I have a sig 516 gen 2 when they first became available. I have put about 10,000 rounds through mine over years and I swear it gets BETTER AND BETTER ( more accurate and reliable) great rifle!
Got mine about 8 months ago and I love it. Was looking for a good first AR and happened upon mine on consignment. Swapped out the front rail for the lancer carbon fiber and lightened the weapon amazingly well and helped with the heat. Awesome awesome review sir.
I have the same rifle but in black. Have had it for four years now and still damn glad I bought it. Mine likes m855 green tip. I put a Geissele SSA in mine, I recommend it.
Good vid sir! Congratulation to an high end premium gun. In germany you HAVE to buy premium rifles in cause of the fact that you are allowed to own only 3 semi-auto rifles (beside handguns). The good thing buying premium stuff is that you buy once. Greetings from the merkel-regime to a free country like yours (yet). I apologize for my bad english!
in the cities the majority is 2 arabs/osmans/africans to 1 german... and like in the US there are so many libtards in our society... so one day they will finish us europeans... sad but true
@Jan Pierewiet I hope You'll create a country within SA (Transvaal + Orange Free State?) and Eugènes Terre'Blanche dream will come true. White people deserve to have their own countries!
I have a gen 2 that came with the full length rail, a lancer magazine, but no sling, rail cover, or backup sights. I had a difficult time getting it zeroed. I always admired the 416 and the 516 is very solid. I have an MCX Virtus and an Adams Arms as far as piston guns.
Mine cost me $1450 American in Alaska, in 2012. I think mine is the model they had before this one, with Mag Pul grip, stock and not Cerakoted. Maybe the Gen 2? Anyway mine runs great, very happy with it. The barrel is a 1 in 7 twist, and intended for using the heavier bullets, even though it shoots the lighter stuff just fine. Try the Hornandy .223 in 68 gr match, or the 75 gr match. See how they perform for tightening your groups. That platform is intended to be accurate to 300 meters. So if you have 2 MOA groups at 100 yards, they will be 6 inch groups at 300 yards. That is considered combat effective and Accurate if it was applied in military use. If you find a cartridge that can give you 2 MOA consistently, that’s what you should expect from this rifle, especially with 62 gr bullets and above. I’m running mine with a Leupold Fire Dot VXR-6, in 3x9. I can’t believe how much you paid for it over there. They sell FN Scars for that much, here in Alaska. Have fun.
Very impressive review. Just have to love SIG SAUER. I believe you have a Gen 1 but again I could be wrong. The Gen 2 gun has some nice upgrades and they reworked the piston and the barrel which is nitrate coated now. SIG introduced the Gen 3 last year and made even more upgrades. I have the Gen 2 and love it. All three guns are quality and I am glad to see that you have taken such a liking to yours. Best of luck with it...........
@@Yankeepride03 Actually that is not entirely true. The Gen 2 going back to 2012 had the upgraded gas block and piston but still retained the bayonet lug and came with Magpul MOE pistol Grip and Butt Stock and did not have the Ambidextrous Safety, nor the extended Bolt Release, featured on the rifle in the above video. However the early Gen 2 does feature the ambi-mag release. The Early Gen II also came with Sig flip up sights (same as above) and a "Sig Sling" essentially a near worthless 3 point sling. The early Sig Gen 2 also does not have the Big round Sig Logo machined into the Left side of the mag well on the lower like the one featured in the video above. The early Gen 2 just has a Fat Sig Sauer machined into the mag well on the Left in line with the mag release / catch lever. The early Gen 2 BCG and Piston looks exactly like the one in the video above. Gas block on the Gen 1 compared to the Gen 2: Note, the 2 machined squares on each side of the gas block on the rifle featured in the video above. These are also present on the early Gen 2 with the bayonet lug. However, on a Gen 1 Gas block these appear to be completely machined out like little windows exposing the barrel inside of the gas block. Also, looking back at early promo vids and photos it looks like The Gen 1 Gas block had a a few options on the Bock, w/ bayonet lug forward of the block, machined in under the block (but did not protrude past the front face of the block, and totally sans lug. On early Gen 2 The bayonet lug protrudes forward of the front face on the block.
