1911shooter
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Does any one here have a SIG 556 rifle? and if you do What are your thoughs.
Just picked one up and i thing this thing is awesome in so many ways.
Just picked one up and i thing this thing is awesome in so many ways.
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Frankl03
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I just got one as well. I like it especially after I shot it. Don't have it sighted in yet but soon. What model did you get? I got the ER model. I will be switching out the handgaurds and the stock. I have a set of 551 handgaurds on order.
Have fun with your new sig!
Have fun with your new sig!
TurboFC3S
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I like mine, but just blastin time with it so far ... no accuracy testing. I have a Commando model, wanted the plastic handguards instead of rails on the Swat. The piston makes it a bit front heavy already, didn't want to push even more weight out front. But flip and recoil are very mild with the gun, it's very easy to shoot fast and keep on target.
P.B.Walsh
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Isn't a Sig556 an AK type clone?
HorseSoldier
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Had one -- very nice rifle. The common complaint that they are a tad front heavy is true, but not too bad. Accuracy was superb on mine, and I like that they come from the factory with 1-7 twist barrels instead of the usual 1-9. Control layout is a little different than an AR -- the right side charging handle is the main issue that takes some getting used to if you've got M4 muscle memory.
1911shooter
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thanks guys. i got the swat model, i put my 3.5x acog on it am getting ready to head to the range as soon as the weather around here breaks. been raining for 2 days now and not just a mist. It is a little front heavy but i have a vertical foregrip on it and it seems to make it feel a bit lighter. will post with the range pics once i can get there.
the 556 is the finest and heaviest AK, chambered for the 5.56x45mm round, available
HorseSoldier
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It's actually a bit petite compared to the Galil . . .
rellascout
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In the late 1970s the Swiss army began the search for a new, smaller caliber rifle to replace old,full-power 7.5mm Stgw.57 (SIG 510) automatic rifle. Initial tests were done with the 5.6 x 48 Eiger and 6.5 x 48 GP80 ammunition. Prototype rifles were developed by SIG (based on their SG-540 design) and by the state-owned Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F). However, the Swiss army selected a slightly improved version of the 5.56 x 45 NATO cartridge as the 5.6 mm GP90, and further testing proved the superiority of the SIG SG-541 rifle over its W+F rival. In 1983, the Swiss Army officially adopted the SIG SG-541 as the Sturmgewehr-90, or Stgw.90 although due to financial reasons production began only in 1986. Currently, the Stgw.90 is a standard Swiss service rifle.
The Swiss army took its last deliveries of the Stgw.90 in the mid-1990s, but these rifles are still offered for export by the international SIGARMS organization, as well as sold for the civilian market in semi-automatic only versions. In export form this rifle is known as the SIG SG-550. "Carbine" and subcompact "Commando" assault rifle versions are available in the form of SIG SG-551 and SIG SG-552, respectively. Civilian versions of the SIG SG-550 and 551 are known as the Stgw.90 PE in Switzerland or SIG 550-SP and 551-SP when sold for export.
The SIG-550 is often referred as the finest 5.56 mm rifle ever made. It is also, not surprisingly, quite expensive. Recently, SIG Arms has introduced a civilian / law-enforcement offspring of the SG-550, known as SIG 556. This is a semi-automatic rifle, altered to accept M16-type magazines and fitted with "Americanized" furniture.
The Swiss army took its last deliveries of the Stgw.90 in the mid-1990s, but these rifles are still offered for export by the international SIGARMS organization, as well as sold for the civilian market in semi-automatic only versions. In export form this rifle is known as the SIG SG-550. "Carbine" and subcompact "Commando" assault rifle versions are available in the form of SIG SG-551 and SIG SG-552, respectively. Civilian versions of the SIG SG-550 and 551 are known as the Stgw.90 PE in Switzerland or SIG 550-SP and 551-SP when sold for export.
The SIG-550 is often referred as the finest 5.56 mm rifle ever made. It is also, not surprisingly, quite expensive. Recently, SIG Arms has introduced a civilian / law-enforcement offspring of the SG-550, known as SIG 556. This is a semi-automatic rifle, altered to accept M16-type magazines and fitted with "Americanized" furniture.
P.B.Walsh
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I want one, just wish that they wasn't 1.5k-2k.....
Could be a good/great SHFT rifle, next to a remmy 700.
Could be a good/great SHFT rifle, next to a remmy 700.
MTMilitiaman
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I have no experience with the 556, other than handling a couple of them. But I have to say, I don't think it is fair to call every single long-stroke gas operated rifle an AK-clone. I can remember an article the NRA did on the SIG 556 in American Rifleman, IIRC, and the pictures they had of the disassembled rifle made it look different enough from the Kalashnikov to be considered a separate design.
rellascout
I know it is getting less common these days, with this newfangled Internet thing, but even at 26, I still remember a time when it was standard practice to give others the respect they were entitled to by citing the original author when directly quoting them.
I only bring this up because it looks like you just cut and pasted your first post from somewhere. If not, it is a rather well-written synopsis and you can disregard this. If so, in the future, would you please put such things in quotation marks and at least provide a link or source of original reference? You don't need an entire bibliography, but some credit is due, at least.
I am sorry to sidetrack this thread and would have IM'd it, but as someone who writes frequently and hopes to someday be published, this really irks me. And it seems to be becoming more and more common. Aside from being illegal, at least in some places, plagiarism is, at the very least, inconsiderate, rude, and below the character I would hope to be displayed on a forum called "The High Road."
Again, if rellascout actually wrote:
Then I apologize to him, and at any rate, I apologize for sidetracking the thread. That is all, carry on...
rellascout
I know it is getting less common these days, with this newfangled Internet thing, but even at 26, I still remember a time when it was standard practice to give others the respect they were entitled to by citing the original author when directly quoting them.
I only bring this up because it looks like you just cut and pasted your first post from somewhere. If not, it is a rather well-written synopsis and you can disregard this. If so, in the future, would you please put such things in quotation marks and at least provide a link or source of original reference? You don't need an entire bibliography, but some credit is due, at least.
I am sorry to sidetrack this thread and would have IM'd it, but as someone who writes frequently and hopes to someday be published, this really irks me. And it seems to be becoming more and more common. Aside from being illegal, at least in some places, plagiarism is, at the very least, inconsiderate, rude, and below the character I would hope to be displayed on a forum called "The High Road."
Again, if rellascout actually wrote:
Then I apologize to him, and at any rate, I apologize for sidetracking the thread. That is all, carry on...
i was just repeating what was told to me by a developement engineer at Sig...at that time, SigArms.
the 556 was based on the AK and that they considered it the ultimate developement of the AK platform up to that time
1911shooter
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Yeah the price tag is up there but i got a hell of a deal on it if i told you you would not believe me or you would kill me for not offering more, the price i got is the reason i bought it.
1911shooter
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this thing is by far one of the best EBR i have ever handled a little muzzle heavy but like i said i put a vertical fore grip on it and it seems to help.
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