SIG NEXT 25 – HYP Rifle
Coming Winter 2025 is what SIG describes as the most durable AR10 platform on the market, the HYP rifle. The name stems from the rifle’s ability to handle the high pressures (HYP) from SIG’s composite case ammunition.
Like with the 516 G3 Mohawk, SIG took lessons learned from the MCX rifle and applied them to a gas impingement AR pattern gun. It features a steel cam path insert and steel feed ramp along with a chrome lined hammer forged barrel. In fact, the barrel has a QD muzzle device which accepts the MG68QD suppressor used on the Army’s Next Gen M250 machine gun. It’s also fully ambidextrous, mirroring the controls on the 516 G3 Mohawk.
I had expected the HYP to also incorporate the side charging handle found on the 516 G3 Mohawk, but they left it off of the HYP in order to keep cost down. Turns out, the HYP is $2000 less than the MCX-SPEAR, making it a great choice for those who want to take advantage of .277 FURY. As you can see above, it also uses the steel 20 round magazines for the M7 Next Gen rifle.
I increased the contrast on the photo of this gel block to give you an idea of the performance of .277 FURY. This commercial ammo features 150gr NOSLER Accubond bonded core bullets.
Additional calibers will assuredly follow .277 FURY, including the ability to fire HYP versions of .7.62 and others.
Coming Winter 2025.
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