Hi, anyone here own a sig 556 pistol and if so, how has it been for accuracy, function, etc… Thanks.
I have one, it’s accurate and it works though I haven’t shot it a lot nor rigorously tested it. These things are really an oddity, not really useful for anything. Except I plan to SBR mine after my trust comes through. I think it would make a fine SBR.
Is it fairly controllable while firing? I get you wanting to SBR it, that makes total sense.
Had one. Thought it was a piece of shit, so I sold it. It was kinda cool for about 30 seconds, and then I realized how fucking retarded I was to buy such a worthless piece of garbage.
Still to this day don’t know how I ended up buying it. Only thing I can come up with, is that we drove a couple hours to a Cabelas and maybe I felt like I didn’t want to leave empty handed. :eek: Maybe I got high on the taxidermy and thought I could make it a worth wile SBR?
Whatever it was don’t repeat my mistake.
Nothing about it was quality, and until you SBR it it’s hard to really see what you have (at least on an AR pistol you can run the shit out of it with the buffer tube), and it certainly isn’t worth wasting a stamp on. Heavy, chunking, cheap and it very well might have won the award for worst sights ever on a weapon (Glock standard sights are a close second) It was like they forgot, and then some complete maroon came up with the idea of using a half inch X quarter inch piece of steel that just folds down on top off the GB. You almost have to see it to believe it. Not even sure now if it could even be swapped out. Its been a couple years since I owned it so who knows what Cohens done now.
LOL… Yeah, Cohen is a piece of work, a lot of Sig enthusiast I know would use a substitute word for “work”.
I bought an early on Sig 556, yes it was front heavy but was very accurate and ran flawlessly. I ended up getting a Sig 556 R a couple months after it was released and it is the biggest piece of shit I ever bought. Had it back to the factory for multiple function issues and it still came back unusable. That guy is running a great company into the ground.
I was hoping the 556 Pistol would be good for HD.
I have a SBR’d one.
I ran 800 rounds of Wolf no lube or cleaning, runs great and is accurate, mine has a great trigger (was cleaned up by Bill Wilson when i got it)
it’s overall a decent gun except for:
- sights, are a joke, just pretend there are none
- it weighs a ton
- mag release reach
- aftermarket and/or replacement parts support
- it weighs a fucking ton
It was my first SBR, that said, I have not shot mine in years because of 1-5
Quite controllable. I have been pleased with mine. No complaints. The quality is consistent with any other military style firearm. I don’t find it any more clumsy or cumbersome than any other rifle caliber pistol of which I have several, from Kel-Tec to Thompson Center to Wichita. That’s a pretty subjective thing by the way. I have an FN FS2000 which is a very clumsy, cumbersome looking thing. I was dismayed by that until I shot it. It don’t make a damn bit of difference in the ways the thing shoots. They do seem to elicit strong dislike from some folks. That’s a fact. Mine is a couple of years old, I don’t know when this Cohen chap came on the scene. Presumably after my was made if that makes any difference. The sights are pitiful. More like emergency sights than backup sights. They would do in a pinch, better than nothing. One thing you will get out of a SIG you won’t get out of an AR, it is a heck of a lot shorter for the same barrel length as it has no reviver extension AKA buffer tube. For an SBR, the gun with stock folded is a foot shorter than an AR. That kind of undermines the “clumsy and cumbersome” argument.
You really need to stop beating around the bush. You know, get to the point.
You guys are hilarious. Thanks for the input.
Purchased a 556 pistol for SBR project. Was going to make a 552 clone, ended up in a different direction. It is heavy for its size and the “back up” sights are lame. Put a railed, sampson forend on, HK sights, T1, folding metal sight. I have put 3500-4000 rounds and have had no reliability issues End result:
Pros:
Very compact with folded stock, good for concelability
Has been 100% reliable
Unique
Cons:
Heavier than AR
Expensive to build (many aftermaket parts to get it where I wanted)
Ergos are different than AR
In the end I would do it again. Not my favorite SBR but collects less dust than others I own.