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products are sold through the swiss arms website, with a unique specification, or through sig sauer gmbh. the majority of swiss arms weapons are used in hunting and by the swiss army .
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san swiss arms ag is a small arms manufacturer based in neuhausen am rheinfall, switzerland. their most popular weapon at present is the sg 550 line of assult rifles. san swiss arms are part of the chain of companies that make up sig sauer gmbh .
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under the partnership, swiss arms manufacture a large number of parts and accessories for weapons made by its sister companies, chief amongst which are barrels .
in 2000 l & o holdings bought the major firms under the sig sauer banner: sauer & sohn, mauser jagdwaffen gmbh, blaser and sig arms inc. along with swiss arms. the companies were renamed, collectively, as sig sauer gmbh from 2007 .
access to information records show that rcmp have an aggressive firearms reclassification agenda and that prohibitions will not stop with the swiss arms series rifles ,
the association said .
, the gun - loving swiss are not about to lay down their arms. guns are ubiquitous in this neutral nation, with sharpshooting considered a fun and wholesome recreational activity for people of all ages .
swiss arms ag began producing firearms in switzerland in the 1870s. since then the company has slowly developed its processes and construction of firearms, benefitting greatly through heavy investment by parent company sig sauer in 2005, increasing the amount and quality of machinery and workforce .
the federal government has granted a five - year amnesty to owners of swiss arms classic green semi - automatic rifles, who will be able to continue to possess their guns
without threat of criminal charges ,
according to a statement from the public safety minister' s office .
the federal government has granted a two - year amnesty to owners of swiss arms classic green semi - automatic rifles, who will be able to continue to possess their guns
without threat of criminal charges ,
according to a statement from the public safety minister' s office .
the largest and most damaging swiss bank heist in history doesn' t involve stolen money but stolen computer files with more than 100, 000 names tied to swiss bank accounts at hsbc, the second largest commercial bank in the world .
that sense of social and civic responsibility is one of the reasons the swiss have never allowed their guns to come under fire .
oerlikon - bührle, pilatus, ruag – swiss weapons manufacturers have often made the headlines, but rarely for the right reasons .
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the german industrialist emil georg bührle became a swiss citizen in the 1920s. emil georg bührle started his collection during the second world war .
the swiss will vote on november 29 on a people' s initiative calling for a ban and transit of war materiel from switzerland. more specifically it seeks to ban the export of small arms, military training aircraft and obsolete military equipment no longer used by the swiss armed forces. the ban would not apply to hunting and sport weapons, demining systems, goods temporarily exported by the swiss authorities and those for civil protection. the initiative also stipulates that the government provide economic support for regions affected by the ban, mainly the cantons of nidwalden, zurich, thurgau, bern and lucerne. the initiative was launched by the pacifist group for a switzerland without an army and filed in september 2007, and has been signed by over 109, 224 citizens. in 1997 a similar initiative to ban arms exports was rejected by three out of four voters .
but, perhaps, not that surprising. swiss banks have been caught protecting tax dodgers before, but never has this much detail been revealed .
but swiss authorities say falciani acted alone. when they came looking for him, he fled to france and turned over his files to french authorities .
the following script is from
the swiss leaks
which aired on feb. 8, 2015. bill whitaker is the correspondent. ira rosen and habiba nosheen, producers .
after having ruled out the west german g1 i rifle, which uses caseless ammunition, the gird carried out a competitive evaluation of two weapons: the c42 developed by the federal arms factory and sig' s sg541, or, as it is now, the sg550 .
on november 29 the swiss will vote, for the third time since 1972, on banning the export of weapons and other military materiel. the government has recommended voters reject the initiative .
the bührle foundation is preparing a catalog of all the works, private and public, mr. gloor said. . he said he believed the new wing could improve the arms dealer’s image because he collected most of his works after the war, in the six years before his death .
the country had one mass shooting in 2001, but a resulting anti - gun referendum failed to pass. the swiss will not give up the gun. can their system work in the u. s. ?
as for hervé falciani, he' s still a wanted man. in december, swiss authorities charged him with industrial espionage. he says he' s a whistleblower. the swiss say he' s a thief. his ex - girlfriend considers him a conman. when falciani first took the files, she traveled with him to beirut. she told a british filmmaker he had hoped to sell the data and make millions .
a 37 - year - old computer security specialist named hervé falciani stole the huge cache of data in 2007 and gave it to the french government. it' s now being used to go after tax cheats all over the world. 60 minutes, working with a group called the international consortium of investigative journalists, obtained the leaked files. they show the bank did business with a collection of international outlaws: tax dodgers, arms dealers and drug smugglers - - offering a rare glimpse into the highly secretive world of swiss banking .