Nice video. Pretty sure that is a gen 1 516. Robert Hirt works for Caracal now, he designed the 816 and the 814 . The 816 is the 3rd rendition of the HK 416. The sig 516 is still one of my favorite guns( and I have many).i think that gun is worth every penny also.It’s 1289.00 on gun broker (fde). The gen 2 is a bit lighter, different gas block etc. You’re very passionate about your gun, I like that. Enjoy your gun.
Nice video... you should try shooting steel cased ammunition and see if it will cycle it. I have an LWRC IC A5 and it cycles anything including steel cased ammo.
Video very well done. It reminds me of the first M16 A1 rifle assigned to me in boot camp year 1977 when I was a young 18 year old recruit. When I move out of California to 2nd amendment friendly state like Florida God willing I will consider purchasing either a Colt le 6920 or Sig 516. I purchased a Colt CAR 15 SP1 in 1980 when I got out of the USMC since then California banned or altered all AR15 to make law abiding citizens sitting ducks.
Mine came with a sig made butt stock and grip....I did change both of those to magpul after a year or so. I cant remember what year I bought my rifle in! I want to say 2012...around that time maybe 2013.
Other than a bigger price what is better with the 416? How is proprietary better? The SIG516 Gen 2 is every bit as good as the 416 IMHO. It looks like you have the 1st run version Gen2 and not the latest version
H&K 416 is a decent rifle but the 516 M2 is a good bit cheaper as far as price and just as good or I think better than the high dollar H&K. My 2 favorites is the Sig Sauer 516 M2 and the Adcor A15 elite. Like the Sig its also a short stroke gas piston carbine that has a forward assist on the front rail. The forward assist can be put on the left or right side of the front rail and the Adcor A15 elite runs clean also! H&K is way too over priced and won't last as long as the Sig 516 M2 or the Adcor A15 elite.
The cat, can opener, I'm here, don't talk to this guys on internet, you have to feed and crawl me! I ordered mine just today, should to have wait about a week to get it!
I'm curious to know what year you bought your 516? The reason I ask is I see the image on the box does not match the stock that's on your rifle. Mine came with a stock made by SIG or a contractor thereof and looks like the one on your box. I specifically went out and bought myself a B5 SOPMOD stock, because I hated the stock it came with! B5 Systems is the current government contractor of the GI SOPMOD, after LMT lost the contract, largely due to price.
I wouldn't. I tried to once and it didn't seem to like it. Then I happened to read an article on Steel Ammo, they did an extensive study, shooting like at least 10,000 rounds of steel though several name brand AR-15's or till they failed. Interesting study some top brands did not fare well and gacked up after only a few thousand, (I want to say less than 4K) and they found all sorts of problems. The real stand out was that the steel cased ammo also using a bimetal cladding on the bullet tended to cause issues of melting the hole in the barrel for the gas port, kinda jetted it, like a torch cut the barrel, in addition to the above normal wear on the rifling.
Yeah, there's an announcement by Sig that they were gonna stop selling them with their sights. Just saw another video where the guy doing it talked about that and the reasons behind the decision. Mine is an earlier model and it came with Sig flip up sights. Pretty nice to have in my opinion and I like the sights.
Depends on the ammo. Research ballistics on various 5.56 / .223 ammo brands and bullet weights. This rifle has a 1:7 Twist rate, and seems to really like 5.56 and heavier weight bullets
@@ejazbashir5727 And I told you, it depends on the brand of ammo, type and bullet type and weight. Example: American Eagle brand 5.56 x 45mm NATO 62 grain FMJ has a average muzzle velocity of around 3020 fps .
Hi Ejaz, that depends on a number of factors. Not limited to ammo, optics, shooter skill. Novice shooters with optics, and off the shelf ammo you can probably hit steel out to 500 yards. Someone that knows how to shoot, understands hold-overs and the right ammo and optics maybe out to 700. It'd be a worthy distance goal to "shoot for" pun intended. This rifle will out shoot the shooter.
