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Sig 556

hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Anyone know if SIG is planning on chambering their 556 rifle in anything other than .223?
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Friday, a coworker comes to me and says he needs to sell a gun to pay some bills.

    He shows me, and I hope I am right, a "sig - .556 with an eotech holographic sight"....I looked at the gun briefly and it looked pretty high tech. seemed a little flimsy. the holographic sight flipped over to expose other sighting options. was very clean but had been shot.

    BUT...he wants to sell it for $2500.00. This seems high to me based on what I saw briefy and the 2 mins of looking at the auction side.

    Tell me what to look for or ask about with this that makes it expensive...the guy is in a bind and I can help him, but I don't want to kill me.

    Thanks, Thomas.
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Any of you tried the Sig 556 or have one?? I am looking at possibly getting one, and just interested in feed back from anyone who has one
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Has anyone have one or shoot one. I really like the looks of them. I think I want one.
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been out of the loop for about 2 months now since it is fire season. I have been spending time on burning mountians. The word was that the 556 was going to ship summer/fall. It is that time now and I was wondering if anyone knew if the is a ship date for them yet? I will be back on more starting next month when I am done, now I just have time to check in every once in a while.
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone have one or an opinion.
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I found one at Academy sports today $1200. Problem, my finger cant reach the mag release. I would have to move my hand away from the grip to drop a mag. Just me or anyone else have an issue with the556?
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  • elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    not a target rifle
    a little front heavy
    backup sights are worthless
    good sights are expensive
    twist rate for heavier bullets
    expensive for what you get
    goes bang every time
    if you are an AR fan you won't like it
    I love it

    edit...
    trigger is surprisingly good
    takes any AR-15 mag
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't have one, but have heard nothing but good about them.
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  • watrulookinatwatrulookinat Member Posts: 4,693
    edited November -1
    I think it's a good looking rifle. There was some feed back here a while ago on that model, but I can't remember what was said.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    not a target rifle
    a little front heavy
    backup sights are worthless
    good sights are expensive
    twist rate for heavier bullets
    expensive for what you get
    goes bang every time
    if you are an AR fan you won't like it
    I love it

    Pretty much sums up what I have also heard,........it is on my "short list".
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah they are expensive but... I havn't found a sig I didn't like. The one I was looking at today had the holo sight on it. Did a search here on it but not much info. Someone did post not long ago if I remember correctly that he had just bought one but I can't find it.Anyway thanks for the input.
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  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    Well here are 21 posts on GB about them http://forums.gunbroker.com/search.asp?mode=DoIt

    I never pass up a chance to show mine off

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    I am going to put a side folder on mine. As far as what is said before pretty well covers it. I like the C-More site on mine and they cost about $200. I am an AR fan, but I do like this Sig though. If I did not have an MK 14 Mod 0 this would be my truck gun.
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  • bhale187bhale187 Member Posts: 7,798
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    not a target rifle
    a little front heavy
    backup sights are worthless
    good sights are expensive
    twist rate for heavier bullets
    expensive for what you get
    goes bang every time
    if you are an AR fan you won't like it
    I love it

    I'd have to agree with all but the 'expensive for what you get'. It's one of the cheapest quality piston ARs on the market right now.
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm an AR fan ... and I like my SiGs too.
    I had my first one for about 10 months before I decided I wanted another ...

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    PC170140.jpg

    Keep in mind buying an "optic's ready" SiG is like buying a flat-top AR; you need some sort of sighting device. Unlike some, I like the fact that there are already a lot of aftermarket parts available to personalize mine.

    A couple of my favorite things about the SiG is, it has a great trigger right out of the box and besides no "sproing" it has completely different type recoil ... more of a push back than a flip up which makes follow up shots quicker.

    When they come out with a target model I'm sure I'll get one of those too ...
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    not a target rifle.
    Not designed to be.

    a little front heavy.
    Yes, but that is a plus for controllability.

    backup sights are worthless.
    Not completely, but damn close. Hence the "backup" designation.

    good sights are expensive.

    twist rate for heavier bullets.
    Another plus for me.

    expensive for what you get.
    Yep

    goes bang every time.
    Yep

    if you are an AR fan you won't like it.
    Not true with me. I am a mulitple AR owner and like the Sig even better.

    I love it.
    Me too.

    edit...
    trigger is surprisingly good
    takes any AR-15 mag
    Yep and yep.
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