For competition, every inch counts when the scores are tallied at the end of the run. I noticed the rifle had a true 16” barrel rather than the original MPX with the 14” barrel and 2” pinned flash hider to bring it to legal civilian length. I immediately broke the gun down and wiped it down to remove oil out of the barrel and excess from the action.
To keep everything well lubed for shipping, the bolt was heavily coated with some sort of gun oil which managed to find its way everywhere through the rifle. (Trust me, I double checked, only one magazine.) As I removed the rifle and opened the action, oil literally dripped from it.
The MPX PCC box contained the standard SIG propaganda, owner’s manual, rifle and one mag. A few weeks later, I got a call from Preston at Legion Defense Industries confirming the rifle was ready for pick up along with a couple hundred rounds of SIG ammo to try out. I reached out to SIG and arranged to have a sample sent for testing. Lena continued: “When it comes to my competition equipment, I want a rifle that’s reliable, accurate, and easy to shoot, and the SIG MPX PCC checks all the boxes.”Īs a fan of the original MPX rifle and the MPX short barrel model, I was eager to try out the PCC for myself.
SIG 9MM RIFLE PROFESSIONAL
When asked for comments about her new rifle, Lena responded: “The enhancements that SIG has incorporated into the MPX PCC will make a real difference to the professional shooter and be quickly realized in competition.” Since its debut, Lena has smashed her competition winning several matches with the MPX PCC. With new features like a single stage flat faced trigger from Timney Triggers and a highly effective muzzle break, this rifle grabbed the attention of a lot of pistol caliber carbine competition shooters, including SIG SAUER sponsored professional shooter, eight-time women’s world champion, Lena Miculek. In 2018 during the NRA’s Annual Meeting (NRAAM), SIG SAUER announced the release of a new version of the MPX designed specifically to be competition ready right out of the box, the MPX Pistol Caliber Carbine or PCC for short. This gave the MPX shooters a distinct advantage over other rifles that operated on direct blowback operation both in reliability and recoil. With a few modifications, the most popular being from the weapon wizards over at Taran Tactical Innovations, the MPX was ready for the new pistol caliber carbine competitions. What resulted was an easy to handle rifle with a very small learning curve for the majority of shooters who were already well versed on the AR platform. While it may resemble a common gas impinged AR-15, the SIG SAUER MPX was actually designed to be a gas piston operated successor to the HK MP5 platform. In 2016, SIG SAUER developed the MPX for civilian, military and law enforcement without thought to competition. So much so, most competitive organizations created whole new pistol caliber specific divisions. What is relatively new is the huge trend of their appearance in competitions such as USPSA, IDPA and 3-Gun Nation. These guns retained their heavy, stiff and gritty triggers from their original full-auto design. Later these firearms saw commercial success in semi-auto, 16-inch barreled civilian configurations mostly for collectors and recreational shooters. These carbines were designed for military and law enforcement application in the hands of skilled operators.
SIG 9MM RIFLE SERIES
The concept of a pistol caliber carbine isn’t new, Colt’s 9mm SMG, Uzi’s series of carbines and HK’s MP5 series have all been truly iconic firearms since the early 1970’s.
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