@@ejazbashir5727Horse Puckey!😡I have personally shot combat rifle matches with an AR15 carbine out past 500 meters and you can consistently hot man-sized targets at the distance with just the standard rifle sites!with decent low power variable optic (say a 1-4x) I e gotten hits out to 1000 yards! Now as far as lethality camo that might be marginal. But you can hit accurately on man sized targets pretty much as far away as you can see them.😎👌
No, not in the ,Sig 516. Sig makes weapons chambered in 7.63x39, but this is not it. The Sig 516 rifles are 5.56 / .223 only, just like the Sig 716 is .308 / 7.62 x51 What you are thinking of is the Sig 556R and the Sig 556 XI Russian Rifle.
@@ejazbashir5727 Research the Sig / Swiss SA 550 series rifles. They are chambered in 5.56 / .223 But also have a 7.62 x 39 version in both rifle and Pistol versions. Fact the design of the weapon is a lot like a AK-47 in the design of the bolt carrier group, piston and has block. Even the magazine release on the original SAs are copied from a AK. That changed to be more AR like for the Sig US market, however.
How is no one going to comment about the pop tarts?!?!?!!?!!? I too love my Sig 516!
Kristi Akans people know better than to screw with the pop tarts
Amen to that! 😂
Standard Capacity 30 PopTart box- NOT high capacity... Hands OFF.
🤣😂🤣😂 yesssss!
Piston driven or go home baby! Love my 516.
I have a sig 516 gen 2 when they first became available. I have put about 10,000 rounds through mine over years and I swear it gets BETTER AND BETTER ( more accurate and reliable) great rifle!
I've just seen a torture test of one.
Awesome
Sig516 is the best ar15 system so far!
Beautiful. Just picked one up today. Loving the quality feel, thing is a tank. I’m impressed with the finish of the fde also.
Got mine about 8 months ago and I love it. Was looking for a good first AR and happened upon mine on consignment. Swapped out the front rail for the lancer carbon fiber and lightened the weapon amazingly well and helped with the heat. Awesome awesome review sir.
Good video, mine is hitting 1-1.5 moa all day, that 1in7 twist rate should handle the heavier bullets better than the 55 grain
I own a 516 your video was Awesome. Thanks for the great detail.
I have the same rifle but in black. Have had it for four years now and still damn glad I bought it. Mine likes m855 green tip. I put a Geissele SSA in mine, I recommend it.
Thanks for your video sir - It helps me alot...the rifle is now available in Austria and i get mine next week!
Well, it has been a year, how do you like it?
Good vid sir! Congratulation to an high end premium gun. In germany you HAVE to buy premium rifles in cause of the fact that you are allowed to own only 3 semi-auto rifles (beside handguns). The good thing buying premium stuff is that you buy once. Greetings from the merkel-regime to a free country like yours (yet). I apologize for my bad english!
Just move to Poland.
Para_Paweł if i had the money... I would!!!
in the cities the majority is 2 arabs/osmans/africans to 1 german... and like in the US there are so many libtards in our society... so one day they will finish us europeans... sad but true
Boer people have a lot of respect here in Poland, especially for fighting the communists... Free Janusz Waluś!
@Jan Pierewiet I hope You'll create a country within SA (Transvaal + Orange Free State?) and Eugènes Terre'Blanche dream will come true. White people deserve to have their own countries!
I have a gen 2 that came with the full length rail, a lancer magazine, but no sling, rail cover, or backup sights. I had a difficult time getting it zeroed. I always admired the 416 and the 516 is very solid. I have an MCX Virtus and an Adams Arms as far as piston guns.