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the swiss federation is also wrestling with the implications of displaying the bührle collection. the kunsthaus sells a slim book published by the foundation that notes that mr. bührle, who died in 1956, was forced by a swiss court to return 13 looted artworks that he had bought during the war to their owners or descendants. he later bought back nine of them, including a degas that had once been in the possession of the nazi leader hermann göring .
when the interview with falciani was over, the man responsible for the biggest breach and leak in swiss banking history left the way he' d arrived at our meeting... through the streets of paris on his scooter .
an important point which will certainly not have escaped the swiss procurement authority' s notice is that the stgw90 will cost about half the price of its predecessor without having to sacrifice any of the latter' s performance or operational qualities .
the 7. 5mm gp11 and 5. 6mm gp90 rounds. in order to emphasise the country' s policy of neutrality, the swiss authorities have tried to distance themselves from the 5. 56 x 45mm nato round by choosing the designation 5. 6mm, but the two rounds are in fact interchangeable, except for the fact that the swiss ammunition is optimised for a bore with a 1 - in - 290mm, rather than 1 - in - 178mm, rifling twist .
this is the stolen data that is shaking the swiss banking world to its core. it contains names, nationalities, account information, deposit amounts - but most remarkable are these detailed notes revealing the private dealings between hsbc and its clients .
an earlier version of this article misstated where a group of rabbis has been holding demonstrations urging the museum to protect what the group says is a jewish burial site. the protests have been held at swiss embassies and consulates, not just embassies .
the expansion project, expected to be completed by 2020, is being financed by the city and the state government, or canton, of zurich and the museum’s association of 21, 000 members, who have pledged to raise more than $ 88 million. the bührle foundation, created by descendants of the arms dealer to oversee the collection, will contribute an undisclosed amount .
in february 1983, the swiss federal council made public its decision that the new 5. 6mm sig sg541 assault rifle (renamed the sg550 at the end of october 1984) would be adopted as the standard service weapon of the swiss army. about 600, 000 weapons would be produced, with the cost of manufacturing the rifle and its ammunition estimated at sfr1, 600 million, to be spread over 15 years. the rifle will enter service at the beginning of the next decade under the swiss army designation of stgw90 (sturmgewehr = assault rifle), replacing the 7. 5mm stgw57. in autumn 1983, however, a credit of sfr85 million was voted to enable sig to manufacture a first series - production batch of 15, 000 rifles for delivery in 1986. two thousand of these should be ready by the end of 1986 for handing over to the army for extensive in - service evaluation during which the rifle could undergo minor modifications to improve its handling. according to the timetable already established, sig will receive the principal order for 135, 000 rifles in 1987, for delivery beginning in 1990. as was the case with the stgw57, a third of the total production work will be go to the federal arms factory in berne, which will carry out the final assembly of 80% of the weapons, while another third will be shared out among other swiss companies .
other critics are questioning whether it is proper for a publicly financed institution to give prominence to the bührle collection in a new wing, given that mr. bührle was a nazi arms dealer who bought art that had been looted from jewish owners. a book about the collection published last year by two zurich historians, including a former administrator of the kunsthaus, argues that the museum should be more transparent about his biography .
but since bulldozers started excavation early this year for the expansion project, a massive sandstone rectangle designed by the architect david chipperfield, the work has dredged up sensitive issues involving the city’s jewish history and the swiss role in the trade of art looted by the nazis in world war ii .
at the urging of a group in new york, hundreds of orthodox jews have staged demonstrations outside swiss embassies and consulates in london, montreal, new york and tel aviv, calling on the museum to protect a 14th - century jewish burial site that they say is under the new building’s construction site .
