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Hmmmmm. One of those rifles looks awful familiar.
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I like that flash hider. Is that the closest I can easily find in the US that will mimic the original? I might buy one for my 556. It kind of reminds me of an L1A1 flash hider.

Great looking rifles in the thread!

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CDNN Has then for $20 right now. I prefer it over the birdcage style that comes on the WCA 551 I bought.
 
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CDNN Has then for $20 right now. I prefer it over the birdcage style that comes on the WCA 551 I bought.


Yessir, that's where I saw it. I posted a question (another thread, which has gone answered) about a SigSauer thread protector also at CDNN. If that one will suit my purpose, then I'll probably buy both.

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Great Sig rifle porn!!!!!!


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CDNN Has then for $20 right now. I prefer it over the birdcage style that comes on the WCA 551 I bought.


Yessir, that's where I saw it. I posted a question (another thread, which has gone answered) about a SigSauer thread protector also at CDNN. If that one will suit my purpose, then I'll probably buy both.

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Those extended style flash hiders Sig offers aren't really "correct" from what I've seen. My 551A1 came with that long one and I swapped it for the version offered by MFI



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They're supposed to mimic that built-in version of a 551 SB I think. To wit...check this pair out that just sold:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Item/639207983
 
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The pic I posted last page of my four rifles shows that they're all pretty similar; I believe the WCA used either a real 551 flash hider or the MFI version and its nearly identical to what's on teh 556R or 522.

Here's a link showing currently offered configs from SAN:

 
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The pic I posted last page of my four rifles shows that they're all pretty similar; I believe the WCA used either a real 551 flash hider or the MFI version and its nearly identical to what's on teh 556R or 522.

Here's a link showing currently offered configs from SAN:



WCA rifles used a standard A2 bird cage flash hider. The only things Swiss on those guns are the lower, handguard, stock, and mags.


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Nice collection.. very similar to my own..





heckler, what kind of muzzle device is that on your 553?
 
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Nice collection.. very similar to my own..





heckler, what kind of muzzle device is that on your 553?


They are just plastic SIG dust/muzzle covers
 
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Designed to shoot through or no?
 
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What do you think a fair price is these days for a pre-ban 551 with barrel extension?
 
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What do you think a fair price is these days for a pre-ban 551 with barrel extension?


$5000 relatively fast sale, $5500 sits longer but sells in a month or so, $6k and it languishes on the boards unsold. The JDI 551s likely took a bit of wind out of the sail of the PD trade 551s, though the JDI will require 922(r) parts while the PD trade-in will not.


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What do you think a fair price is these days for a pre-ban 551 with barrel extension?


$5000 relatively fast sale, $5500 sits longer but sells in a month or so, $6k and it languishes on the boards unsold. The JDI 551s likely took a bit of wind out of the sail of the PD trade 551s, though the JDI will require 922(r) parts while the PD trade-in will not.


thanks, that's what I was thinking too. ALYUAZ is selling his but initially was asking $6700 but now moved it up to $7700. He's got an optic on there so obviously that's worth a bit more than a rifle alone.

Interested but at 7700, I can get a JDI 551 & 751. I do like the original grey finishes though.
 
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Who here remembers this? It was called a "SIG551 Micro" as sold by DS Arms back in the '90s. I just had to get one of their front ends. One day I'll actually build something with it.













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Nice! How does that compare with a 553?
 
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Nice! How does that compare with a 553?

I have no clue as I don't have a 553 to compare it with.


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8.9" barrel and short gas? Looks like it.
 
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Who here remembers this? It was called a "SIG551 Micro" as sold by DS Arms back in the '90s. I just had to get one of their front ends. One day I'll actually build something with it.














I remember seeing those in SG News. I forgot you have one. These are the same length gas system as the 556 pistol and 556 patrol; about 1/2 inch longer than the 552/553.


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For those interested, Gunbroker has a couple of real SIG551's up for sale.. both in the $7000 range and reserve prices above that. One of the guns is a Mike Ott 551 with the welded muzzle extension. Another is a post ban green MG - only to be sold in cut up kit form as it's a postie MG (post May 86)

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/677633499

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/680395032
 
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