XM7 worries from the field.

[Terry Cross]

Plenty if XM7s getting issued and legit complaints surfacing.
Army dude tried to document a few things. Sig is dismissive and condescending.
Interesting read.

Army Captain Slams New XM7 Rifle As "Unfit," Sig Sauer Says Otherwise

The infantry officer and Expeditionary Warfare School student presented his findings, which lambasted the new rifle for its ergonomics, weight, and durability.

www.twz.com

 

[Cascade Hemi]

Sig sucks.

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

I believe that media officer for sig, Mr Saint John, is the same MSG Saint John formerly of group and then later cag, winner of several best ranger comps, and a bad, bad man to stand across a battlefield from.

This captain made a whole bunch of errors in his report: barrel length, weight etc., and honestly doesn't seem to understand much of what he is saying, (which is par for the course for anyone in the officer corps). If this scathing report was written by a CSM of a line battalion or larger unit, or a door kicker in the ops community, it would be more credible in my opinion.

I also couldn't help but laugh at the desired weight load of 55lbs. Get outta here with that bullshit. A full set of XL armor with green plates was right at 45lbs iirc. That's where the development should be done is finding an armor replacement that is about 10lbs and leave them with m4's for a few more years. Maybe then every single infantry vet with more than a few years in wouldn't be lining up for knee replacements and back surgeries in the decades following their service. The m4 worked great. The .223 was enough, (especially when you understand how many bullets are wasted to hit one enemy solder, (it's thousands)). I'm sure the rifles are better than the capt said and worse than the sig report says, but ultimately the bail out for sig if the rifle sucks will be the same bail out KAC used when they gave us those garbage M110 rifles: "we built the rifle the Army wanted, not what we wanted to give you".

 

[rlsmith1]

Very interesting, and pretty direct hands on observance / experience. XM250 seemed like the best part of this program from the start and I hope Vortex implements the XM157 tech asap in their commercial stuff!

I’ve been interested to watch the XM7 and MRGG-A (public, I have no inside info) results roughly in parallel (XM seems to be about a year ahead). If SOCOM wanted the XM7 I’d guess they would have it already but from what I’ve seen they’re focused on 6 ARC and 6.5 Creed. From a civilian standpoint the proliferation of 6.5 Creed is hard to beat which is why I’m running a MRGG-A type setup this summer

ETA: In my opinion SOCOM should look at the 25 Creed because you can launch lighter higher BC bullets faster than the 6.5 and still use the AR10 platform. I can already see myself struggling to not build a 25 CM upper and I’ve not seen ammo on the shelf yet. Maybe real world results won’t be much different between the 6.5 and 25

 

[stanley_white]

Everyone in the U.S. Army who thought this rifle was a good idea should be piss tested because they are clearly on something.

-Stan

 

[SortOfClear]

The effects on target for the round are a definite step up, esp. against armor. Sig's refusal to take constructive criticism and improve their product is disappointing.
-not referring to this particular article, but previous feedback Sig received much earlier in this rifle's development.