last month, the swiss jewish federation revisited those issues, hosting a lecture on looted art at the kunsthaus by ronald lauder, the president of the world jewish congress. while there mr. lauder also raised questions about the bührle collections. “one is publicly accessible, the other is private, ” mr. lauder said. “we don’t know what’s included in the private collection. ”
one of the reasons the crime rate in switzerland is low despite the prevalence of weapons — and also why the swiss mentality can’t be transposed to the current american reality — is the culture of responsibility and safety that is anchored in society and passed from generation to generation. kids as young as 12 belong to gun groups in their local communities, where they learn sharpshooting. the swiss shooting sports association runs about 3, 000 clubs and has 150, 000 members, including a youth section. many members keep their guns and ammunition at home, while others choose to leave them at the club. and yet, despite such easy access to pistols and rifles, “no members have ever used their guns for criminal purposes, ” says max flueckiger, the association’s spokesperson .
“from our point of view, nothing was found so there is no reason to protest, ” said jonathan kreutner, the secretary general of the swiss federation of jewish communities. “they don’t know that the city is very open and that all of the jewish communities are involved in this issue. they don’t know the facts. this is a very marginal group within the ultra - orthodox judaism. ”
second half of the 1970s, the swiss ministry of defense undertook to find a replacement for the stgw57. after a series of in - service tests, carried out in 1978, of 40 modified sig sg540 and sg543 rifles, the gruppe fur rustungsdienste (grd) drew up a staff requirement. in addition to the usual specifications concerning handling, ruggedness and safety of operation, the new rifle had particularly to meet the following requirements :
even though switzerland has not been involved in an armed conflict since a standoff between catholics and protestants in 1847, the swiss are very serious not only about their right to own weapons but also to carry them around in public. because of this general acceptance and even pride in gun ownership, nobody bats an eye at the sight of a civilian riding a bus, bike or motorcycle to the shooting range, with a rifle slung across the shoulder .
none of this would have surfaced had it not been for this man: hervé falciani, an hsbc computer security specialist at the geneva, switzerland, branch. he stole the data in 2007. he likes that he' s been called the edward snowden of swiss banking. now a fugitive living in france, he says he grew disillusioned with what he saw at hsbc and began to download
proof
of illegal tax evasion: those internal bank files .
there is no doubt that sig has succeeded in developing for the swiss army a small - calibre assault rifle which is a worthy successor to the stgw57, despite the qualities which have earned for the latter a very flattering reputation. the sg550 allows the infantryman greater mobility, gives him more firepower when firing on full automatic than was possible in practice with the 7. 5mm calibre, and increases his efficiency by simplifying most of the operations required in the rifle' s use .
unlike some other heavily armed nations, switzerland’s gun ownership is deeply rooted in a sense of patriotic duty and national identity. weapons are kept at home because of the long - held belief that enemies could invade tiny switzerland quickly, so every soldier had to be able to fight his way to his regiment’s assembly point. (switzerland was at risk of being invaded by germany during world war ii but was spared, historians say, because every swiss man was armed and trained to shoot. )
in order to reduce the height of the weapon as far as possible, at the same time maintaining a gap between the magazine and the ground when the rifle is resting on its butt and bipod, the grid has opted for the 20 - round magazine. this decision is not surprising since swiss doctrine has always laid greater emphasis on single, well aimed shots, and since automatic fire can be controlled by the three - round burstlimiter. sig' s 30round magazine is therefore exclusively for export .
the combination of these characteristics makes the prototype sg550s slightly more accurate than the stgw57, as confirmed by the swiss army during comparative tests of 73 of the long version against stgw57s. with the rifles held firmly in clamps, serials of 24 shots were fired at a range of 300m. the new rifle achieved an overall grouping of 50% of hits in a 7 x 6cm rectangle (226 points out of a possible 240), while the stgw57 achieved a grouping of 7 x 8cm (220 points) .
