public service announcement: Sig MCX Gen 3 announced

[Flint_Ironstag]

It's lighter and accepts AR15 triggers. Not sure what else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSB...Nmk9_pARFVjG0k

Waiting on the Raptor in 8.6BLK - that'll be my 'thumper'

[mark5pt56]

Its about time they dumped that 3 foot long sewer pipe off the front end

[Rotor]

Looks nice.

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[WickedWillis]

It's lighter and accepts AR15 triggers. Not sure what else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSB...Nmk9_pARFVjG0k

Waiting on the Raptor in 8.6BLK - that'll be my 'thumper'

The Spear that's being tested for the NGSW contract? The ones they released recently for $8000?

https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/fws-cs-2/

[Flint_Ironstag]

The Spear is in the video, but 44 seconds in he talks about MCX Generation 3, as in replacement for the current Virtus. Narrower hand guard, accepts AR15 triggers, and is lighter than current MCX Virtus.

The $8k spear is the limited edition with case, optic, suppressor, and ammo. Regular price should be just a little higher than current Virtus.

[call_me_ski]

The MCX Gen 3 also has a reinforced handguard with two additional bolts holding it on. Likely to address complaints of massive zero swing with lasers. The Gen 3 has been seen in the background of other Sig announcements for some time and I have been waiting for it. Seems like meaningful improvements. The MCX-SPEAR is a whole other thing and I am waiting to see if I am interested in that as well.

[Aries144]

I don't like reducing the girth of the handguard. The Virtus/MCX handguards had a good reputation for staying cool enough to hold onto and frankly, that new handguard looks awful. We'll see if the new handguard retention method improves things, but I'm betting not and you'll still want any aiming devices mounted to the receiver rail.

Cohen must have found it excruciating to part with the additional pennies per receiver to return to those MCX era receiver lightening cuts. There was probably screaming and a sedative involved. Maybe they switched to a cheaper receiver alloy to compensate? Or cheaper tool heads?

[556Cliff]

Yeah, I've never really been interested in the Sig MCX... And I guess I'm still not even with this Gen 3 one.

Is there something appealing about it that I'm just overlooking somehow?

[556Cliff]

Double post.

[call_me_ski]

Yeah, I've never really been interested in the Sig MCX... And I guess I'm still not even with this Gen 3 one.

Is there something appealing about it that I'm just overlooking somehow?

Probably not. The changes are evolutionary vs revolutionary and ultimately it is just another 5.56 rifle. It has increased parts life components vs an AR-15, piston if that is your jam, factory supplied with a free float handguard and is a much more elegant solution for a folding stock than something like a law folder. I personally like the MCX rifles a lot and have a rattler but still use a Colt LE6945 as my principle carbine. The Gen 3 looks like it could presuade me a little more to get an 11.5in MCX. We shall see.