried hk firearms in the past and their triggers honestly suck for precision work (maybe because they were built to be battle rifles..??)

-For you guys with the g36e,k,c clones, how's the overall balance? This is one of my main concerns, the reason being I'm selling off my AR15 because I couldn't get the damn thing to balance nicely. I dumped a pile of money and bought a custom pencil barrel, new quad rails and stocks only to find the balance to be front heavy... I'd appreciate any advice on this matter because an unbalanced rifle ruins all the fun for me. On a side note, instead of using the super light oem folding stock, i was planning on ordering the Hera arms stock adaptor and install the Acr folding stock. How's the balance with this stock?

I have more questions... I'll post them in a bit
 
-Is it easy to swap uppers and lowers of the Sl8 just like Ar15s? The reason why I'm asking this is because I plan on keeping the sl8 heavy barrel upper as precision/target/varmint non restricted upper then import either a g36e,k,c upper for all the tacticool work. I remember reading a thread on swapping something and it required a proprietary wrench... Is this required???

The wrenches are availible, however I just made my own out of some 3/4" rod and pipe. Here's the plan I used... 15 min of dremel time and it works just fine.
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-How would you rate or compare the sl8 trigger? Based on my findings from the hk pro forums, people refer to it as a "match" trigger. What does that actually mean?!? I've tried hk firearms in the past and their triggers honestly suck for precision work (maybe because they were built to be battle rifles..??)

Its a good trigger, but I wouldn't call it match. It's much better than the G36 trigger group which is military grade stiff;). That said while its good, the SL8 isn't adjustable to my knowledge and there doesn't appear to be much in the way of aftermarket support either... that I know of anyway.



-For you guys with the g36e,k,c clones, how's the overall balance? This is one of my main concerns, the reason being I'm selling off my AR15 because I couldn't get the damn thing to balance nicely. I dumped a pile of money and bought a custom pencil barrel, new quad rails and stocks only to find the balance to be front heavy... I'd appreciate any advice on this matter because an unbalanced rifle ruins all the fun for me. On a side note, instead of using the super light oem folding stock, i was planning on ordering the Hera arms stock adaptor and install the Acr folding stock. How's the balance with this stock?

Depends on the conversion you do. I find the K barrel to have the best balance, if you go with a metal hinge over a chop someone else will have to chime in as I've never run one of those. I'd still love to get my hands on a C variant barrel.

I have more questions... I'll post them in a bit
 
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If you had 2 complete uppers there's no reason you can't swap them.

Personally, if I were to go with a short barrel tactifool version I'd just build a whole different SL8. 2 different SL8's altogether.

I don't find the 20" barreled SL8 heavy or cumbersome so I havent ventured down the short barrel path. Also, the 5.56/.223 cartridge is designed for the longer barrel and in BC we can hunt with it.
 
xopher said:
So is it true there's no upper/lower swap?
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You can swap G36 uppers with G36 lowers. You can swap SL8 upper with SL8 lowers. You can't swap SL8 uppers and G36 uppers. Many parts are intercangable, but the "Upper" itself is not.

Also, the upper of a G36 or SL8 is consdered the Firearm.
 
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fireball said:
If you had 2 complete uppers there's no reason you can't swap them.

Personally, if I were to go with a short barrel tactifool version I'd just build a whole different SL8. 2 different SL8's altogether.

I don't find the 20" barreled SL8 heavy or cumbersome so I havent ventured down the short barrel path. Also, the 5.56/.223 cartridge is designed for the longer barrel and in BC we can hunt with it.
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I totally agree. If you've gone to the trouble to assemble two complete uppers you are only $100-200 away from two complete rifles as all you need is a trigger frame and trigger group. Last time I bought trigger frames they came with complete trigger groups as part fo the package.
 
Pet Loads for SL8

I'm looking to try working up a load based on a 69gr Sierra MK. I've found a few threads on some good powder/primer combos to start with, but thought I would see if anyone has had success using the 69gr SMK in their SL8.

I tried searching but wasn't seeming to have much luck, thought that was odd but there you have it.

Anyone want to help a guy out?

Thanks,

M
 
Need help with trigger assembly ....
I picked up a g36 stock and I found some instructions online to disassemble the trigger group and change out the stocks , well lo and behold I changed them and pulled the bolt group back and got a click from the trigger but the hammer did not release.

So I took the stock off and when I had the butt stock off and the trigger group exposed a trigger pull would engage the hammer .

SO I resigned myself to sell the g36 stock , but when I put the original stock back on same thing happened ...... any ideas????
 
Yup they went to one elbow spring a while back. I had the same problem you did... Elbow spring upside down??? It does look that wAy in the diagrams but It no work so good.
Thanks to Tomeh for telling me about the one elbow spring deal. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out hoe I lost it!
 
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