First Rifle Purchase - Looking for some advice

[RobertNashville]

You should go up to Guns & Leather in Greenbrier, they (and others) have a $300 rebate on the Sig 556. And great prices to start with. Awesome service as well.

I'll have to check...I though the rebate was over but I may be wrong about that.

[RobertNashville]

As things worked out, after posting my "Wanted To Buy" thread I was contacted and have decided to buy a brand new in the box SCAR...while the SCAR wasn't in my primary list it is one I had also been seriously considering.

I guess now I can start thinking of what goodies I will eventually add to it!

[Guest 10mm4me]

Good choice.

[RobertNashville]

I did, in fact, purchase my new SCAR (picked it up on Thursday the 1st.) and after doing an initial cleaning and buying an extra magazine and some ammo, took it to the range this past Sunday (April 4th)...what a blast to shoot!

Now I can start thinking about what I might want to augment the rifle (primarily for "home defense" use and possible for some three-gun competitions) - I'll probably be coming back here for some advice on that!

[Desert Rat]

Robert:

A Sig556p would go nicely with that SCAR!

[RobertNashville]

You know; the Sig 556 was something I was leaning toward as I really do like Sig and I liked the feel of their 556 but then the SCAR cam up.

I think the SCAR is more than enough rifle for me at the moment and actually, if I were to buy something else right now it would probably be that Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol in 556.

[Desert Rat]

The sig 556P is a better balanced pistol than the Carbon 15 and Wife can operate the charging handle easier. I really should have brought one along the other day to show you. Check out the Sig pistol in the SWAT configuration.

[RobertNashville]

The sig 556P is a better balanced pistol than the Carbon 15 and Wife can operate the charging handle easier. I really should have brought one along the other day to show you. Check out the Sig pistol in the SWAT configuration.

I wish you had brought it! Do you have one you want to sell me?

[Desert Rat]

No! I only have one for me and one for the wife and she is comfortable with it! :-)

[RobertNashville]

I'll have to look into it...as I told you, I do like Sig quite a bit although I didn't actually realize they had a 556 pistol...what I had been looking at was their 556 rifle which is an impressive weapon I think. The only thing I noticed with their 556 rifle was that it was a bit "front heavy" (and the magazines seemed sort of crappy)!

At the moment, I'm pretty pleased with the SCAR I picked up from you...it was a blast to shoot and, although it's been years since I've shot a rifle (and never a 5.56) I seemed to be pretty accurate with it just using the iron sights.

Since one of my reasons for buying the SCAR is to be a primary home defense weapon I'm probably going to sell my almost new Mossberg 930 SPX as I have a Benelli SuperNova tactical that is more than adequate for my "shotgun" home defense needs!

If you ever want to invite me to your place to come do some shooting just let me know...maybe I can pick up some fresh eggs while I'm there.

[Desert Rat]

I am a couple of weeks from having my private range set up to 200Y but might find an additional 100 to make it 300. However the garden comes first this time of year. I should have the SCAR 17 by fall so I will let you know.