sig has taken out a patent for a system of juxtaposing several magazines under the rifle in order to speed up the reloading of the weapon. the right side of each magazine sports two studs which are engaged by a backward pivoting movement in u - shaped slots on the left - hand side of the next magazine. the 20round plastic magazine adopted by the swiss army a 30 - round version is also avail able for export - is transparent and shock, flame and dirt - resistant. it weighs only 90g and is more comfortable to handle in intense cold than metal
but the “gun in every closet” tradition was challenged in 2001, after a disgruntled citizen opened fire with his army rifle inside a regional parliament, killing 14 and injuring 14 others — the only mass shooting in switzerland’s recent history. the subsequent opposition to widespread gun ownership spearheaded a push for stricter arms legislation. the government and pro - gun groups argued, however, that the country’s existing laws regulating the sale, ownership and licensing of private guns, which includes a ban on carrying concealed weapons, are stringent enough. the law allows citizens or legal residents over the age of 18, who have obtained a permit from the government and who have no criminal record or history of mental illness, to buy up to three weapons from an authorized dealer, with the exception of automatic firearms and selective fire weapons, which are banned. semiautomatics, which have caused havoc in the u. s. , can be legally purchased .
the manufacturer seems to have made a technological breakthrough, however, in the use of a plastic material for the stock, handguard, pistol grip and magazine. neither the composition of this material nor the identity of the swiss laboratory which developed it has yet been revealed. claimed to be far superior to zytel in its strength and homogeneity, it is said to be capable of withstanding shocks, such as the firing of a grenade, at any temperature from - 40' c to + 50 c without its properties being altered. the four surfaces of the handguard and the stock can be submitted to the pendulum test, against steel or concrete, without breakage or cracking resulting .
the design of the sig sg550. derived from that of the sg540, incorporates numerous innovations which contribute to its accuracy which is greater than that of the stgw57 - and which make it an almost perfect weapon from the human engineering point of view. the heavy barrel and the chamber are hammered from a single piece. the adjustable sight includes a device for night firing. a folding bipod is attached to the handguard. the shape of the stock facilitates the instinctive shouldering of the weapon and, compared to the stgw57, the reduction in the height of the weapon decreases by 20% the area of the target presented by a prone firer. the swiss service - issue accessories comprise a cleaning kit, juxtaposable magazines, a charger and a bayonet. the reload ammunition is kept in ten - round clips ,
although it was recognised that the 7. 5mm gp11 round was no longer compatible with the nevv requirement for a lighter rifle, the calibre and ammunition had still to be determined. while accepting that combat generally takes place at ranges not exceeding 150 - 200m, the grd nevertheless wished to have a round which would be effective out to 600m. taking this into account, the 5. 56 x 45mm calibre seemed insufficient, at least in the form of the m 93 round and at a time when the results of the nato trials aimed at adopting a new standard round had not yet been made known. it can be assumed, however, that the promising performance of the new belgian ss109 ammunition had not escaped the attention of the swiss military authorities, since they decided to evaluate two new calibres - 6. 45mm and 5. 6mm .
integral rails on the receiver, at the base of the chamber, and a conical mortise machined in the base of the back sight allow the fitting of day or night optical sights. this method has been borrowed from the sg540 where it has worked well. the swiss army maintains that a footsoldier should be able to fight tanks and therefore plans to use the fn / luchaire 58n series rifle grenades which are attached to the flash suppressor and held in place by a collar. the tail of the grenade is fitted with a bullet trap so the projectile can be launched using normal gp90 ammunition. no sighting scale is necessary by lining up the hood protecting the front sight with the outer surface of the grenade, a range of 75m will be reached automatically. for other ranges, however, the firer himself has to estimate the correct angle of elevation .
this was the backdrop for the first scandal involving pilatus, a maker of single - engine aircraft based in central switzerland, which counted among its founders emil georg bührle, father of dieter. in 1978 an anti - establishment magazine revealed that the company' s pc - 7 training aircraft could be easily adapted to carry bombs .
at first the government denied this ,
said jean - marie pellaux, author of a book on the affair .
then, following various media revelations, it claimed this didn' t violate swiss law as the planes hadn' t been modified in switzerland .
nicknamed the
poor man' s bombers
because of their relatively modest cost, pc - 7s are said to have been used by the cia in laos in 1962, in myanmar, guatemala, mexico, chile, bolivia and nigeria. more recently pilatus products have been spotted in iraq, south africa and darfur .
