Error creating thumbnail: File missingFactory Heckler & Koch SL8 Target Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm /.223 RemingtonError creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm. This was the first aftermarket conversion of the SL8 rifle in the late 1990s with a custom "re-black" of the synthetic stock, custom cut for the ventilation holes in the forearm.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Sniper Rifle, Aftermarket "re-black" of the grey synthetic body of the SL8 and upgraded with G36 high capacity magazine well and G36 bipod - 5.56x45mm. However, most snipers use the 10 round magazines when they fire from the prone position.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch SL8-1 Commercial rifle - 5.56x45mm. This is the newest version of the standard SL8. Now the rifles come in black, straight from the H&K Factory and have a semi-raised rail handle (a 'compromise rail' that takes elements of the SL8 and the G36C/G36K Scope mounting systems. U.S. Models are marked SL8-1. The sportsman version of this rifle in Europe is called the SL8-6.
The Heckler & Koch SL-8 rifle was the company's attempt at selling a commercial 'sportsman' rifle based on the military G36 design. They removed the 'offending' assault rifle type features to enable them to sell within Europe and the United States. What many see as an 'emasculated' G36 rifle, was the form of the weapon that was approved for import by the BATFE in the United States. Heckler & Koch has another variant of the SL-8 rifle that has a shorter threaded barrel, designed for a Suppressor, called the SL-9. Airsoft companies and Video Games routinely mis-identify or misname these rifles. The correct nomenclature designated for the real firearm is the one which should be used.
