B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft
Arriving to ZZZ with an visual approach to [Runway] XXC; the landing gear handle would not move to the down position. A go-around was performed; QRH executed with gear override trigger pulled; the gear handle still would not move down. One last try before a manual gear extension was accomplished; the gear handle was tried again with more force and the handle finally moved to the down position and a crosswind landing was made to [Runway] XXR due to traffic. Fuel was 6.7 on approach and 4.7 after landing.
B737-800 Captain reported executing a go-around after the landing gear lever would not move to the down position. On subsequent approach; the gear lever was positioned down with considerable force.