the sg550 is mechanically similar to the sg540 and sg543 rifles already described in the idr (7 / 1982, p. 875) and which were used as a base for perfecting the new rifle. sig has again designed a gas - operated weapon with a piston acting on the bolt carrier, which locks and unlocks a rotating bolt with two front lugs. that apart, the sg550 is much less complex than the stgw57, made up of only 174 parts, compared to the 237 of the weapon it will replace. the use of sheetmetal stampings and plastic material has permitted the weight to be reduced to 4kg for the standard rifle fitted with an empty magazine, 0. 1 kg less than the maximum weight stipulated by the gird. armed with the rifle and the standard service issue of 120 cartridges, the swiss soldier will not have to carry more than 6kg, a load lighter by 4. 3kg compared to the stgw57 with the same amount of ammunition .
1 - that it should serve as the basis for a family of weapons, including a standard rifle and a shortened version, the latter to be used as a personal weapon for headquarters staff, commanders, tank crews, paratroops, and special units .
3 - that it should be much lighter than the stgw57 which is considered to be too heavy and bulky, thus restricting the soldier' s battlefield mobility .
the sg550 stripped. from left to right and from bottom to top: gas regulator, upper handguard, barrel / receiver assembly, cocking lever bolt carrier, bolt and firing - pin retaining pin, firing pin and spring, lower handguard, lower - receiver take - down pins, butt / trigger / lower - receiver assembly' hinged bipod, magazine base, box magazine magazine spring and follower, charger, bayonet and scabbard, cleaning kit, and sling .
in accordance with the staff requirement, the new service rifle is being offered in two versions: the sg550 standard weapon, measuring 100cm in length, and the sg551 short - barrel headquarters weapon which is only 82. 7cm long and weighs 3. 43kg. both are fitted with a stock which can be folded, bringing their respective lengths down to 77 and 60cm. unlike the standard version, the sg551 has no bipod or bayonet attachment lug and cannot fire rifle grenades .
although the general design of the new rifle owes a good deal to that of the sg540, sig has introduced numerous improvements which make the sg550 one of the most carefully conceived assault rifles of the present generation. a description of the gas operation is the best way to support this statement. instead of entering the gas cylinder directly, as is the case with many other gas - operated weapons, the gas passes through the port of the gas intake into an lshaped channel machined in the piston head. it is thus directed forward towards the cylinder head / gas regulator and the build - up of pressure over the piston head makes the piston recoil, transfering its energy to the bolt carrier, which in turn unlocks the bolt. as the piston moves back however, the gas port and the l shaped channel move out of alignment and the piston head thus blocks the port, cutting off the supply of gas to the cylinder. the latter is fitted with an exhaust port through which the surplus gas in the cylinder and the combustion residues are evacuated. this system ensures that only the exact amount of gas needed to impart the necessary momentum to the moving parts is admitted from the bore. the moving parts are therefore subjected to less mechanical stress, increasing their useful life. the rifle is fitted with a two - position gas regulator, which is adjusted either by hand or, if necessary, with the aid of a cartridge or bayonet, so that if the weapon becomes seriously fouled the supply of gas can be increased. with the same aim of reducing wear on the most used parts, the interior of the receiver is fitted with rails which guide the bolt carrier and bolt, thus reducing the transversal stress .
a close - up revealing the ingenious simplicity of the sg550. the single forward ring holds the gas intake, the gas cylinder and its regulator, the front sights, the bayonet lug and the sling swivel the gas regulator has two positions one for normal operation and one in which the gas supply is increased, for use when the weapon is seriously fouled. the photo shows the night sight raised hiding the day sight. the protective foresight hood is also used for aiming - to give a range of 75m when launching 500g fn / luchaire type 58 - n anti - tank grenades. these grenades can be fired using standard ammunition .
in order to obtain the firing accuracy required by the grid, sig has in particular modified the barrel - manufacturing process. the chamber is now forged at the same time as the bore so that irregularities in alignment which can occur when the bore is hollowed out after hammering are avoided .
