Scotland Yard publicly showcased its latest Counter Terrorism Unit dubbed C-Men in an article by the Dailymail. This new unit is equipped with SIG’s MCX Carbine. One of the officers is shown with a SIG 516 Patrol Rifle. A close up is shown below. One thing I [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has a limited number of complete SIG551-A1 lowers, including stock and magazine, which can be used to convert a SIG556 to a SIG551-A1. Only 250 kits are available and they are only taking phone orders. Call (866) 619-1128 or (603) 418-8102. [ Many thanks to [Read More…]
The last time I wrote about the SIG 556R, the specs for the rifle had not been published. The 30 round 7.62x39mm magazines cost $28 each. The SigSauer.com website only shows a model with the red dot sight. A iron sight kit (Rotary Diopter Rear & Hooded Front Sight [Read More…]
These photos, showing the upcoming 7.62x39mm version of the SIG556, is purportedly straight from SIG Sauer. They are using the SIG550 (aka. Classic) forend and sidefolding stock. Troubleshooter, a reader of the blog, emailed me to say that lower receiver is similar in [Read More…]
A reader, Nooky, posted this photo of the prototype 7.62x39mm SIG550 that Swiss Arms developed a few years ago but never put into production. Gun Blobber posted this photo comparing an AK bolt with a SIG550 bolt … As you can see, very similar. Nooky also posted [Read More…]
Sig Sauer Guns have confirmation that the SIG556 (the civilian SIG550) will be made available chambered in 7.62x39mm and will be able to use standard AK-47 magazines. We just received a phone call from our contact at Sig and Sig Sauer is producing a SIG 556 chambered in [Read More…]
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