Mine cost me $1450 American in Alaska, in 2012. I think mine is the model they had before this one, with Mag Pul grip, stock and not Cerakoted. Maybe the Gen 2? Anyway mine runs great, very happy with it. The barrel is a 1 in 7 twist, and intended for using the heavier bullets, even though it shoots the lighter stuff just fine. Try the Hornandy .223 in 68 gr match, or the 75 gr match. See how they perform for tightening your groups. That platform is intended to be accurate to 300 meters. So if you have 2 MOA groups at 100 yards, they will be 6 inch groups at 300 yards. That is considered combat effective and Accurate if it was applied in military use. If you find a cartridge that can give you 2 MOA consistently, that’s what you should expect from this rifle, especially with 62 gr bullets and above. I’m running mine with a Leupold Fire Dot VXR-6, in 3x9. I can’t believe how much you paid for it over there. They sell FN Scars for that much, here in Alaska. Have fun.
Yep you and I have the same. They are early model Gen 2. The one above is a later model.
Who else thought of the cat scene from "Boondock Saints" when the cat appeared?
Very impressive review. Just have to love SIG SAUER. I believe you have a Gen 1 but again I could be wrong. The Gen 2 gun has some nice upgrades and they reworked the piston and the barrel which is nitrate coated now. SIG introduced the Gen 3 last year and made even more upgrades. I have the Gen 2 and love it. All three guns are quality and I am glad to see that you have taken such a liking to yours. Best of luck with it...........
Rob M Its definitely a Gen 2. The Gen2 dropped the bayonet lug and put a ambi safety and B5 stock on it.
Hi Rob, the rifle reviewed in the Video is a late model Gen 2
@@Yankeepride03 Actually that is not entirely true. The Gen 2 going back to 2012 had the upgraded gas block and piston but still retained the bayonet lug and came with Magpul MOE pistol Grip and Butt Stock and did not have the Ambidextrous Safety, nor the extended Bolt Release, featured on the rifle in the above video. However the early Gen 2 does feature the ambi-mag release. The Early Gen II also came with Sig flip up sights (same as above) and a "Sig Sling" essentially a near worthless 3 point sling.
The early Sig Gen 2 also does not have the Big round Sig Logo machined into the Left side of the mag well on the lower like the one featured in the video above. The early Gen 2 just has a Fat Sig Sauer machined into the mag well on the Left in line with the mag release / catch lever.
The early Gen 2 BCG and Piston looks exactly like the one in the video above.
Gas block on the Gen 1 compared to the Gen 2: Note, the 2 machined squares on each side of the gas block on the rifle featured in the video above. These are also present on the early Gen 2 with the bayonet lug. However, on a Gen 1 Gas block these appear to be completely machined out like little windows exposing the barrel inside of the gas block.
Also, looking back at early promo vids and photos it looks like The Gen 1 Gas block had a a few options on the Bock, w/ bayonet lug forward of the block, machined in under the block (but did not protrude past the front face of the block, and totally sans lug. On early Gen 2 The bayonet lug protrudes forward of the front face on the block.
Nice video. Pretty sure that is a gen 1 516. Robert Hirt works for Caracal now, he designed the 816 and the 814 . The 816 is the 3rd rendition of the HK 416. The sig 516 is still one of my favorite guns( and I have many).i think that gun is worth every penny also.It’s 1289.00 on gun broker (fde). The gen 2 is a bit lighter, different gas block etc. You’re very passionate about your gun, I like that. Enjoy your gun.
That's a Gen 2. Gen 1 only came black and had the screw in style piston.
@@BelLavoroAutoSpa that is correct
I put thru my over 1000 rounds and its looks very clean.
Just got mine last week amazing gun!!😁😁
In the long run I believe the Sig 516 or 516 m2 will last longer as it doesn't shoot quite as fast as the H&K 416. jmo
Nice video... you should try shooting steel cased ammunition and see if it will cycle it. I have an LWRC IC A5 and it cycles anything including steel cased ammo.
I havnt had an issue.
I have ran everything I could find through mine and it's a hog....it isnt picky about the ammo whatsoever
Excellent review!
😂 That killed me with the box. I do the same thing.