the rear sight is soldered on to the back of the receiver. it is fitted with a fourposition drum adjusted by means of micrometer screws for elevation and windage. adjustment of the drum by one notch displaces the point of impact by 25mm at 100m. at ranges of 200, 300 and 400m, the firer aims through an aperture sight. for firing at 100m or less, he has an open sight, which is flanked by two luminous tritium spots for night firing. the foresight is protected by a hood and is doubled by a folding night sight which, when erected, reveals the third luminous spot necessary for night firing. the sight base is 540mm (466mm on the sg551), which is one of the longest on a modern assault rifle after the heckler & koch g41 (556mm). when the day sight is adjusted, the night sight is also adjusted automatically .
the aluminium bipod is no longer fixed by a ring to the barrel but its attachment is slid inside the lower handguard and held in place by the upper handguard. it therefore no longer contributes to barrel vibration, a phenomenon which, in the case of the sg542, could displace the point of impact by 20cm at 300m .
even more significant was the result of a test in which 24 long - version rifles, mounted on their bipods, were used by four firers, each firer firing two serials of ten shots each from each rifle. the average grouping (100 points) was 21. 8x i 9. 4cm (91. 1 points) when the aperture sight was used and 18. 4 x 17cm (93. 1 points) when a telescopic sight with x 4 magnification was used. when eight of the headquarters weapons were tested under the same conditions, it was found that the shorter barrel did not affect accuracy when the telescopic sight was used (rectangular grouping of 18. 4 x 16. 8cm - 93. 6 points) although, with a sight base shorter by 74mm, there was some effect on accuracy when the mechanical sights were used (25 x 22. 2cm. - 88. 8 points) .
the sg550 and sg551 are not far from perfection as far as their human engineering is concerned. operation of the rifle is as easy for left - handed firers as it is for right - handed ones, as far as manipulation of the cocking handle (slightly turning the rifle if necessary), the magazine catch and the fire - selector on the right - hand side of the receiver are concerned. the fire - selector, which is combined with the manual safety, falls easily under the thumb and can be manipulated by the firer without his having to take his hand off the pistol grip. the boltstop catch is perhaps more difficult for the left - handed firer to manipulate, but he can free the bolt by a light pull on the cocking lever, which is covered with soft rubber. finally, the trigger guard is hinged and can be swung to the left or to the right for firing with arctic - gloved hands .
after the first in - service trials, sig modified the shape and position of the pistol grip, both to obtain the optimum distance between the hand and the trigger, and to bring the hand nearer to the axis of the bore to increase stability when firing and to reduce muzzle climb. or was able to confirm during an exclusive test accorded it by sig that these aims have been achieved, both in semi - automatic and in automatic fire .
because the sights are quite low, standing about 35mm high from the axis of the barrel, the firer, when in the prone position, presents a target which is about 20% smaller than is the case with the stgw57. the relatively thin stock facilitates the instinctive shouldering of the rifle for firing, with the shooting eye falling naturally on to the line of sight. the stock is semi - skeleton in form, thus lightening the rifle, but above all offering a very firm grip if the soldier has to deal a blow, parry a thrust, or use his bayonet. the butt plate is made of hardened non - slip rubber which gives excellent grip even when the rifle is shouldered against a wet or snowcovered battledress, and which allows the weapon to be used as a support to help the soldier in mountainous terrain .
when the stock is folded along the right side of the rifle, it is held in place by a stud on the lower handguard which engages a stud socket in the butt. a good pull brings the stock back to its initial position into which it is locked automatically by a butt catch. it is to be regretted, however, that when the stock is folded it is relatively difficult for left - handed firers to remove or insert the magazine .
the thickness of the handguard has been kept down so that the soldier can comfortably carry his rifle by holding it with one hand near the chamber, under which is the weapon' s centre of gravity, thus obviating the need for a carrying handle .
the handguard extends as far forward as the front ring to prevent the firer' s hand from being burned by contact with an overheated barrel. this single ring fulfills several functions: it holds the handguard in place and it supports the gas intake port, the gas cylinder / regulator, the bayonet attachment lug, the sling swivel and the front sights and their protective hood .
field - stripping and reassembly, which can be carried out without any tools, is simpler again than with the sg540, whether it involves withdrawing the cocking handle, extracting the gas cylinder, or dismantling the bipod and the handguard, the two sections of which slide into one another and are secured by hooks .
