bluefin556 said:
Hell yea dude. I have been cruising this website for a few weeks and it seems alot of negatativity coming from it. Whats up with that?
Well, in all honesty, it has to do with three things, in my humble opinion:
1. 20/20 hindsight about what SIG rifles were/are. The 550, 551, 552 series etc. People are expecting the 556 to be "as good as" rifles which many have never actually shot the piss out of, mostly because either A) they used them years ago in combat when MOA accuracy took a back seat to killing the bad guy, and B) those rifles are pre-ban and cost well over $10,000-15,000 just to touch and most can't afford them anyhow.
2. Price Point vs. Performance Logic. You can buy an AR variant for under $850 which is a bit more accurate and an AK variant for under $500 that never breaks down, ever. Why should someone pay upwards of $1,500-2,000 for a SIG that falls somewhere in between?
3. The Internet. If you put enough people together about a singular topic on the internet, someone somewhere is going to have enough time on their hands to nit pick every little detail and start the ball rolling. Eventually you have people that have never shot a friggin gun before in their life that are the next John MFin' Browning because they "read about this issue on xyzforum" and feel they are now more qualified to be the rifle quality control Jesus...
Fact is nobody, NOBODY, on this site or any other site has shot the wheels off a SIG 556 enough to break down one due to over use.....many of the "problem" rifles have been shot less than 100 times, and the modus operandi for ANY firearm is the first 500 rounds are break in, and then and ONLY then are any tests to be conducted regarding FTF, FTE, broken s**t, etc.....
JMHSO........ My rifle has over 5,500 rounds through it and has never once failed to feed, eject, whistle dixie, cook me breakfast, etc. Partly because:
A) I buy good ammo.
B) I buy good magazines.
C) I have reasonable expectations regarding accuracy.
D) I clean and maintain my rifle.
K I'm ranting now and have gone well beyond breaking my own rule (see signature) but some of the issues people complain about really bug me. I have never, EVER, seen a firearm go through such microscopic nit picking on such a large scale before. EVER.