Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
The Sig 556 is a nice rifle but fairly expensive even with the rebate...plus I don't really care for the "tacticool" picatinny rails all over it.
For equal money, one could get a Bushmaster or Rock River AR...or use the Bud's Gun Shop pilot discount on a S&W M&P15 and spend the extra $$$ on P-Mags and ammo.
I have one the, 556 Classic, it doesn't have rails all over it... just one on the top of the receiver. Personally I like the gas piston action, it has a folding, collapsing stock that feels a lot better than the typical AR telescopic stock. The trigger feels crisp (a little heavy, but smooth). It comes with a rear "emergency" flip up sight that is actually in the rail (so you mount stuff on top on it if you wanted. It's a quality rifle - the off the shelf price for it is $1419 - with the $300 rebate it's $1119 - which is not too far away from ARs with the same features (and half as much as a gas-piston AR).