the right - hand side of the sg550, with the stock folded and held in place by a stud on the lower handguard. it should be noted that, in this position, the stock makes manipulation of the magazine awkward for left - handed firers. two rubber sealing flanges seal the cockinglever channel and protect the mechanism from dirt. ventilation slots in the handguard help to cool the barrel and raise the cook - off threshold to 240 rounds / min. the handguards are not bulky and the rifle can be carried in one hand, holding it level with the chamber, under which the weapon' s centre of gravity is situated .
while sig has made no great innovations in the fabrication of the metal parts of the sg550 and sg551 compared with the sg540, the company has nevertheless increased the strength and rigidity of the receiver, particularly the magazine housing and the rear part against which the bolt assembly recoils. it has not been considered necessary to chrome the bore, but the barrel, which is drawn from a chrome - nickel - steel bar, is thicker, particularly at the chamber, where its diameter is 28mm. great attention has been paid to protecting the exterior surfaces because of the severe conditions which can be encountered in switzerland. after being phosphatised but before finishing, the metal is subjected to a treatment which smooths the surfaces and which, according to sig, greatly increases its resistance to knocks and to corrosive agents .
despite the low weight of the magazine - 90g for the 20 - round version, and 11 0g for the 30 - round one - it is just as robust and, being transparent, permits a rapid check of the number of rounds remaining. loaded, it will withstand being dropped from a height of 5m on to hard ground, even at - 30' c. during endurance tests, it was thrown 45 times on to concrete from a height of 1. 5m, with the lips facing downwards, without any deformation occurring. even when empty, it can support the weight of a man without breaking or bending. finally, it is f lameresistant, and in intense cold more comfortable to handle than a metal magazine. more than 800, 000 rounds were fired using the first 40 of the 105 prototype weapons produced for the competitive evaluation phase, without any malfunctions attributable to the magazine. since the reliability of an automatic weapon depends first and foremost on that of its magazine, such qualities deserve to be underlined, as idr has already done in the case of the magazine used in the steyr - poch aug - 77 (see idr 10 / 1982, pp. 1 421 - 1424) .
drawing on the common practice of taping one or more magazines together (lying head - totoe in relation to another) to speed up reloading, sig has taken out a patent for a
multipack
system, approved by the grd which allows the soldier to fix three or more magazines under his rifle. to fit the magazines together, all that is necessary is to insert two studs on the right - hand wall of the second magazine into two u - shaped slots fitted against the lefthand wall of the first magazine which is engaged in the rifle. one slot is open towards the top and the other towards the front (see photo). a third magazine can be attached in the same way to the second. as all the magazines have slots and studs, there is no preferential order. one advantage of this system is that all the magazines are in the upright posi tion, lessening the risk of dirt entering the spare magazines if accidentally banged against the ground. even if, despite all, they are exposed to sand, mud or snow, the presence of these foreign agents is more easily spotted because the magazines are transparent. in addition, the gap between each magazine has been carefully calculated so that the magazine can be switched with one hand without any fumbling - the author put this to the test at length .
the cook - off threshold of the ammunition is high, being situated at 240 rounds / min compared with the 160 rounds / min specified by the grd this results from the carefully calculated thickness of the rear end of the barrel which ensures good heat diffusion during tests, the highest temperature was recorded at a point 1 5cm from the chamber - and from the good ventilation given by the openings in the handguard. operating safety is also increased by a safety catch which pre vents the hammer from falling until the breech is completely locked. in accordance with the specifications, the rifle withstands the firing of at least 600 500g grenades with the stock braced against concrete (the manufacturer claims to have fired more than 1, 000 without incident) and also the traditional 2m drop test, from any angle .
the sg550 and sg551 came through various reliability tests with excellent results, due in large part to the improvement made in waterproofing the receiver as compared to the sg540. thus, the channel along which the cocking lever rides on each side is sealed by a flange of supple, resistant rubber which protects the mechanism from foreign bodies. the new rifles stood up well to exposure to dust in both static and dynamic tests which were followed each time by the firing of 100 rounds on semi - automatic and 2
20 rounds in bursts. they also coped successfully with the sand test: the loaded rifle, with the bolt locked, was dragged 20 times on each side through sand at an angle of 55 degrees over a distance of 2. 5m and at a speed of 0. 5m / s. after each time, the rifle had to fire five rounds without jamming. for the mud test, the grd adopted the nato norm of 12 successive baths. the sg550 and sg551 came through it all with flying colours .
