Better? This has been beat to death again and again and a search would serve you best but for the sake of argument:
- Colt has a proven track record for quality and reliability.
-Colt owns the technical package for the rifle
-Colt has better inspection and quality control. Could never find what SIG does for their QC and inspection. Do they do batch inspection or is each rifle inspected.
-Colt uses mil spec materials in the construction of their rifles. I could never determine with any certainty what SIG uses.
-The extractor support button is a nice touch but I have seen pictures here and on other forums where they have come loose and caused stoppages.
-I am a lefty and I appreciated the ambi mag release. IF it went tits up where on gods green earth am I going to get parts for it? SIG? That will suck as it is unique to SIG and no LGS will have parts. Since SIG is not the most customer friendly when it comes to selling guys like you and me OEM replacement parts it means sending it to them.
-Play between uppers and lowers is meaningless in a fighting carbine. Just one more thing to go wrong, get lost or come loose. I appreciated it but it is not needed.
Does all this add up to a better rifle? In my mind I still think the Colt M4 6920 is a better rifle than a SIGM400 for the same money.
Last edited by Fuzzy-Reticle; 07-07-13 at 16:52.
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