Army armament r36 (g36 rifle)

[Svendogg]

Got this recently, seems pretty decent but the safety/selector is, quite honestly, garbage. Spongy and doesn't positively click at any setting, you have to be very careful with it. Is there any method to modify this to get a more positive/definite selector and safety? When you're used to M4s or AKs which have much better selector systems it's a massive let down

[Anonymoose]

Is it new or used?

 

If used, the detent might be gummed up and not giving a positive feel.

 

Otherwise possibly a case of opening up the lower and trigger group to add a better detent, but that's not straight forward.

 

Example:

 

 

Those little "bumps" are detents for the fire selector on a Glock 18c.

[Svendogg]

It was bought new a couple of months ago, only used a handful of times but was crappy since day 1

[Nick G]

I believe the AA version is pretty much a clone of the WE G36. If that's the case there is (from memory) a spring and ball detent fitted to each selector lever. The selectors can be removed easily enough , well worth checking to see if stronger springs would help. 

 

Parts breakdown of the WE below. 

 

[sjhirst]

It's not the best selector in the world! I took the lower off mine, undid the inside tiny grub screws (146 on diagram) and stretched the springs a little bit.

That improved it a tad bit.