Love it or hate it I had to give it a try. Grabagun had the 7.62x39 version down to $1,354. So I jumped on it. Let me just start out by saying I love the way the thing looks and feels. Having cut my teeth on the Remington 700 and Winchester Model 70 it feels right at home. Sig did a great job with the controls. Moving the very pistol like safety within easy reach of your trigger finger and very well thought out ambi mag release and bolt close. It’s different from the AR but still very familiar. It takes about 10 minutes to get used to it.
The only thing I did was remove the Sig break and add my own Silencerco flash hider so I could run my Omega 300. I went with the Sig Tango 6T for glass. Then I went straight to the club for testing. All I had for ammo was Wolf steel cased FMJ. Not exactly quality ammo. I was shocked that I was able to get groups less than 2”. Suppressed and unsuppressed there was very little POI shift. I think I could do better with a better trigger. I’m not super crazy about the two stage match trigger Sig is using. There is a lot of creep after you hit the first stage wall. I think I’ll be replacing it.
I get that it’s aimed at ban states but I’m not understanding all the hate it’s getting online. This is a very inexpensive way to get into the MCX platform. I’m very impressed with the build quality. The 10, 20 and 28 round Duramags are running flawlessly. I’m gonna give my AR10 a break and bring this out for the hogs. It’s got a built in ARCA rail for tripod use which is handy.
Once upon a time I owned a Ruger Mini 30. The Regulator is everything that the Mini 30 wanted to be. The only downside maybe is weight. 7.9 lbs empty and without optics. But I’m going to find a good sling for it and it won’t be too bad I think.
If you’re on the fence about this rifle and don’t own any of the other MCX line get it. My first impressions are really good.
Thank you for the review. Looks rather interesting.
the hate is either because of the “It’s not an AR15” crowd, or from the silly hate anything Sig crowd who foolishly thinks that it’s still cool to hate Sig these days.
I’m not an Sig fanboy by any means. Maybe I’m drawn to it because it’s NOT an AR. Like you said…it might be drawing some hate for that but for me it’s something new to mess with. I would have loved to try out the Spear in .277 Fury but at $4,100 for the rifle and crazy ammo costs it just isn’t feasible for me right now.
Mark….its the standard MCX system. Semi-auto short stroke piston. Two position gas adjustment for running suppressed. The upper functions on any AR or Sig lower.
So your hate is for what they charge for it? Seems rather petty. Lots of things that I like that I cannot afford, no reason at all for me to hate for this reason alone.
I just took it to mean he didn’t think it was worth $3K. There was a lot of complaining right after release that it was too expensive. Particularly because it was more expensive than the Spear LT at the time.
An item can be perfectly viable or reasonable at one price point, and worthy of derision at another. One wouldn’t pay wagyu filet mignon price for a McDouble after all. I’m not interested in the platform any way; I’ve scratched my MCX itch with the Spear. It’s not a matter of “cannot afford”, its a matter of watching these not sell at their original price point.
We have two of these at work, one in 5.56 and one in 7.62x39. I can count on one hand the number of times people have expressed any interest in them. That said, I know plenty of folks who would be interested in the upper at the reduced price. If people are buying a gun to toss half of it away, there may be a problem with the thought process behind said firearm, at the very least in where the price was set.
Shitty Wolf steel cased ammo was under 2 inches. I couldn’t believe it. I bought some Privi JSPs and Hornady SSTs to try out hog hunting tomorrow. I would expect the accuracy to be pretty damn good considering what happened with the Wolf. I’ll let you know for sure.
Just got done hunting. Beautiful day in east Texas today. Drinking some whiskey while they are getting the grill ready to burn some steaks.
The rifle performed beautifully. I couldn’t be more pleased. Since I had never fired any of the Hornady SST or Prvi JSPs they let me use their private range before the hunt. I didn’t have a ton of time but both of those ammos shot just over an inch with the limited groups I was able to shoot. So I felt really comfortable going into the hunt.
The way this ranch does things is a lot of fun. They put me and my son in the back seat of a Kawasaki Mule and we spent the day ambushing hogs. It was a ton of fun. I’d never hunted with 7.62x39. I was impressed with how it performed. I shot and killed 9 hogs. Most of the time we were shooting at ranges of 30 to 100 yards. But I got one long shot in at 350. Big boar laying down. I had done some homework so I knew my bullet drop was about 150 inches so adjusted my MOA and hit him in the neck. He never got up. He was my biggest. Just over 300 pounds. The bullet passed completely through the neck leaving a horrific exit wound. The penetration on the Prvi pointed soft points was impressive. The Hornady SSTs dropped them just as dead but I never saw any exit wounds using those rounds.
After my experience today I wouldn’t hesitate to use this rifle on any Texas game…white tails, mule deer, aoudad sheep up in the Palo Duro Canyon. And hogs of course. I know my post speaks more to the round than the gun but the gun is fantastic. Accurate, reliable (so far), easy to operate for anyone with AR experience and it shoots a big 30 caliber hole with relatively cheap ammo. The cheapest way into the Sig MCX line isn’t bad at all. And being an old man I love the aesthetics. You whippersnappers never seen a rifle without a pistol grip and folding/collapsible stock before? I said it earlier. It’s what the Ruger ranch rifle wanted to be but wasn’t….because it sucked. Sucked whole ass. My Mini 30 still holds the N. Central Texas record for worst accuracy and most malfunctions under perfect shooting conditions. But that’s a story for another time.
