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I got this recently...previous owner had the diopter base welded but had not refinished it yet. It also has the early round toe or "whale tail" one-piece folding stock. I buffed the cerakote with 0000 SS wool to give it a little shine vs matte finish, did white colorfill on the diopter base to match what it was before paint, degreased it to get all the residue off then soaked in CLP and wiped it down.     | ||
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Nice job, looks good | |||
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Thanks...how it should have come for the $4250 they were charging for them a decade ago. | |||
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| You have cow? I lift cow! |
Well done, looks real good. | |||
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Very nice job! That's about the nicest 556 I've ever seen. | |||
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It's a 551, but thanks lol | |||
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Belgian blue was right, the guns were remarked by west coast armory but they are 556 uppers and barrels, not Swiss 551s. It’s still a gorgeous rifle. | |||
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No, they were not remarked by WCA. They are US-made 556 production line uppers and barrels marked 551 and serial-matched to lowers by Sig in NH. I have a Swiss preban 551, 551P, several 553's and 550's so completely understand the difference. | |||
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I like the old school one piece folding stock. From memory a very small number of the 250 units had green furniture. My WCA came with black furniture and a factory semi lower thus it has a factory grey selector. Love the diopter sight on it. HK Ag | |||
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Beautiful weapon! What color cerakote did you go with? I ordered a sig 550 from JDI that is coming unfinished and I am trying to figure what color to paint mine when it comes. | |||
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WOW that is one sharp rifle! | |||
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I have a second WCA lower....it has grey levers on it. Never occurred to me to check. As for color, this was a custom blend. It's not a perfect match as there have been several variations in grey over the years and Cerakote's "Sig Grey" is took dark and too black. This has definite green tones to it though the early green paint is unmistakenly green in comparison. Here's a WCA grey lower vs. a late 80's green lower.    | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend |
I have a 553 sb arriving at my FFL on Wednesday. It is green and gray. The current grays coming from the fatherland don't quite seem to match my PD 552 from back in the day at least as far as I can tell from photos. Do you know if the swiss are using the same paint and colors? | |||
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definitely not. I have a new production PE90 and 550P and they are more silverish grey. I also have a grey/green 553P on order (did you get the one with diopter and rail?) | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend |
no. The 553p sb is a pic rail only as i heard the diopter take several months longer. The 550p is unfinished with diopter only as its what sig sauer ag had avaliable and could be shipped by the begininng of May. Also ordered a 553p lb with aluminum lower in black. Can't wait! | |||
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there was a special run of grey 553's with diopter and welded pic rail last year that I ordered. I also got a black 550 and another 751 from this recent push before May. Is the unfinished 550 coming to you that way? I thought Dave was going to have them finished and wouldn't sell raw ones. I sort of want a bead-blasted and cleared one like Larry Vickers has (started out as a Heavy Metal but he didn't like the finish) | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend |
Dave asked if I wanted it painted or just sent out as is. I decided to have it painted grey with all of my local cerakote folks being backed up for several months. Hopefully Dave got a deal on time from whoever he contracted with to paint all of the unfinished guns. | |||
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Those Heavy Metal 553s were a total WTF. So terrible looking. --------------------------------------------- "AND YEA THOUGH THE HINDUS SPEAK OF KARMA, I IMPLORE YOU...GIVE HER A BREAK, LORD". - Clark W. Griswald | |||
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Yep. Looked like a kid's toy from the 80's. Here's the pic I saw that got me thinking about a raw finish  | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend |
Yeah, its an interesting look for sure. this is the first pic I saw of the unfinished guns.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: gw3971, | |||
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