Springfield Armory Saint Edge Review

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Springfield armory saint edge review.

Springfield armory s new saint edge pdw is an ar pistol you ll fall in love with. The saint edge rifle is the cream of the crop of ars. Last year i built up my ultimate ar pistol in 5 56 nato. A new saint offering the edge.

This product can expose you to chemicals including lead which is known to california consumers to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. The suggested retail price on the new saint edge. Several weeks ago we introduced our readers to the springfield armory saint ar 5 56mm rifle. The 5 56 nato chambering obviously permits shooters to use both standard 5 56 nato loads and the host of 223 remington hunting personal defense and target loads available to shooters.

The springfield armory saint features a 16 inch chrome moly vanadium cmv barrel chambered in 5 56 nato and utilizes a 1 8 twist. Except for a slight difference in barrel length the new saint edge pistol from springfield armory is virtually identical to the gun i built for myself. And on this one springfield armory delivered in spades. They were great guns for the target audience.

If you want the best in compact ar pistol options then the saint edge pistols in 5 56mm should be at the top of your list. While many people myself included were skeptical of springfield s first ar 15 the saint has proven itself to be a stand out among entry level ar 15 s. In late 2016 springfield joined the competitive and ever growing market for america s favorite sporting rifle. Other features of the new springfield armory saint edge ar 15 include a bravo company manufacturing mod 3 pistol grip and a mod 0 sopmod buttstock.

This is not to be confused with springfield s standard saint ar pistol which i will be reviewing in a couple of weeks. Springfield armory saint edge pistol review. The problem with the other saint models isn t that they were bad rifles. The original saint was a great entry level ar and at 899 it was competitive.

The original was introduced at the end of 2016 but in just. Photo by mark fingar for a company many people thought was years late to the ar party springfield armory has done an amazing job in seizing a substantial percentage of the ar 15 marketplace and they re not slowing down. The closing stages of 2017 have witnessed a dramatic expansion of springfield armory s saint series of ar 15 style rifles and pistols. The saint edge pistol family combines the most popular features of the premium edge rifle with the compact shootability of a pistol platform.

According to the springfield armory web site the edge ar.