I just got really Lucky and acquired a NIB Sig Sauer 716 Precision Marksman Rifle. This is the Real Deal and not the 18" barrel model Sig 716 DMR or 3-Gun-Heavy versions. This is the Sig 716 Precision Marksman Rifle that came straight from the Sig Pro Shop when a small hand full of them were released last year. This Sig 716 PMR looks like the 3-Gun-Heavy but has some differences. It has a different style Firing Pin, it has a Bayonet Lug, it has a longer Piston assembly and it has a different type of barrel. The Barrel has flats on it towards the bottom back area and it has a different barrel twist rate. This is a Match Barrel with a 1x11 Twist instead of the 1x10 Twist Rate that the DMR and 3-Gun-Heavy have. The factory box is marked R716-H20B-PRM 7.62 NATO, PRM, SEMI, 20 IN
I called Sig and spoke to one of their Specialists and had them check the serial number to confirm barrel twist rate thru book keeping and he told me that this one has a 1x11" Twist barrel and it is a CHF Heavy Match Barrel. He also told me that there were only 20 of these released last year thru connections in the Pro Shop. And he also told me that you had to know someone in the Pro Shop to even get one of these Rare Sniper Rifles.
I called Sig again a week later and spoke to another Customer Rep and this guy said that there were less than 10 of these Sig 716 Precision Marksman Rifles that were released before they decided to go with the 18" barreled version called the DMR.
Is there any other Hide members out there that have one of these Rare Sig 716 Precision Marksman Rifles? Or do you know anyone that has one? I have been into Sig rifles for years and I have never seen another one out there besides mine.
I guess I have a Unicorn here.
Here is some Eye Candy.