Saint Edge ATC

[xerts1911]

https://www.springfield-armory.com/saint-series/saint-edge-atc-ar-15-rifles/?utm_campaign=Hellcat&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=192732599&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--PR_bd5xd5NXSPb07YNDRSrLRpaoDFOXd8WKpIQH2IMjnkDDjOQShgUjiOimnFULo9r4oP3MaO7d9I2aEN0_2D8BaVzA&utm_content=192732599&utm_source=hs_email
For those that like to reach out and touch something, pretty cool rifle.

 

[delta6]

https://www.springfield-armory.com/saint-series/saint-edge-atc-ar-15-rifles/?utm_campaign=Hellcat&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=192732599&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--PR_bd5xd5NXSPb07YNDRSrLRpaoDFOXd8WKpIQH2IMjnkDDjOQShgUjiOimnFULo9r4oP3MaO7d9I2aEN0_2D8BaVzA&utm_content=192732599&utm_source=hs_email
For those that like to reach out and touch something, pretty cool rifle.

Thanx for the info

 

[paulgt2164]

That is one butt-ugly fore end though.

I imagine the meeting for this thing was like this :

Marketing guy: "Hey, you know how all those "chassis rifles" are the rage?
Product designer guy: "Yeah, we could do one of those with a cool modular system, high end barrel, in a modern efficient cartridge,maybe use the action from our new rifle, it would be cool"
Market guy : "whoa there big spender, pump the brakes. Take our AR, make it not compatible with some of the standard AR stuff, make the lower one gigantic huge heavy chunk o' metal, make it ugly, and leave it in 223. We will give it an edgy cool name."
Product designer guy : "But that won't be any more precision than a nice AR to begin with?"
Marketing guy : "So what, the magazines will pump it up cause advertising dollars, and the fanbois will buy it cause we made it, and it will get hype cause we used the term chassis and precision and one version will be peanut butter colored. Make sure you put things in places that will be a bitch to clean - make them look like a car grill on the end of the fore end and mag well."
Product designer guy : "Sigh, another unoriginal product with stupid names"
Marketing guy: Hows the SA-35 doing? You guys figure out how to make that 86 year old design reliable yet? They are flying off the shelves already...."
Product design guy *Shoots himself in the face with a 1911 Range Officer Champion Elite Ronin OSP TRP Operator*


Lol.

And of course, video with lots of buzz words for basically what amounts to an expensive, overweight, goofy looking AR. Oh, a three shot "Sub MOA" guarantee." Funny my 20+ year old Bushmaster Varminter was a Sub MOA rifle when it was new. Springfield Armory - what's new then, we say is new now." Lol.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjcj-oCqgt0[/media]

 

[Tenring]

That looks promising.

 

[QuietM4]

It's not even Springfield's idea...but neither was the XD (that use to be the HS2000 pistol before Springfield started rebranding and importing them from Croatia).

https://drakeassociates.us/product-category/products/tactical-sniper-rifles/

Anyone can piece together an accurate rifle for less money than that monstrosity...but many people are susceptible to flashy marketing...just ask Daniel Defense.

 

[Jack Dupp]

Yawn. Springfield Armory sucks

 

[QuietM4]

I'm also confused as to where I am supposed to grip it...there doesn't seem to be any instructions molded into parts of the gun where I can put my hands... :eusa-think:

 

[Jack Dupp]

Paul and Quiet nailed it.

 

[Cmoor]

It is an interesting design and it certainly makes sense but, their accuracy is not any better than what we have seen countless other rifles do... I am sure there will be plenty of people who will have to own one..

 

[Dat_Ginga]

The gun is ugly and looks heavy but I'm sure some people will want it. I don't understand why they didn't make it in a different caliber. You can build a better looking and just as or more accurate gun in 5.56/.223 for less money or pay more money and get really good parts. It is different and unique looking so it will be easy to spot on the wall with all the other AR15's but it doesn't do anything the other AR15's do except look different.

 

[Az desert rat 1]

P.T. Barnum nailed it when he said "There's a sucker born every minute. " It's just a dressed-up overpriced AR and it's ugly.

 

[AZ_Five56]

Here's a review of one of these things, and they have a video on the page where they disassemble it and show how it's all put together.
https://www.thearmorylife.com/how-does-the-saint-edge-atcs-chassis-work/

I'm intrigued by the thought of an AR chassis, but there's so much wrong with this in my mind. First of all, they're marketing this as some kind of sniper rifle, but it's chambered in .223. It seems like a better fit for the AR-10 platform chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor or something like that.

Second, the build-out is kind of goofy. It reminds me of the Chevy Avalanche with the dumb plastic pieces on the side of the bed to add flare. The forend on the rifle seems unnecessarily long and bulky. Why not cut it off at about the gas tube? And, I don't know if a rifle like this needs an upper rail. I think they just slapped it on to cover/protect the gas tube. Maybe this is crazy, but what about having the gas tube on the bottom of the barrel running into a fitting of sorts that ducts the gasses over the barrel at the receiver? I mean, if they really are trying to reinvent the AR platform.

 

[samnev]

Yawn. Springfield Armory sucks

Ditto :lol:

 

[792mauser]

God lord that thing is UGLY.

 

[mike400]

The gun is ugly and looks heavy but I'm sure some people will want it. I don't understand why they didn't make it in a different caliber. You can build a better looking and just as or more accurate gun in 5.56/.223 for less money or pay more money and get really good parts. It is different and unique looking so it will be easy to spot on the wall with all the other AR15's but it doesn't do anything the other AR15's do except look different.

I agree, if there are truly any benefits from the design, it needs to be in a different caliber. 6.5 Grendel or 6mm ARC comes to mind…… 5.56 has been done over and over……..blah blah.