sig-556 questions

no only the Swiss Arms - green special - black special - blue red ...........

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Sig will be coming out with the 516 at some point which is a short stroke piston AR type rifle intended to compete against h&k mr223, lwrc, and so on. The price is in the neighborhood of 2500-3000, and I know eastern arms out of north Vancouver has been promoting them recently.
 
Once and for all
Sig 556 - prohib
Sig 550 - prohib
Sig 551 - prohib
Sig 552 - prohib
PE 90 - prohib this is the Swiss civillian version of the Sig 550 it shares all of the important parts with the Sig 550

ALL of the above are variants of the Sig 550, the Swissarms rifles (Black Special, Classic Green, Super Smurfgewehr) that we can purchase here ARE NOT variants of the Sig 550, if they were we would not be able to purchase them.
 
Pretty sure the PE90 is not prohib, unless its actually called something else. (Other than Black Special). Advertised at our local store as the PE90 and is non rest. Stock item even.
 
In the days before 10 round AR pistol mags I have never met anyone who could change mags faster that I could with the five round clamped Swiss Arms mags (when clamping 2 Swiss Arms mags together, I go to my pouches half as much as an AR15 shooter). I've won every three gun match that I've ever entered (once had someone try and claim that they could reload a Grand with 8 round stripper clips faster than the Swiss Arms clamped mags...laughable...and proven false).

It all comes down to training and using what you are used to. When seating a full Swiss Arms mag (30 rounds) it doesn't matter if the bolt is forward or back, once rocked in the mag is seated, no questions. One of the most common AR15 failures is the bolt failing to chamber a round when the mag isn't seated. Hence the "tap and rack" or "seat and tug" drills. Enduce stress and it gets more interesting.

All of this is a moot point with 5 round civillian mags though.

I've been issued quite a few guns (FNC1, C9, C7, C8, M16A1, HK54(MP5), AUG, Swiss Arms 552, Swiss Arms 551, also used in the field over extended exercises FAMAS, HK G3, FNC that's all I can remember right now...) and carried them operationally for some time. Often shooters only know one system, have never carried a gun operationally and have a limited amount of experience when comparing systems. Trying out your friends gun at the range with 5 round mags then providing an "experienced opinion" doesn't qualify for me.

I perfer the Swiss Arms / AK mag system, very secure and once rocked in place, it's over.

Rich
 
Rich LPS said:
In the days before 10 round AR pistol mags I have never met anyone who could change mags faster that I could with the five round clamped Swiss Arms mags (when clamping 2 Swiss Arms mags together, I go to my pouches half as much as an AR15 shooter). I've won every three gun match that I've ever entered (once had someone try and claim that they could reload a Grand with 8 round stripper clips faster than the Swiss Arms clamped mags...laughable...and proven false).

It all comes down to training and using what you are used to. When seating a full Swiss Arms mag (30 rounds) it doesn't matter if the bolt is forward or back, once rocked in the mag is seated, no questions. One of the most common AR15 failures is the bolt failing to chamber a round when the mag isn't seated. Hence the "tap and rack" or "seat and tug" drills. Enduce stress and it gets more interesting.

All of this is a moot point with 5 round civillian mags though.

I've been issued quite a few guns (FNC1, C9, C7, C8, M16A1, HK54(MP5), AUG, Swiss Arms 552, Swiss Arms 551, also used in the field over extended exercises FAMAS, HK G3, FNC that's all I can remember right now...) and carried them operationally for some time. Often shooters only know one system, have never carried a gun operationally and have a limited amount of experience when comparing systems. Trying out your friends gun at the range with 5 round mags then providing an "experienced opinion" doesn't qualify for me.

I perfer the Swiss Arms / AK mag system, very secure and once rocked in place, it's over.

Rich
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While you make a valid point, in some cases it is nice to share the same magazine with a number of different firearms.
 
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