Sig 556 $971 delivered at Budsgunshop

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Mrs. Caution is actually encouraging me to pick one of these up. I'm torn. I still haven't finished building up my M1a. But the price is almost too good to resist.
 
Very tempting to get another.... Got my first Sig556 about four years ago for $1000 which seemed like a pretty good deal at the time. Had to buy the Swiss style hand guard to replace the tri rail crap piece for another $70.

They are great guns and I'm glad to see the prices at a reasonable level. So many of the companies making these new piston guns are pricing at ridiculous levels for the current marketplace.
 
$971? who cares?

The sig556 isn't even a good rifle. The mag release is too far for many people and the selector switch is way to high. Better off putting together a mil spec DI ar15 with a mid length gas system for that kind of money.

I don't know about you guys, but for $1,000 a rifle better be as perfect out of the box as possible. The sig556 is not.

And please don't give me that "it has a piston" BS, this piston craze is a bigger scam than global warming.
 
And please don't give me that "it has a piston" BS, this piston craze is a bigger scam than global warming
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Sorry you don't like them. I just mentioned the deal because these (at least the Classics) were routinely going for $1500-$1600. If someone wants one, it's the best deal I've seen to date.

P.S. Here's what you said about the "direct impingement" AR last year. Get your story straight.

Improving an AR bolt to near indestructable status requires a major redesign, not just simple geometric changes or the type of metal being used.

You have to remove heat by intrducing a piston, have symmetric and large locking lugs that can handle unrealistic firing schedules, and either a cam lug milled from the bolt body or more metal around the cam pin hole if the cam pin itself is separate from the bolt, etc.
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and what you said about the Sig556

I put together (lego style ) an ar15 because it was 400-500 dollars cheaper than the sig. However, I do plan on getting a sig556 one day. It's like an ergonomic AK that takes stanag mags. Pretty cool
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Me?? I like 'em both.
 
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A brand new Sig 556 for under $1k, that's a deal I can't pass up.

So I just placed an order for the one with the rotary rear diopter sight and folding stock for $971.

$971? who cares?

The sig556 isn't even a good rifle. The mag release is too far for many people and the selector switch is way to high. Better off putting together a mil spec DI ar15 with a mid length gas system for that kind of money.

I don't know about you guys, but for $1,000 a rifle better be as perfect out of the box as possible. The sig556 is not.

And please don't give me that "it has a piston" BS, this piston craze is a bigger scam than global warming.
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That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Personally I like the Sig 556 and really regretted selling the one I had to my friend last year. Of course I also paid about $1,600 for it and it was a 1st gen.
 
About six months ago these things were several hundred dollars higher. Man, I'd feel like a sucker if I had bought one. Wonder why they're so much cheaper now?
 
Wonder why they're so much cheaper now?
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Either they're not selling (at the higher price) or they're clearing them out to make way for a new model or maybe this is the last of the Sig 556 and it's bye bye. $400 is a pretty big drop.
 
Either they're not selling (at the higher price) or they're clearing them out to make way for a new model or maybe this is the last of the Sig 556 and it's bye bye. $400 is a pretty big drop.
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Same thing happened with the MSAR STG-556's. They were selling for around $1,500 or more one day and almost overnight the prices on them dropped to around $1,000. Now anyone who spent more than $1,300 on an MSAR STG-556 feels like they paid several hundred more than they should have.

I'm really glad that I sold my MSAR that I paid about $1,700 for a couple years ago before the price drop. I lost some money on it but if I had tried to sell it now I'd be lucky to get half of what I paid back.

Same with the 1st Gen Sig 556 that I mentioned earlier. I paid about $1,600 for that about two years ago as well and I sold it to a buddy of mine for $1,300. If I tried to sell that now I'd probably be lucky to get $600 for it if you can now buy a new one for under a grand.
 
I managed to resist the deal for a day, but just dropped down my Many pennies for the SWAT. I've been wanting that one forever and was going to get the $1209 LE/military deal. Glad I waited...
I personally love the 556 and my AK needed a more modern brother. Plus my wife actually likes .223/5.56. She hates the 7.62x39, so I'll put the 556 on her side of the bed to go with the G19.
 
If I didn't already have one I'd jump all over this, but I don't feel bad about the price, as a while back CDNN had SIG556s at the Bud's "original" price but included a free SIG522 -- my wife loves the 522 so it was a real good deal for me!

--wally.
 
Well, according to this thread - they seem to be in the vicinity of Ruger accuracy - not as good as they should be:
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They are accurate enough to pass off as a battle rifle, maybe not a precision rifle but then again neither is the AK.

For what it is the Sig 556 is probably accurate enough to please most people who purchase one, especially if the price is around $1k. I was not overly impressed with the 556 when I first got one and that's why I sold it to my friend who seemed to like it a lot more. Of course I spent a lot more on that Sig 556 than I did on this new one I'm getting and I think I'm going to love this new 556 a lot more knowing that I spent under a grand for it. Also the first 556 I bought had that ugly 1st gen furniture on it and lousy flip-up rear sight, the one I just ordered from Buds is what I wish my first 556 had looked like.
 
Evil Monkey said:
$971? who cares?

The sig556 isn't even a good rifle. The mag release is too far for many people and the selector switch is way to high. Better off putting together a mil spec DI ar15 with a mid length gas system for that kind of money.

I don't know about you guys, but for $1,000 a rifle better be as perfect out of the box as possible. The sig556 is not.

And please don't give me that "it has a piston" BS, this piston craze is a bigger scam than global warming.
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Global warming is a myth?? Tell that to all the receding glaciers and ice in the arctic. Perhaps you just don't believe science. If you don't acknowledge a problem it just doesn't exist right?
 
I hate you for posting this thread:fire::D. I told myself that the Marlin 336 I bought a few weeks ago and the Glock 36 that I just bought last Friday, would be my last purchase till next year. I'm up to my neck with bills but can acutally afford it using my buds credit card:D. Stop posting stuff like this!:rolleyes:
 
Not to get into the global warming nonsense but that's a great deal and one that would've certainly influenced my decision to get the M&P15 last month. If I had the cash, I'd jump on it anyway.
 
P.S. Here's what you said about the "direct impingement" AR last year. Get your story straight.
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Because I said a piston should be introduced? So what? It was a post about better design elements among others. Today there's a realization that going proprietary over a standardized system just because it's piston operated is not a worth while move. At least not in my opinion.

and what you said about the Sig556
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That's because I was stupid and didn't know any better.

Fact is, people can buy what ever they want. I find it very hard to drop a grand on a rifle that, even after some improvements over the years, still isn't any better than what I already paid for at a similar price. VERY HARD to justify that kind of money on a system that many people with first hand experience have been displeased with.

But hey, at least the sig556 is based off of the sig550 which is a proven system, unlike some others that we'll save for another thread.
 
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Either they're not selling (at the higher price) or they're clearing them out to make way for a new model or maybe this is the last of the Sig 556 and it's bye bye. $400 is a pretty big drop.
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They have been below $1k earlier this year. I think it's more a reflection of the poor state of the economy more than anything.
 
I love the SIG556, its a nice hybrid of AR and AK features close to the best of both worlds IMHO.

My main complaint is that often the front hand guards are loose. I have the same complaint about the Colt 6920, but everyone of these I've looked at are loose, where as only about half the SIGs have the issue. In any event a dab of epoxy putty in the front retainer and a spritz of silicone on the front before reassembly (as a release agent) will cure the issue.

Things like this are why I prefer to buy at gun shows or stores unless the price+shipping+transfer cost is significantly lower.
 
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