Post by Whistler on Apr 15, 2021 10:06:05 GMT
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When Professor Snape ruined Bruce Willis’es Christmas party by kidnapping his wife and having more hair, Bruce decided the best course of action was to get a machine gun and blow merry hell out of Snape’s mates and chuck him off a roof. Well I don’t have that kind of motivation, or alopecia, but I still wanted to get a machine gun and after picturing myself hiding behind walls while using a red dot sight to pinpoint zombies in the distance before opening fire, the only decision left was which one?
This one!
The SIG Sauer MPX. Chambered in .177 pellet with 8" rifled steel barrel and utilising a 90 Gram CO2 operating system. It's capable of a muzzle velocity up to 575 fps, emptying a 30 round belt fed magazine in 3.5 seconds and shredding tin cans, corrugated cardboard and beer bottles at distances I can barely see. It weighs 6.2 pounds with an overall length of 25.75 inches and a trigger pull at 7 pounds. If it were any smarter, it'd load itself. And choose its own pellets. It would shoot for you. It's perplexingly addictive and is capable of reducing the population of any family to fits of giggles. I call it “Ripping off a movie scene.
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Oh boy!
If someone gave me a box like this on Christmas Day I’d be very happy.
The trigger indexes each consecutive pellet by release rather than pull, making the shooting experience much smoother and crisper than the experiences I’ve had with other CO2 guns that index the pellet by trigger pull.
Not really mods, just dolling up a gun I fancy in the same way I bought suspenders for the Mrs. And in the case of the newly purchased rifle sling, considering the rifle doesn’t have anchor points in the places I’d prefer, just as ill fitting.
This 1 point sling should really be attached near the back of the receiver but since Sig kindly omitted that anchor point I added my sling to the front of the barrel instead, which works fine as long as you don’t lose hold of the gun leaving it to go arse over tit hitting the floor butt first and probably shooting you in the face for good measure.
I bought this brand new on eBay for £65 when everywhere else is selling them for £400, so either someone dropped a bollock and I got an absolute bargain or it’s a Chinese copy. I suspect the latter yet I don’t mind since the gun is a copy of the real steel version anyway so it’d be a bit hypocritical of me to moan, whatever it is.
I’m using 12 gram CO2 capsules via an adaptor instead of the recommended 90 gram bottles. There’s probably a considerable drop in power compared to the manufacturers stated 575 fps by swapping down but that’s ok, I just want to plink paper targets, not shoot through my fence and top my neighbour.
I had thought about lubricating the magazine belt tracks with silicon oil but they run so smoothly I decided not to bother.
From vampires to werewolves, to killer clowns, skeletons
and zombies, everybody came to the party to check out my new MPX. And like most parties, you usually end up feeling like shooting the guests. Luckily I had something on hand for that very occasion.
I stuck this lot on bamboo sticks and ran around the garden taking pot shots at the lot of them while ducking behind walls, hedges and woodsheds to snipe those further afield and changing mags and capsules while hiding from vampires, zombies and the Mrs alike. Who was who is anyone’s guess.
12 points to Gryffindor for the Romeo3 reflex sight, amazing thing and probably not a Chinese knock off after all. Its crystal clear lens and fast target acquisition made potting monsters a boys own pleasure. I never thought I’d be doing this kind of thing at my age when I was a kid. I lost track of time, the temperature and my sanity and when I finally vanquished the last of the abominable beasts, I went in for a cuppa. My dopamine level must have been maxed out, I was beaming so much!
I like to listen to MP3s while I shoot and often find appropriate music to complement my targets. Every target gets a song and also enjoys the benefit of my shooting game; how many holes can I blow in it before the song ends.
My monster themed shooting session got a monster themed music mix:
Vampires
Demons
Zombies
Skeletons
I wanted to ensure this rifle is protected during my days off from zombie hunting and bought a case big enough and hard enough to save it and the rest of the accessories from getting rolled over, sucked up and thrown out by the Mrs and her lethal hovering. If one of her earrings is left on the floor she’ll deftly hoover around that with the precision of a surgeon but if my undercrackers are left on the floor she’ll roll right over that shit. Luckily this case is bigger than her and her hoover.
This rifle has a great trigger and very addictive rapid fire meaning I’m lowering the temperature of the 12 gram Co2 capsules I’m using quite quickly and seeing the accuracy fall off. I decided to compensate for that by buying a PCP conversion kit allowing me to shoot this rifle as quickly as I wish and also use it in colder weather free from the constraints of CO2.
