SIG Cross Gets Innovation of the Year Award, Now Shipping – GunsAmerica Digest

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Design in Design Innovation | 0 Comments

< li class ="essb_item essb_link_facebook nolightbox"> The highly anticipated SIG Sauer Cross next-generation bolt-action rifle won this year’s Firearms Industry Group Challenge award for many ingenious product of 2020. The Cross rifle is now delivering to dealerships across the country.A hybrid style

, the Cross integrates aspects from a chassis rifle with tactical rifle components to make an accurate, modular and light-weight gun appropriate for competitors sports, hunting and task use. The Cross is available in.277 SIG Fury, an exceptionally high-pressure, high-performance round established for the United States military.SIG’s Cross is

also chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and.308 Winchester. All of the models share the one-piece receiver style, free-floating M-Lok barrel and handguard, adjustable two-stage trigger and accept AICS-pattern magazines.It’s used with either 16 -or 18-inch barrels in all 3 chamberings and weighs just 6.5 pounds with 16-inch barrels and 6.8 pounds with 18-inchers. That implies with an optic, bipod and sling, these rifles will still weigh around 10 pounds, and perhaps even less depending upon the setup.

“When our product management group and engineers looked into establishing a bolt-action rifle from SIG, they took a look at what was missing from the marketplace, and what brand-new development SIG might bring to hunters and accuracy shooters,” stated SIG V.P. Tom Taylor. “Hunting rifles are generally focused on less weight, and precision is secondary. Accuracy rifles are created for extreme accuracy, without any weight constraints.

“What was missing from the market was a real crossover,” said Taylor. “The SIG Cross is the best of both worlds, including the characteristics of a searching rifle, with the precision of a precision rifle, and we are very honored to be recognized for this innovation with an Industry Option Award.”

It’s likewise not the only SIG to win an award this year, as the SIG P320 XFive Legion, with SIG’s innovative tungsten-infused grip, also snatched the top Pistol of the Year spot.The P320 XFive

Legion is SIG’s top-flight striker-fired service pistol. It has a long 5-inch slide with lightening cuts and match-grade barrel coupled with a stainless-steel guide rod and several springs for usage with light and heavy ammunition.Additionally the slide features factory-installed fiber optic sights by Dawson Accuracy including a completely adjustable rear sight. The slide is also cut for SIG and compatible mini red dot sights. “The P320 XFive Legion changed the game for competition handguns, and its ingenious features starting with our trademarked tungsten instilled grip module, giving it the weight of steel with the flex of polymer, are created to boost the general shooting experience by significantly reducing felt recoil and muzzle turn for outstanding on-target accuracy,”added Taylor.Chambered for 9mm Luger, the XFive includes 3 17-round magazines.The Firearms Market Team Challenge awards, hosted by Oneida Molded Plastics, have actually been granted because

2016. To learn more about these products and other guns and devices, head over to the SIG Sauer site.