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AUSA 23 – SIG Medium Range Gas Gun – Sniper Program Submission

Although Geissele won the USSOCOM Medium Range Gas Gun – Sniper competition, SIG showed us the art of the possible with the SPEAR platform by exhibiting their MRGG-S candidate weapon.

MRGG (pronounced Margie at SOCOM) is a 6.5 CM rifle designed as a seni-auto sniper support rifle. As you can see, it sports a 20″ barrel and adjustable buttstock. The optic is a SIG TANGO6T which is a place holder for a customer directed optic.

Here are some close ups of the controls and buttstock.

5 Responses to “AUSA 23 – SIG Medium Range Gas Gun – Sniper Program Submission”

  1. D Liddle says:

    That stock is nightmare fuel. But if it works it works…

    • PB says:

      Regardless of performance or weight, I can see why the Geissele option won the contract. Jeez that is ugly. And I can imagine it is ridiculously front heavy and imbalanced. It looks like they did massive weight reduction in the stock in order to make the contractual weight requirement threshold.

      • NTX says:

        It’s also baffling to me why they would submit it with such a limited handguard length.

      • Tome says:

        Think you hit the nail on the head there, I hadn’t thought of weight requirements as the driver of the handguard and stock design. Looks ungainly as heck.

  2. THAT GUY! says:

    Uhhhhh, looks like it weighs more than a MK48, which I would prefer! ever heard of an 18″ barrel??? Lol