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Posted: 4/22/2013 6:00:05 PM EDT
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Anyone have one? Thoughts?
I scrolled back through the pages and used the search, but couldn't find any threads. |
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So far a great rifle. Only about two hundred flawless rounds through mine but extremely pleased.
My largest complaint is that the iron sights are just OK. However, that is a pretty minimal complaint. She is a bit of a pig to carry also, but I am a big boy. Pretty good workout. Doc |
Now try to find some extra magazines for it 
Does anyone know what steel magazines are good? Since 7.62 Pmags are so hard to find. I'd like to have a few steel mags anyways just to shake things up. Right now I don't have any SR25 pattern metal mags yet so I'm looking to get some and find out who makes good ones. |
| The UBR has a specific buffer tube to it that comes with the stock if I recall correctly I don't think the buffer tube is longer than average, based on the fact that your current magpul stock seems to collapse all the way just fine, though I could be wrong there.... |
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It looks to me like the 716 uses an Armalite AR-10 length carbine buffer tube, which is a little longer than an AR-15 carbine tube, and uses a little different buffer and spring than a LR-308 pattern. You can see in the pic that the stock does not quite collapse all the way. If you switch to a UBR, it uses a regular carbine length tube, so you would need to buy a LR-308 carbine buffer and spring.
The 716 looks like a solid rifle, but they didn't have the barrel length and weight I want. Enjoy! The TA-11 is a perfect choice for that rifle. |
I have a ODG Sig 716.
It fires 308 ammo fine except it scratches and dents the piss out of the brass. After suring the Sig forum, this seems to be a common thing on many of them. Even Police Mag had one doing screwing up brass: http://www.policemag.com/channel/weapons/articles/2013/01/sig-sauer-716-patrol-rifle.aspx 
Some people send them back and Sig fixes them. I'm not tried it yet. I bought some shit TulAmmo steel case ammo to see if it'll break in. http://sigtalk.com/ammo-reloading/7438-sig-716-denting-cases-normal.html Next thing is, they're picky with ammo. It will fire 308 Winchester hunting ammo, white box Winchester 7.62x51, but XM80 Federal Lake City 149gr would not cycle good. It had FTF FTE problems. I eventually saturated the gun with rem oil and turned the piston adjustment one click to adverse (more gas) and after a couple more FTF/FTE it started firing the lake City 7.62.x51. Similar problems with ammo pickiness can be found all over the place: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=126&t=587309 |
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Now try to find some extra magazines for it
Does anyone know what steel magazines are good? Since 7.62 Pmags are so hard to find. I'd like to have a few steel mags anyways just to shake things up. Right now I don't have any SR25 pattern metal mags yet so I'm looking to get some and find out who makes good ones. If you look hard enough you can find .308 mags out there. I have purchased 11- 20LR Pmags since February at an average cost of $23.50 shipped. I have also recently seen DPMS 19rd steel mags at my LGS for 29.99 and have not heard any negative feedback on those mags. |
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I have a ODG Sig 716. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/e4ejerag.jpg It fires 308 ammo fine except it scratches and dents the piss out of the brass. After suring the Sig forum, this seems to be a common thing on many of them. Even Police Mag had one doing screwing up brass: http://www.policemag.com/channel/weapons/articles/2013/01/sig-sauer-716-patrol-rifle.aspx http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/ta8egupe.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/a4azusyb.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/zuqevasy.jpg Some people send them back and Sig fixes them. I'm not tried it yet. I bought some shit TulAmmo steel case ammo to see if it'll break in. http://sigtalk.com/ammo-reloading/7438-sig-716-denting-cases-normal.html Next thing is, they're picky with ammo. It will fire 308 Winchester hunting ammo, white box Winchester 7.62x51, but XM80 Federal Lake City 149gr would not cycle good. It had FTF FTE problems. I eventually saturated the gun with rem oil and turned the piston adjustment one click to adverse (more gas) and after a couple more FTF/FTE it started firing the lake City 7.62.x51. Similar problems with ammo pickiness can be found all over the place: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=126&t=587309 Good info. I take it that the 716 is .308 safe, since it's rollmarked 7.62? I have a couple hundred rounds of CBC M80 (Magtech). Curious to see if it runs on that reliably. I also have a few boxes of Hornady 168gr. A-Max. Pretty sure that won't be an issue. ETA: Disregard, I found the answer on pg. 21 of the manual.....it is compatible. |
