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sevenhelmet

Quaint ideas from yesteryear
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There are reports of issues with military models too.


Article includes the individual FOIAd writeups.
Some still sound more like NDs than a real malfunction.

I think the manual safety is a big mitigating factor for sure, because some of the civilian or LE reported incidents sound like a thing where the safety could have helped prevent if engaged.

That said, I agree that comparatively the extremely low volume of incidents on the military side considering the number in circulation daily in Cond 1 says something. That said, there are also some slight differences between the mil M17/18 and the commercial “M17/18” as well. It’s noticeable if you operate them side by side (though not exactly visible)

Did the military models get retrofitted with the “Sig voluntary upgrade” parts?
 

BigRed389

Registered User
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Did the military models get retrofitted with the “Sig voluntary upgrade” parts?
Other way around. Civilian model upgrade was based on the changes M17 made during trials to fix the issue.
It’s one of the reasons were biased up front to be pissed at SIG, like…why would a drop safe issue not be a mandatory recall?

But it was one of the things that obfuscates the current cloud over SIG - for a long time they could just either say get a proper fitting holster or get the voluntary upgrade.
 

Gatordev

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I kind of feel like it's a betrayal since the RIS II design has been such a cornerstone of GWOT and absolutely bullet-proof. But I guess it's time...

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Gatordev

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Which handguard is the new one?

The still clone-correct one...MK16.

I still prefer the ability to attach parts with much smaller increments like you can on a Pic rail instead of the "it's either here or...here" on a MLok. But between the slight weight savings and the slightly reduced circumference to help with gripping the ATPIAL, I figured it was time.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with the button setup, but first things first.
 
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