![]() ![]() However, I’m really a carbon-fiber mountain-rifle kinda guy when it comes to hunting tools. ![]() I appreciate a configurable chassis-stocked rifle for competition. ![]() A tactical look is also popular, and the SIG Cross has it in spades. High-capacity and interchangeable magazines are popular on modern hunting rifles. The Cross’s skeletal aluminum buttstock is fully configurable for cheek rest height, length of pull and buttpad position. (RifleShooter photo) SIG touts the Cross’s minimal overall folded length as 25 inches with the 16-inch barrel and 27 inches with the 18-inch barrel. A folding stock minimizes your rifle’s footprint when stuffed inside or strapped to your pack. A backpackable size is another coveted modern feature. This stems from the burgeoning popularity of suppressors. Let’s circle back a moment and address that statement: “conceived to fit the needs of modern hunters.” What, exactly, do modern hunters want? Well, sometimes I’m not sure even they know, but there are a few features that are en vogue. Usually, you need a full set of imperial and metric Allen keys along with a professional mechanic’s socket set in order to adjust all the adjustables on precision rifles. And to my surprise, all the movable parts make sense and are hand-adjustable. Unlike most modern all-metal, skeletonized, folding bolt-action rifles, which tend to be sized like Arnold Schwarzenegger and weighty enough to make an admirable anchor, the Cross is light-boned-svelte, even. The folding buttstock attaches to its rear and the barrel assembly to its front. The action is monolithic and entirely independent, which is a signature element of its design. Importantly, although the Cross looks like a chassis-type bolt-action rifle, it is not. The action has an AR-type magazine well that uses AICS-type magazines.Īn ambidextrous safety both looks and functions like an AR safety. The barrel/handguard assembly are not the only AR-esque features. It’s built on an action of aluminum, with an AR-type interchangeable barrel an AR-type free-floating aluminum handguard that fully encircles the barrel and a skeletonized, folding aluminum stock that’s configurable for cheek rest height, length of pull and buttpad position. There’s nothing traditional about the Cross. Skeletal and tactical at heart, it is relatively light and compact, and was conceived to fit the needs of modern hunters. “Or a Leatherman tool.” Introduced in 2020, it is SIG’s first bolt-action design. “It’s like a Swiss Army knife,” I thought. SIG’s new Cross rifle lay folded on a table in front of me. ![]()
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