The Heckler & Koch G36 is pretty much unobtanium in the US. The G36 was adopted by the German Bundeswehr in 1997 and has a pretty unique and iconic look to it. It was one of the first polymer military rifles and it’s been used by dozens of countries around the world in both military and law enforcement roles.
That’s all changed now, though, with HK partnering up with Umarex of Germany to offer a G36 rifle for the US market. Okay, admittedly this one is chambered in .22LR instead of 5.56mm, but it still looks pretty slick.
HK dropped the G36 .22 on their social media platforms last week and they’re showing on their website now as well. Although it’s a .22, HK says that many of the components are compatible with the original G36. That includes the handguard, sight rail, and the stock.
The G36 .22 has an 18.125-inch barrel, and is 38 inches in overall length, 28.2 inches with the stock folded. It weighs 5.56 pounds and feeds from either 10, 20, or 30-round magazines. Spare mags are available at around $40 a pop.
The gun itself has an MSRP of $679.00. That isn’t cheap for a .22 rifle, but it’s an HK and it’s a chance to get a G36 of some sort that you can actuall shoot. The only other options until now were basically some custom shop G36 clone builds.
Now, there’s talk about HK making semi-auto G36’s in the US, along with MP7’s in the future, but until that actually happens you can at least get get a nifty .22LR version.
What in the ever living f**k? An ugly boxy HK hoping you will buy because of the name brand. Nope. I’ll stick to the sleek and proven 10-22.
Exactly and you can buy 3 for the price of 1 of these and have money left over for extra mags.
to be loaded wrongway round, of course.