
Originally Posted by
variablebinary
Why SIG can't just un-junk the 556, I dont know.
I do. It's because they are listening to the American consumer, and the average Red, White & Blue shooter has absolutely no idea what he is talking about when it comes to serious shooting iron.
As long as the product has a cool-sounding name, great tactisthetics (new word -- just invented it), has been seen/used in motion pictures and/or is rumored to be in service by one or more agencies who might actually have occasion to shoot somebody with it (i.e. and not go to jail), it will sell in the Land of the Free. Whether or not it is actually battle-worthy is kind of secondary for most.
I'm waiting for the SIG RealTree 556s, myself. With the matching bayonet, of course. It will be made of win. 
AC
Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. -- Captain John Parker, Lexington, 1775.
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