I’d hoped the conversion kit would arrive before I finished writing this blog but it hasn’t and I’ll likely add it later as an update, I’m certainly looking forward towards the upgrade. This rifle is phenomenal fun.
I had thought Sig’s claims of of 30 shots in 3.5 seconds at velocities up 575 fps were a just a bit of marketing hype but now I'm not so sure. I don’t own a chronograph and I haven’t timed a mag dump, but leaving aside the numbers this thing will shred targets with short bursts of fire within seconds. The authenticity of this rifle compared to the real steel is outstanding and after firing this version I can understand why Sig Sauer promote it as both a training rifle and an economical way to practice drills.
When Professor Snape ruined Bruce Willis’es Christmas party by kidnapping his wife and having more hair, Bruce decided the best course of action was to get a machine gun and blow merry hell out of Snape’s mates and chuck him off a roof. Well I don’t have that kind of motivation, or alopecia, but I still wanted to get a machine gun and after picturing myself hiding behind walls while using a red dot sight to pinpoint zombies in the distance before opening fire, the only decision left was which one?
This one!
The SIG Sauer MPX. Chambered in .177 pellet with 8" rifled steel barrel and utilising a 90 Gram CO2 operating system. It's capable of a muzzle velocity up to 575 fps, emptying a 30 round belt fed magazine in 3.5 seconds and shredding tin cans, corrugated cardboard and beer bottles at distances I can barely see. It weighs 6.2 pounds with an overall length of 25.75 inches and a trigger pull at 7 pounds. If it were any smarter, it'd load itself. And choose its own pellets. It would shoot for you. It's perplexingly addictive and is capable of reducing the population of any family to fits of giggles. I call it “Ripping off a movie scene.
”Oh boy!
If someone gave me a box like this on Christmas Day I’d be very happy.
Opening it is even better! Look at this thing! Imagine the fun you can have with this!!!
Fixtures and fittings
The trigger indexes each consecutive pellet by release rather than pull, making the shooting experience much smoother and crisper than the experiences I’ve had with other CO2 guns that index the pellet by trigger pull.
Pulling the charging handle aligns the pellet belt with the breech after inserting a fresh magazine in the same way the real steel version loads a round into the firing chamber when a magazine is loaded.
There's no maybe's with this very firm safety switch. When its on, it's on and when it's off, it's off. It's also duel sided making the rifle a great choice for left and right handed people alike.
This branding is stamped in, just like the real thing.
Mods, mods, tiny mods
Not really mods, just dolling up a gun I fancy in the same way I bought suspenders for the Mrs. And in the case of the newly purchased rifle sling, considering the rifle doesn’t have anchor points in the places I’d prefer, just as ill fitting.
I didn’t fancy trusting my new precious toy to the supplied polymer bracket while I’m farting about the garden pretending I’m Lewis Collins so I replaced it with a sling swivel.
In fact I stripped all the original furniture including the iron sights. This rifle screams fun and the last thing I wanted to do was piss around lining up front and rear sights to get a shot off.
This 1 point sling should really be attached near the back of the receiver but since Sig kindly omitted that anchor point I added my sling to the front of the barrel instead, which works fine as long as you don’t lose hold of the gun leaving it to go arse over tit hitting the floor butt first and probably shooting you in the face for good measure.
Romeo3 open reflex sight
I bought this brand new on eBay for £65 when everywhere else is selling them for £400, so either someone dropped a bollock and I got an absolute bargain or it’s a Chinese copy. I suspect the latter yet I don’t mind since the gun is a copy of the real steel version anyway so it’d be a bit hypocritical of me to moan, whatever it is.
The sight runs off a CR2032 battery, has 1x magnification, unlimited eye relief, 10 illumination settings including night vision and is easy to zero in with its up/down left/right click and lock dials.
And here it is attached to my MPX using the supplied 1913 mount.
This fella certainly seems to be enjoying shooting with the Romeo3 despite it failing his torture test. He might have had more luck if he hadn’t dropped it from 12 feet and thrown it into a bucket of water.
Sig Sauer’s promo video for the Romeo3
90g to 12g CO2 capsule adaptor
I’m using 12 gram CO2 capsules via an adaptor instead of the recommended 90 gram bottles. There’s probably a considerable drop in power compared to the manufacturers stated 575 fps by swapping down but that’s ok, I just want to plink paper targets, not shoot through my fence and top my neighbour.
