Advice on Mini SA58 FAL OSW vs SIG 556?

[Greg Bell]

Night,

Off thread topic, but...take something like the old .44 Automag, chamber it in a carbine with a 10-12" barrel, integrally suppressed. Load it with a 300, 325-grain slug doing 1,050 feet per second at the muzzle. Nice quiet thumper for whatever may need a thumpin'. Hell, you could even do it in a 16" levergun with standard rimmed .44 Magnum ammo and a custom suppressor.

I always wanted to cook up some 45-70 at about 500 grains and right below the supersonic mark. A suppressed Marlin Guide Gun would be a hoot!

 

[newsavageowner]

I love my Sig556. I have BUIS on it (it didn't come with them, I have an early model) and they work fine. I believe the front sight is from Samson and is made for the 556, and the rear sight is an ARMS 40_? They work fine. I also put an Ace folding stock on it.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I love my Sig556. I have BUIS on it (it didn't come with them, I have an early model) and they work fine. I believe the front sight is from Samson and is made for the 556, and the rear sight is an ARMS 40_? They work fine. I also put an Ace folding stock on it.

If Samson and others are making BUIS for the Sig 556, even better!

Samson Front Sight for Sig 556 Rifle: CLICK

 

[iamkris]

None of the pics of the SIG 556 I've seen show it with anything but that flimsy looking rear BUIS. Here's a shot from the SIG website

While I think the SIG is a pretty interesting gun, it bums me out that the first thing I'd want to do to a $1200 rifle is spend $500 getting the handguards and BUIS I want. I think I'll wait for the MASADA.

 

[Greg Bell]

imkris,

As far as the handguards, I would never take the one off mine. I have an X300 on the right side and I was glad not to have to make find a mounting solution.

As far as the BUIS, it really isn't a big deal. Given SIG's track record on designing accessories for this rifle, I consider it a blessing that I didn't have to buy a rifle with whatever goofy crap SIG would have put on the gun. I am happy that I didn't pay the extra for the sights and was able to get a good Samson/Larue sight setup. Yeah, they cost me $200--but the rifle still came in way under the piston AR's out there.

As far as the Maasada. Given how long it took Magpul to come out with the UBR, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[iamkris]

I wouldn't hold my breath.

That's fair. I guess I'll just have to suffer through the wait with my Para FAL