Based on the 7.62mm SIG 716 platform, this rifle was built to answer a Canadian special operations forces requirement for a battle rifle.
According to SIG’s Kevin Brittingham, The thing that really stuck out about this requirement was the accuracy spec. They required 1 MOA at 300m suppressed. SIG was able to exceed this back with a quick detach suppressor on a rifle fired by Robby Johnson in front of CANSOF evaluators.
Meet the quietest .45 silencer on the market offering .45 suppression in the footprint of a 9mm can. Its 2-3 DB quieter than the next closest on the market and an inch shorter.
The SRD-45 and SRD-9 are new to the SIG line offering all stainless steel and titanium construction. Available first quarter 2015.
Here is a quick look at the SIG SAUER submission for the US Army Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System. Based on the MCX platform, it is considered an MCX-MR for Mid-Range.
This rifle met all requirements for CSASS including weight, length, and suppression. It can be side charged or via the more traditional, rear charging handle.
As you can see, it is equipped with a folding stock.
While the commercial MCX is now equipped with a self regulating gas valve, the CSASS model is a two position version that is marked on the rail.
It is a full auto gun as well.
Internally, there is another difference than the standard MCX. Rather than dual springs the MCX-MR uses a single operating spring. However, high wear points such as the steel cam path inset.
Additionally, they’ve incorporated replaceable dual charging handle pins.
The MCX, regardless of class, also offers a replaceable Deflector/ Forward Assist Housing. This includes the 7.62 gun!
Another high wear area that has a replaceable steel insert is the feed ramp insert just below the ejection port.
Finally, as we mentioned during AUSA, the barrels incorporate the new tapered flash suppressor and suppressor mount.
At tomorrow’s SHOT Show range day, SureFire will unveil the new WARCOMP.
Available in 5.56 and 7.62 versions for use with the SureFire SOCOM Suppressor. They are telling me that this is the first real flash hider that actually counters muzzle rise and still has great signature reduction. I can’t wait to see it for myself. They’ll also be demonstrating at their range Monday evening because at night is where they shine.
That’s right, Rifle Dynamics and SilencerCo have come together to offer a Krink in .300 Blackout. What with the 7.62 x 39, you might wonder why even bother. According to RD’s Billy Cho, the decision was made in order to utilize subsonic ammo along with SilencerCo’s suppressor.
They’re staying mum about where the barrels came from but they will share that they are 1/7 twist. 9.25 inch barrel.
Cho also related that they aren’t over gassing these guns. They are optimized for use with suppressors and won’t cycle unsuppressed with subsonic ammo.
Right now these are being produced as a limited run of 25 as a package deal with Silencerco. But, Cho went on to say, “We will also be releasing a batch of suppressor optimized 7.62 and 5.45 guns that are basically our 700/500 series guns. Which are currently the ideal way to run suppressed.”
You can see samples of most of Rifle Dunamics’ guns they are doing with SilencerCo at their booth during SHOT show. This includes the Saiga 12 “cho-gun” RD built for SilencerCo’s Salvo12 suppressor and the new Vepr12/Saiga12 Salvo adapter.
The new OD Green PIG Saddle w/ Patriot Brown pads & knob.
Units will be on display at SHOT Show booth #20605.
Bill Geissele goes over the latest products for 2015 from Geissele Automatics and ALG Defense.
The BATFE has struck! Several years ago, SIG SAUER introduced the SB-15, a shooting brace that attached to a pistol order to assist the shooters in wielding rifle caliber pistols one-handed.
According to the ATF, “These devices are described as “a shooter’s aid that is designed to improve the single-handed shooting performance of buffer tube equipped pistols.” The device claims to enhance accuracy and reduce felt recoil when using an AR-style pistol.” Of course, we all know that people have been using them to shoulder rifle caliber pistols. The problem is, some of those very people kept writing the ATF and asking about the legality of using them this way.
Thanks to all those inquiries from concerned citizens, on 16 January, 2016, just three days before SHOT Show, the Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has issued a “OPEN LETTER ON THE REDESIGN OF “STABILIZING BRACES”.
(Insert golf clap and the phrase, “This is why we can’t have nice things.)
Here are a few pertinent highlights:
ATF hereby confirms that if used as designed—to assist shooters in stabilizing a handgun while shooting with a single hand—the device is not considered a shoulder stock and therefore may be attached to a handgun without making a NFA firearm. However, ATF has received numerous inquiries regarding alternate uses for this device, including use as a shoulder stock. Because the NFA defines both rifle and shotgun to include any “weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder,” any person who redesigns a stabilizing brace for use as a shoulder stock makes a NFA firearm when attached to a pistol with a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a handgun with a smooth bore under 18 inches in length.
The pistol stabilizing brace was neither “designed” nor approved to be used as a shoulder stock, and therefore use as a shoulder stock constitutes a “redesign” of the device because a possessor has changed the very function of the item. Any individual letters stating otherwise are contrary to the plain language of the NFA, misapply Federal law, and are hereby revoked. (emphasis added)
Any person who intends to use a handgun stabilizing brace as a shoulder stock on a pistol (having a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a smooth bore firearm with a barrel under 18 inches in length) must first file an ATF Form 1 and pay the applicable tax because the resulting firearm will be subject to all provisions of the NFA.
The letter is pretty straight forward. It doesn’t make the Stabilizing Brace illegal as designed. It doesn’t even make it illegal to use as a stock on a pistol (ahem, rifle) with a barrel under 16″ or a shottie under 18″. But if you do, you’ll need to submit a Form 1 and get a tax stamp to create a short barreled rifle or shotgun.
There’s a takeaway here, but what’s the point of even kicking the horse? It’s dead.
(h/t Recoil – Gear Scout)