the operational tests were carried out at a temperature of - 20' c on the jungfraujoch, at more than 4, 000m (i 3, 000ft) altitude, the tests included filling the loaded weapon, bolt open, with snow and leaving it until it was frozen solid. a soldier then had to be able to make it ready to fire within 30 seconds using only his service - issue equipment of knife, bayonet and cleaning kit... and by vigorous kicks on the cocking lever .
the barrel is fitted with a flash suppressor with the standard diameter of 22mm. there are plans to design a new bayonet for the rifle even though the current service model can be fitted. par
ticular care has been taken with the shape and orientation of the flash - suppressor slots in order to reduce muzzle flash and avoid sand or snow being kicked up by the gas escaping once the bullet has cleared the barrel, when firing in the prone position .
the soldier will normally carry his spare ammunition in ten - round clips. using a charger, he reloads the magazine by simple thumb pressure .
the service - issue cleaning kit, which was designed with the needs of competition shooting in mind, is quite voluminous and has to be carried separately. the manufacturer has, however, de signed a smaller kit, which can be fitted in the rifle' s pistol grip, for export .
the standard - version sg550 and the short - version sg551 head uarters weapon. because of budgetary constraints, the gruppe for r6stungsdienste (grid) has provisionally shelved its plans to procure the sg551, even though this version fully meets the specifications of the staff requirement. sig will nevertheless offer both versions for export. the short version is not fitted with a bipod and cannot be armed with a bayonet, nor can it fire grenades ,
as far as exports are concerned, the new family of rifles will also be available with a 1 - in - 1 78mm rifling twist to fire the ss109 nato standard ammunition. they are not likely to be among the cheapest in their category, but these are comprehensively designed weapons. in addition to offering all of the functions a modern assault rifle is expected to perform, at a high quality / price ratio, they have an estimated service life of 30 years - which speaks volumes for their intrinsic sturdiness .
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these guns were repainted and modified versions of used models purchased in switzerland. in an email to one of the stores that was selling the guns, the rcmp said they suspected the guns could be converted to automatic weapons .
automatic weapons are banned in canada. semi - automatics are allowed as long as their magazines hold only five rounds .
it' s not clear why the rcmp decided to prohibit a whole class of guns, including about 2, 000 that had been legally purchased in canada. the rcmp did not make an announcement about the ban and has not answered calls or emails from cbc news .
the national firearms association published the news about the ban on its facebook page and website, and portrayed the prohibition as the beginning of a siege on other types of guns .
monday afternoon, after the matter had been brought up by conservative mps in the house of commons who promised to support law - abiding gun owners, public safety minister steven blaney' s office issued a statement announcing the amnesty .
the minister announced his intent to bring forward an amnesty to ensure that individuals in possession of these firearms can continue to possess their property without threat of criminal charges ,
wrote spokesman jean - christophe de le rue .
j. r. cox, who operates the shooting edge, a calgary gun store, told cbc the military - style carbines are the most expensive on the market, costing about $ 4, 000 .
there is a movement within the rcmp and they don' t like to see guns in the hands of anybody but themselves ,
he said about the mounties' attempt to put them on a prohibited list .
this story has been updated from an earlier version to correct that the amnesty is for two years .
this story has been updated from an earlier version to correct that the amnesty is for five years .
audience relations, cbc p. o. box 500 station a toronto, on canada, m5w 1e6
san swiss arms ag is a swiss manufacturer of small arms . it was known as sig arms ag before 2000 when it was acquired by the german investors michael lüke and thomas ortmeier from parent company schweizerische industrie gesellschaft ( sig ) . 
san swiss arms ag is a swiss manufacturer of small arms. it was known as sig arms ag before 2000 when it was acquired by the german investors michael lüke and thomas ortmeier from parent company schweizerische industrie gesellschaft (sig).
san swiss arms ag is a swiss manufacturer of small arms. it was known as sig arms ag before 2000 when it was acquired by the german investors michael lüke and thomas ortmeier from parent company schweizerische industrie gesellschaft (sig).