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New G36 Receiver in Town? The S5 Tactical "SG-36"

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#1 ·
According to the the Gsg9.us Instagram account 4 days ago, the G36 clone receiver molds are now being used by S5 Tactical to make their SG-36. See some screenshots below:
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#2 ·
The same molds that produced receivers for DEF also made them for TommyBuilt, and now for S5 Tactical. Todd Bailey (owner of GSG9.US) went through more than half a dozen company names when he was still legally allowed to manufacture firearms. Now, it seems he’s on track to cycle through just as many “partners” using his receiver molds. Makes you wonder, why does Todd keep burning through so many partners? And how long will it be before S5 Tactical realizes just like the others before them, that Todd is not who you want to be in business with?
 
#11 ·
I guess depends on the felony. Violent and/or drug felon, no guns for you unless pardoned or conviction overturned or plead down to a misdemeanor. Blue collar felon? Depends on the felony, I guess. White collar felon? A lot of times it seems that you'll get almost all your rights back, including often firearms ownership, once you get out of club fed or the state penn.

But given the crap he's pulled to the HK crowd, it seem that Mr. Bailey has no business with the firearms industry just by the quality of person he is, let alone any crime he may've committed.
 
#16 ·
That was fast, was wondering when he would find someone to produce his receiver molds. I'm building a def9 from defgunz and I must say that I'm pretty impressed with the quality. I'm sitting on a G36c parts kit that I'm dying to build to go along with my SL8. I'll definitely be a buyer when they release receivers.
 
#20 ·
A certain amount of irony, the gunbroker listing has S5 Arms in Mesa, AZ.

Former home of Special Weapons/Coharie Arms, et al.

That should probably be another clue in the story. Maybe Todd and Wendy still have ties to Phoenix...

Personally I'm not at all surprised. I think it's a net positive that the/a G36 clone receiver is back on the market. If you have a parts kit without a home, this is really the best option since Tom is out of the SL8 mod game.

The markings are definitely pretty bad. How hard is it to just be subtle and have the markings look close to OEM HK?

YMMV.
 
#23 ·
Hey guys. Surely you all understand the need to promote a business. We’re proud of our quality and happy to put our name on it.

We think our markings are much cleaner than previous versions. We are also the ones that manufactured the receivers for Defgunz and now have the opportunity to sell these directly. If you want to know something just ask. Although I’ll never bash anyone, not my style. The logos are large but not particularly deep. Much better in person 🤷🏼‍♂️. My 2 cents.
 
#24 ·
Hey guys. Surely you all understand the need to promote a business. We’re proud of our quality and happy to put our name on it.

We think our markings are much cleaner than previous versions. We are also the ones that manufactured the receivers for Defgunz and now have the opportunity to sell these directly. If you want to know something just ask. Although I’ll never bash anyone, not my style. The logos are large but not particularly deep. Much better in person 🤷🏼‍♂️. My 2 cents.
Welcome aboard 🫡. Forums/online can be a harsh crowd, don't take it too personal, but do take feedback in mind from a business perspective. I for one am waiting on the sidelines a bit longer, but always exciting to see new offerings to the market not currently offered by HK. Kudos there!

P.s. Nothing wrong with releasing Version 2.0
 
#33 ·
Forum wide I believe we just love to hate things. Especially new products, or in this case revised products. What were they thinking? Why the hell would they do that? Its pretty lame really. I remember how cool it was when Tommybuilt started making these, and I don't remember so much hate, I think back then people were just happy to have an off the shelf G36 clone. Not anymore by the look of it. Can't get custom engraving? Inconceivable...
 
#46 ·
Here's mine all done, passes all the function tests. Bolt locks back on empty AR Mags, the Tommy Built AR Style Lower works trigger reset is good with a short reset and postive click. The HK 15.4" Bbl mated up great and I tourqed it down to specs. All I have left to do is live fire it to make sure everything is good to go.

Here's a picture of the bolt locked backed on a empty mag.
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Here's two of it with out the Tommy Built G36 Low Profile Top Rail installed

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And here's the final with the rail installed.

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#48 ·
I purchased mine from them, DEF quit making them and said they weren't going to make anymore. They said they we're concentrating on other projects, so SB5 TACTICAL was all I could find. I contacted them directly and purchased mine so I wouldn't have to pay sales tax through Gunbroker.