Video very well done. It reminds me of the first M16 A1 rifle assigned to me in boot camp year 1977 when I was a young 18 year old recruit.
When I move out of California to 2nd amendment friendly state like Florida God willing I will consider purchasing either a Colt le 6920 or Sig 516. I purchased a Colt CAR 15 SP1 in 1980 when I got out of the USMC since then California banned or altered all AR15 to make law abiding citizens sitting ducks.
Mine came with a sig made butt stock and grip....I did change both of those to magpul after a year or so. I cant remember what year I bought my rifle in! I want to say 2012...around that time maybe 2013.
Excellent job with the review!
Very helpful, thanks.
B5 is it's own brand ......and idk if it makes any difference but that's a gen 1
Other than a bigger price what is better with the 416? How is proprietary better? The SIG516 Gen 2 is every bit as good as the 416 IMHO. It looks like you have the 1st run version Gen2 and not the latest version
The only thing that is different from the Gen1 and Gen2 is the gas regulator. Otherwise it's still the same gun.
H&K 416 is a decent rifle but the 516 M2 is a good bit cheaper as far as price and just as good or I think better than the high dollar H&K. My 2 favorites is the Sig Sauer 516 M2 and the Adcor A15 elite. Like the Sig its also a short stroke gas piston carbine that has a forward assist on the front rail. The forward assist can be put on the left or right side of the front rail and the Adcor A15 elite runs clean also! H&K is way too over priced and won't last as long as the Sig 516 M2 or the Adcor A15 elite.
Can you make a comparison between this gun and the POF USA p415 please ?
And great video btw you covered everything perfectly 👌🏽
The cat, can opener, I'm here, don't talk to this guys on internet, you have to feed and crawl me!
I ordered mine just today, should to have wait about a week to get it!
What size moa dot is on your optic, may have something to do with your accuracy
That box tho! LMFAO!
I love it!
I'm curious to know what year you bought your 516? The reason I ask is I see the image on the box does not match the stock that's on your rifle. Mine came with a stock made by SIG or a contractor thereof and looks like the one on your box. I specifically went out and bought myself a B5 SOPMOD stock, because I hated the stock it came with! B5 Systems is the current government contractor of the GI SOPMOD, after LMT lost the contract, largely due to price.
What are you looking for a Captain Obvious a pat on the back 🤭🤭
Your bolt carrier was dirty because you put so much oil on it. Oil attracts dirt.
The stock is made by B5 systems duhh
FYI, be 5 systems is the actual current contractor on the SOPMOD stock. They won the renewal of the GI contract over LMT come a largely due to price.
@@HighPower762 no shit captain obviously , that's old news .... Crane owns the patent to that design and can have anybody they want make it for them
4:57 is the best part of the video
$2300+. PSA it is 🙌
B Series ew.. sig is offering 516 uppers on sale right now for 630$
Got an upper for $505 shipped. Woohoo
This is a great rifle, however, the HK MR556 is my choice. Never compromise.
Yeah but that's a $3500 gun not including tax. Looking at almost $4K out the door.
@@kaox44 you can find them for 2500 to 2600.
I’d rather have the version available outside the states mr223. It has all the most current updates not on the mr556!
@@69deputy I didn't realize that there were differences other than the model. What updates do you speak of?
Change your camera angle and get better lighting
what clour is that
Did you run steel cased ammunition through it?
turborsx I don’t run steel cases ammo
I wouldn't. I tried to once and it didn't seem to like it. Then I happened to read an article on Steel Ammo, they did an extensive study, shooting like at least 10,000 rounds of steel though several name brand AR-15's or till they failed. Interesting study some top brands did not fare well and gacked up after only a few thousand, (I want to say less than 4K) and they found all sorts of problems.
The real stand out was that the steel cased ammo also using a bimetal cladding on the bullet tended to cause issues of melting the hole in the barrel for the gas port, kinda jetted it, like a torch cut the barrel, in addition to the above normal wear on the rifling.
Mine didn't come with flip up sights. Or the grip. Had foregrip .. mag-pul everything.