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Now try to find some extra magazines for it
Does anyone know what steel magazines are good? Since 7.62 Pmags are so hard to find. I'd like to have a few steel mags anyways just to shake things up. Right now I don't have any SR25 pattern metal mags yet so I'm looking to get some and find out who makes good ones. I got 4 extra PMags when I got the rifle. Not nearly enough, but much better than just the one that came with it. |
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I have a ODG Sig 716. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/e4ejerag.jpg It fires 308 ammo fine except it scratches and dents the piss out of the brass. After suring the Sig forum, this seems to be a common thing on many of them. Even Police Mag had one doing screwing up brass: http://www.policemag.com/channel/weapons/articles/2013/01/sig-sauer-716-patrol-rifle.aspx http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/ta8egupe.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/a4azusyb.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/zuqevasy.jpg Some people send them back and Sig fixes them. I'm not tried it yet. I bought some shit TulAmmo steel case ammo to see if it'll break in. http://sigtalk.com/ammo-reloading/7438-sig-716-denting-cases-normal.html Next thing is, they're picky with ammo. It will fire 308 Winchester hunting ammo, white box Winchester 7.62x51, but XM80 Federal Lake City 149gr would not cycle good. It had FTF FTE problems. I eventually saturated the gun with rem oil and turned the piston adjustment one click to adverse (more gas) and after a couple more FTF/FTE it started firing the lake City 7.62.x51. Similar problems with ammo pickiness can be found all over the place: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=126&t=587309 Good info. I take it that the 716 is .308 safe, since it's rollmarked 7.62? I have a couple hundred rounds of CBC M80 (Magtech). Curious to see if it runs on that reliably. I also have a few boxes of Hornady 168gr. A-Max. Pretty sure that won't be an issue. ETA: Disregard, I found the answer on pg. 21 of the manual.....it is compatible. It fires .308 fine in mine aside from scratching and denting the cases (does it with 7.62x51 as well sometimes). It actually cycled 308 the best. |
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I have a ODG Sig 716. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/e4ejerag.jpg It fires 308 ammo fine except it scratches and dents the piss out of the brass. After suring the Sig forum, this seems to be a common thing on many of them. Even Police Mag had one doing screwing up brass: http://www.policemag.com/channel/weapons/articles/2013/01/sig-sauer-716-patrol-rifle.aspx http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/18/ta8egupe.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/a4azusyb.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/19/zuqevasy.jpg Some people send them back and Sig fixes them. I'm not tried it yet. I bought some shit TulAmmo steel case ammo to see if it'll break in. http://sigtalk.com/ammo-reloading/7438-sig-716-denting-cases-normal.html Next thing is, they're picky with ammo. It will fire 308 Winchester hunting ammo, white box Winchester 7.62x51, but XM80 Federal Lake City 149gr would not cycle good. It had FTF FTE problems. I eventually saturated the gun with rem oil and turned the piston adjustment one click to adverse (more gas) and after a couple more FTF/FTE it started firing the lake City 7.62.x51. Similar problems with ammo pickiness can be found all over the place: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=126&t=587309 Good info. I take it that the 716 is .308 safe, since it's rollmarked 7.62? I have a couple hundred rounds of CBC M80 (Magtech). Curious to see if it runs on that reliably. I also have a few boxes of Hornady 168gr. A-Max. Pretty sure that won't be an issue. ETA: Disregard, I found the answer on pg. 21 of the manual.....it is compatible. It fires .308 fine in mine aside from scratching and denting the cases (does it with 7.62x51 as well sometimes). It actually cycled 308 the best. With the .308 having a higher pressure, I think that it would. |
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