Firearms News July 2024 — SIG Sauer’s MCX Regulator Rifle

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On the cover: SIG Sauer’s MCX Regulator Rifle By Patrick Sweeney

There are people who live in states where some particular firearm details are not permitted. I know, I know, but there it is. (One such person I know is the fourth gen- eration of six on the family farm. He and the family can’t move the farm, so he stays.) What to do? Simple: ring up SIG SAUER and get an MCX Regulator. Regulator? Yes, the SIG that looks like a ranch rifle. The Regulator is a gas-operated self-loading rifle that lacks a pistol grip. In particular, it is the MCX piston-driven upper, on a lower receiver machined to accept a Magpul stock, and the combination is one that works like a champ. OK, the elements in this package: The upper is a standard MCX upper, with the system driven by a piston. The gas block has an adjust- ment, so you can regulate the gas flow to deal with a suppressor. (I have to figure the locations where a pistol grip is verboten, but a suppressor is okay are limited, but who knows.) The SIG barrel, sixteen inches long and with a 1:7 twist rate, is hammer forged and given a nitride surface treatment. It has the gas block permanently attached. If you want to go and swap barrels (why?) you will be swapping the barrel and gas block. I don’t see that happening until you’ve shot the bore out, which will be a good, long, time. The Regulator arrived here (and they all do) with a muzzle brake installed. If you want something else, just unscrew it and attach the device of your desire.

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Also inside:

• Gun Politics – Finland’s government support for civilian shooting. Next generation army rifle hightlights danger of “common use” argument to defend 2nd Amendment. By David Codrea
• Carrying Concealed – Aftermarket magazines. By James Tarr
• Musings From the Ammo Bunker – The classic 6.5x55mm By David M. Fortier, Executive Editor 
• Through the Looking Glass – GPO-USA’s 4.5-27X. By Michelle Hamilton
• The War Guns – Pistola Mitragliatrice Villar Perosa Modello. By Paul Scarlata
• Shadow Systems DR920P Elite Pistol – Performance to the max! By Patrick Sweeney
• Taurus TH10 10mm Pistol – A hammer for the masses! Patrick Sweeney
• Ruger’s 6.5mm Creedmoor SFAR Rifle – Ruger shoehorns the 6.5m Creedmoor cartridge into a lightweight and compact AR-15-sized package, but will it perform? By David M. Fortier, Executive Editor
• The Girsan Witness2311 – Discout double-stack. By James Tarr
• The Colt 635 Submachine Gun – Georg Luger meets Gene Stoner in 1982. By Will Dabbs, MD
• MOTV – MyOutdoorTV – Handguns & Defensive Weapons TV Show. By James Tarr

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