[Killer Angel]

If you were given the chance to own one of these assault rifles,which one would you choose,Sig-550 or HK G-36?And why?
THANKS.

Killer Angel

[Spy Who Came in from the Cold]

My choice would be SIG:

Traditional materials; Polymers might be the materials of the future but somehow I feel more secure with real steel. The “Saudi walnut” is ok in buttstock, handguards and pistol grips.

It has iron sights; Even thou I like to shoot with optics, I want that a battle rifle has real iron sights, not just some last change back-ups.

Mechanism; It’s an AK in disguise. It works. Always.

Swiss Army requirements; After a Swiss has done his military service, he takes his personal weapon and all combat gear home. When he’s called back to service to annual drills, he puts on the combat gear, takes his SIG rifle and turns into a soldier. He’s also supposed to keep up his marksman’s skills with his rifle and government’s ammo regularly for decades. SIG rifle is designed to this: Thousands and thousands of shots during 30 year period without professional maintenance or gunsmithing.

I like G36 too, but if I had to choose...
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[RikWriter]

The SIG. It's been around longer, proven design. The G36 is PROBABLY good, but who knows since it's basically unproven.

[ny32182]

My personally uninformed decision would be the sig. I love their handguns, have heard nothing bad about their long guns, and have heard plenty of G36 jamming stories. Not that that means its a bad weapon. It could very well indicate that the G36 has simply seen more action in more adverse environments. However, from what I can see, SIG makes the superior product.

[Fed168]

I don't really care for the 36. Trigger has too much creep, the spot weld isn't really there for the scope, the scope itself, the red dot, no iron sight backups, the grip, and a bipod that has no adjustments. I've had the sights get condensation on them that erased the sight pictures.

The positives- easy selector switch, ease of cleaning and dissembly, and the gas system.

I'll take the Sig given the chance.

[Kamicosmos]

SIG here.

Don't like the G36s much. I really don't like the looks of it. Don't know much about it either, mainly cause I don't like it, therefore I have no interest in it...

[Dionysusigma]

G36, because I've never heard of the Sig until now...

[Nightcrawler]

Never heard of the Sig 550 series (http://world.guns.ru/assault/as25-e.htm)?? :eek:

[Dave Markowitz]

I'd take the SIG. By all accounts it's a quite reliable rifle.

The G36 may be a good rifle, but it's friggin ugly. HK needs to lay off the hallucinagens.

[Spark]

I have to choose? I can't have one of each variant?

[NeverAgain26]

From what I understand from the H&K people, the G-36 is LEO/Military sale only. Does anyone know any different? And if so, where can I get one?

Is the SIG-550 also LEO/Military sale only?

I want an H&K A/R to complement my USPc45 and my FP-6 Pump Gun. I like H&K. I was at the SHOT Show and the rep in the booth said they do not market civilian long guns in the U.S. Market currently. That might change when the new plant gets up in Georgia, but for now, that's what I've been told.

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[yayarx7]

The H&k SL8 was the civilian version of the G36. Some folks did conversions.

IIRC the 550 and 551 were imported in small numbers pre-ban.

[BKP99]

If any of you live in Canada you can get the Swissarms PE90 which is basically the Sig 550. Comes in Green with black furniture, All black or even red and blue. Folding stock, bayonet lug, flash suppressor too.
Of course you're limited to 5-round magazines that my oppressive country has mandated as legal for magazine fed semiauto rifles.

Different gun laws (your US preban stuff except for magazine capacity for AR-15's don't apply here) for a different country but same stupid criteria for choosing 'bad' weapons.

[Amish]

G36, just because it's newer, made in Germany, and there are no prebans like the 550.

[El Guero]

I'd have to go G36 jsut because it looks so darn cool.

The main complainty I always seem to hear about the G36 is the sighting system, because something can go wrong with it and then you've got really cruddy backup sights. So why not use the sight rail from the G36C? It has what look to be great iron sights and a huge rail. Are those kinds of things just too much work to put into a military rifle?

[Fed168]

Not too much work to put on the rails, just cost. I'm looking at the Knight's rail, but the $$$ is too prohibitive right now. I don't even know what the HK cost is for theirs.

[Preacherman]

NeverAgain26, yes, the SIG's are available (overseas! :fire: ) in civilian (semi-auto) versions of both the 550 and 551.

[NeverAgain26]

The SL8 I had a chance to try out at my range looked nothing like the G-36. It seemed more of a target rifle than an AR. Pretty blocky looking.

In any case, I need/want (pick one, but don't tell my wife) an AR and I have to figure out which one and in what caliber. .223 seems like the holes they punch are too small.

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