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Posted: 6/23/2012 6:32:53 AM EDT
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Initial Range Report. MY gun club had it's Friday night trap shoot practice at 6:30 last night so I hurried up to go out there to try out the 716 before that started. I also had some 55gr HP flat base "work up" loads I needed to chrono in my 516 too. I got out there at 6:00 so I quickly set up some targets at 100 yards for the 5.56 chrono loads and a couple targets at 50 yards to check zero on the 716. I only had a few boxes of Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr ammo at the house so I picked up some PMC 147gr NATO ammo at the gun shop on the way to the range. The only targets I had available were the cheap Wal-Mart bullseye type and no proper zeroing targets. After a quick set up and getting done with shooting my 5.56 reloads through the chrono I got the 716 out and loaded up a mag of the PMC to get it zeroed. I started at 50 since i had no idea where it would be grouping. I hadn't done anything as far as cleaning to the rifle. It seemed fairly well oiled when I looked it over the night before. The only thing I did was center the windage adjustment on the rear sight before taking it to the range. I fired 6 shots at the 50 yard target with using the factory sights. and got this grouping.  SIG 716 50 yards PMC by c.swimm, on Flickr No I don't shoot with iron sights very often and with the sun setting to my left it wasn't the ideal set up, but I couldn't wait to try this gun out. The low right shot was the first "fouling round" out of the rifle. I shot 3 more and they seemed pretty well on to me when looking through my spotting scope so I shot two more. I shot the rest of the mag at a steel plate target at 200 yards. All of the paint had been shot off the target and it was getting had to see. I could see the still while pole holding it up so I aimed just above it getting hits on all but maybe 2 shots. I let my daughter shoot a few shots through it next and she loved it. Next I loaded 5 rounds of the Federal GMM 168gr ammo and shot this group on my only other 50 yard target out there. A lot of dust was getting kicked up from the backstop between me and the other guy on the line shooting his AR15 at the same range.  SIG 716 50 yards GMM by c.swimm, on Flickr Like I said, I don't shoot iron sights very often and the short time I had and the setting sun didn't help, but I am very pleased with the results l got. I am going to mount an optic on it and get it back to the range soon. I really want to see what this rifle is capable of. My observations: The gun has a very solid feel. With the friction lock on the Magpul ACS stock there is no wobble at all in the stock, and the accu-tensioner in the lower, there is no slop between the upper and low. Just a rock solid feel through the hole gun. No malfunctions of any kind. Trigger is a little heavy but not too bad for a factory AR trigger. It was right on the money with rear sight centered. I mad no adjustments to the sight at all at the range. Accuracy was better than I expected given other reviews. I am really excited to see what it will do with a decent scope on it. If you find one for under $1800 I suggest you get it. I don't think the price will be coming down on these, and they seem more likely to be going up recently. Damn glad I got it and didn't hold out for the Precision Marksman version. Although I may get one of those when they come out too. Here is a short video my daughter took while shooting some PMC at the 200 yard steel target. You can hear the first 2 hit the plate, then the next the hit the holder, and the last one miss.  |
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