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TFBtv's very own James Reeves after running the MG 338 (Matthew Moss/TFB)
We had the pleasure of attending SIG Sauer’s SHOT Show pre-range day, and check out some of their recent new offerings ranging from the P365 SAS all the way up to the MG 338. There’s something for everyone at the range day and we certainly enjoyed working our way along the firing line. Let’s take a look at some of the products SIG brought out.
Let’s start with the main star of the show – the new MG 338, which had just been purchased by US SOCOM for evaluation – news which we broke here on TFB, just a few days ago. Fair warning this article is going to be pretty photo heavy – after all that’s what you want to see!
An overview of the MG 338 with suppressor mounted (Matthew Moss/TFB)
A close up of the MG 338’s detached barrel and ammo pouch (Matthew Moss/TFB)
Our very own Editor In Chief, Pete, behind the beast- (Matthew Moss/TFB)
We only got to put 10 rounds through the gun but with a cyclical rate of around 600-700 rpm it was easy to get in a couple of bursts. With the ROMEO8 red dot it was easy to stay on target.
A close up of the MG 338’s pistol grip assembly and AR-like controls (Matthew Moss/TFB)
A close up of the MG 338 with a belt ready to roll (Matthew Moss/TFB)
Left side view of the MG 338 (Matthew Moss/TFB)
James after his turn behind the the MG 338 – suitably happy to be behind the beast (Matthew Moss/TFB)
Close up of the feed tray open and the barrel about to be removed (Matthew Moss/TFB)
There were plenty of the MG 338’s spent cases and links laying around after our turn running the new light weight medium tmachine gun (Matthew Moss/TFB)
But there was plenty of .338 NM ammo ready to go in 10-round belt segments (Matthew Moss/TFB)
Sadly, the 6.8mm MCX Spear and MG 6.8 – SIG’s entries into the US Army’s current Next Generation Squad Weapon program were not present, as planned, as they were needed for a US SOCOM range day else where – but the chance to get behind the MG 338 more than made up for that.
WHAT ELSE GRACED SIG’S RANGE?
We had the chance to put some rounds through a number of SIG guns, old and new, during the day. First up was a suppressed 5.56 MCX.
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Next up we have the new Tread 7.62 rifle, which with the SIG Tango6T was a blast to shoot.
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7.62 Tread with Tango6T optic (Matthew Moss/TFB)
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