Yeah, there's an announcement by Sig that they were gonna stop selling them with their sights. Just saw another video where the guy doing it talked about that and the reasons behind the decision.
Mine is an earlier model and it came with Sig flip up sights. Pretty nice to have in my opinion and I like the sights.
Fuck the gun love that cat lol! I like my dog just got it today very informative video thank buddy!
Did you do an initial/out of the box cleaning? Lots of packing grease in there.
Jim Makela yes I always clean them
You probably put too much oil on the bcg .
Lol about that box!
Mine was 1600
Spyder guessing you don't live in Canada
vkyle91x no in from Texas
Yeah that's why, we have to deal with import fees and costs adding onto the price of the gun
vkyle91x oh my... 😐 My most sincere condolences!
I got mine for 2,250... Go Canada!
Sig 516 patrol or DD ? I don't know yet for my first AR
Max Poulin dirty question lol. I do love the 516 but there's a good chance I would buy the DD if it were my first
Thx bud... I think I will go with DD :)
Sig. All day. DD overpriced. Imo
Speed of bullet shot from this rifle
Depends on the ammo. Research ballistics on various 5.56 / .223 ammo brands and bullet weights. This rifle has a 1:7 Twist rate, and seems to really like 5.56 and heavier weight bullets
@@diegrinder6851 I have asked to tell me the velocity of any ammo.so that I will be able to gain the idea of its velocity.
@@ejazbashir5727 And I told you, it depends on the brand of ammo, type and bullet type and weight. Example: American Eagle brand 5.56 x 45mm NATO 62 grain FMJ has a average muzzle velocity of around 3020 fps .
@@diegrinder6851 in seconds tell. Me. And it depends on ammo. But how much it is.
@@ejazbashir5727 3020 feet per second
It seems big. Hmmm heard that before.........🤣
Your camera is tripping balls.
is it a heavy barrel?
Peter Kun C M4 profile barrel
Hi Peter, no it is not a "heavy" barrel
Range of this gun?
Hi Ejaz, that depends on a number of factors. Not limited to ammo, optics, shooter skill. Novice shooters with optics, and off the shelf ammo you can probably hit steel out to 500 yards. Someone that knows how to shoot, understands hold-overs and the right ammo and optics maybe out to 700.
It'd be a worthy distance goal to "shoot for" pun intended. This rifle will out shoot the shooter.
@@diegrinder6851 but as I have studies Its range is upto 200 meters not more than that.
@@ejazbashir5727 idiot
@@ejazbashir5727 way off...
@@ejazbashir5727Horse Puckey!😡I have personally shot combat rifle matches with an AR15 carbine out past 500 meters and you can consistently hot man-sized targets at the distance with just the standard rifle sites!with decent low power variable optic (say a 1-4x) I e gotten hits out to 1000 yards! Now as far as lethality camo that might be marginal. But you can hit accurately on man sized targets pretty much as far away as you can see them.😎👌
nice tattoo...;)
Technical data
Slide-stop. Aarggh!
7.62*39mm bullets are also used in this type of Russian rifles
Niet.
@@diegrinder6851 there is a Russian type of sig sauer 516 rifles in which 7.62*39mm are used.
No, not in the ,Sig 516. Sig makes weapons chambered in 7.63x39, but this is not it. The Sig 516 rifles are 5.56 / .223 only, just like the Sig 716 is .308 / 7.62 x51 What you are thinking of is the Sig 556R and the Sig 556 XI Russian Rifle.
@@diegrinder6851 then sig 556 are then it's type or anything like. So its Russian form is sig sauer 556.mayne
@@ejazbashir5727 Research the Sig / Swiss SA 550 series rifles. They are chambered in 5.56 / .223 But also have a 7.62 x 39 version in both rifle and Pistol versions. Fact the design of the weapon is a lot like a AK-47 in the design of the bolt carrier group, piston and has block. Even the magazine release on the original SAs are copied from a AK. That changed to be more AR like for the Sig US market, however.