G36 Problem..Interesting Find!

[eringobragh]

I also posted this in the "Gunsmithing" forum, but wanted to share this here as well:

Had a G36 come into the shop this evening that was having failure to go into battery problems...tore it apart, re-assemble, and same problem! Tore it apart, changed out a few parts, re-assemble, and still same problem!! Got to looking a little closer and realized exactly what is was...the friggin' hex nut for the front sight was too thick! On a G36 there's such a small amount of space between the barrel and slide roof that the damn nut was jammin' up the pistol...a few minutes of passing it over a stone and all was fine!

I thought I'd share this for anyone who may be having similar function problems with a G36...take a look at your front sight nut if you're using such a sight. This sight in question was a Trijicon.

[kpblade]

Many of the night site manufactureres have a specific model for the 36. All that is different is the hex screw has a lower profile head than the standard screw.

[BallisticTip]

Thanks for the info, will file it. ;)