The adapter screw’s directly into the rifle’s CO2 port.
The 12 gram CO2 capsule fits inside the body of the converter and screw’s into the adapter.
Co2 adapter testing and review
Magazine loading
I had thought about lubricating the magazine belt tracks with silicon oil but they run so smoothly I decided not to bother.
After 30 years of using everything from a felt tip to a knitting needle to push in my .177 pellets I finally own a dedicated tool. It came in the box with the rifle and here’s me thinking I didn’t get any freebies.
Nothing fancy here pellet wise. I’m using plain old .177 RWS Geco 7 grain wadcutters. They work in everything else I have and I’m sure they’ll fly just as well from this rifle.
The gang’s all here!
From vampires to werewolves, to killer clowns, skeletons
and zombies, everybody came to the party to check out my new MPX. And like most parties, you usually end up feeling like shooting the guests. Luckily I had something on hand for that very occasion.
I stuck this lot on bamboo sticks and ran around the garden taking pot shots at the lot of them while ducking behind walls, hedges and woodsheds to snipe those further afield and changing mags and capsules while hiding from vampires, zombies and the Mrs alike. Who was who is anyone’s guess.
12 points to Gryffindor for the Romeo3 reflex sight, amazing thing and probably not a Chinese knock off after all. Its crystal clear lens and fast target acquisition made potting monsters a boys own pleasure. I never thought I’d be doing this kind of thing at my age when I was a kid. I lost track of time, the temperature and my sanity and when I finally vanquished the last of the abominable beasts, I went in for a cuppa. My dopamine level must have been maxed out, I was beaming so much!
What’s the scores George Doors?
10 metres? 20? Could be. Rolling out a tape measure when I’m hunting monsters isn’t a common practice at La casa Fun Shootin’ nor is chronograph’ing my pellets in flight. Although this time I did think about speed and distance tests to add some credibility to this blog. I did think about that, for about three seconds. Then I got on with having fun:
Looks like six clean kills to me. Well, I say six. I didn’t end up shooting the demon. It gave me the heebie jeebies so I left it alone. It’s still out there :/ Waiting …
Music to shoot by
I like to listen to MP3s while I shoot and often find appropriate music to complement my targets. Every target gets a song and also enjoys the benefit of my shooting game; how many holes can I blow in it before the song ends.
My monster themed shooting session got a monster themed music mix:
Vampires
Demons
Zombies
Skeletons
Werewolves
Killer Clowns
Storage solutions
I wanted to ensure this rifle is protected during my days off from zombie hunting and bought a case big enough and hard enough to save it and the rest of the accessories from getting rolled over, sucked up and thrown out by the Mrs and her lethal hovering. If one of her earrings is left on the floor she’ll deftly hoover around that with the precision of a surgeon but if my undercrackers are left on the floor she’ll roll right over that shit. Luckily this case is bigger than her and her hoover.
Future PCP tank conversion
This rifle has a great trigger and very addictive rapid fire meaning I’m lowering the temperature of the 12 gram Co2 capsules I’m using quite quickly and seeing the accuracy fall off. I decided to compensate for that by buying a PCP conversion kit allowing me to shoot this rifle as quickly as I wish and also use it in colder weather free from the constraints of CO2.
I’d hoped the conversion kit would arrive before I finished writing this blog but it hasn’t and I’ll likely add it later as an update, I’m certainly looking forward towards the upgrade. This rifle is phenomenal fun.
Final thoughts
I had thought Sig’s claims of of 30 shots in 3.5 seconds at velocities up 575 fps were a just a bit of marketing hype but now I'm not so sure. I don’t own a chronograph and I haven’t timed a mag dump, but leaving aside the numbers this thing will shred targets with short bursts of fire within seconds. The authenticity of this rifle compared to the real steel is outstanding and after firing this version I can understand why Sig Sauer promote it as both a training rifle and an economical way to practice drills.
I usually rate guns with a fondle factor of one to five yet this gun is on a whole new level. This gun is way past fondling, this gun deserves a cuddle.
If you spot any errors in the blog or have some advice about the gun, comments will always be welcome. Also if you’re interested in any of the stuff mentioned get in touch and I’ll send you the links to where I got it. Cheers.
Expansion Packs:
The zombie expansion pack - 'Rifle upgrades' can be found Here
