#Saint keymod accessories issue mod#
#Saint keymod accessories issue full#

The front sight has an A2-style square post, adjustable in half-minute clicks with a cartridge tip or sight adjusting tool. It is adjustable for windage only with half-minute clicks.

So the Saint comes with front and rear flip-up sights. But backup iron sights are a desirable accessory, especially on a rifle in the Saint's price range.

With the exception again of Camp Perry, not too many people shoot ARs with iron sights these days. The bolt is the standard Carpenter 158 steel, shot-peened and magnetic particle inspected. Taking a look under the hood, the trigger assembly is in GI configuration, but with a pewter-colored nickel boron coating. You expect to see one when examining a new AR. Like many manufacturers, Springfield has specified the MagPul PMag 30 magazine. There's a curved trigger guard to allow easy shooting with a gloved finger. It has a handy internal compartment for storing batteries or other accessory items, and you get to that by pinching tabs on either side. This has become the dominant configuration, and I take that to mean that no one outside the gates of Camp Perry shoots an AR from the prone position anymore.

#Saint keymod accessories issue mod#

Mod 3, and in the current style, it has a more vertical, 1911ish orientation than the old A2 grip. I've shot ARs whose upper and lower receivers had barely been introduced that shot just fine, but consumers tend to judge an AR on the fit between the two halves when examining one at the counter. Manufacturers have started deleting some of these on economy models, but they're present and accounted for here.Īnother thing that dealers really like is a tight fit between upper and lower receiver.

#Saint keymod accessories issue full#

This allows fine adjustment of the nut, but definitely requires a lot of thread tapping.Īs befits a rifle in this price range, it has the full complement of dust cover, shell deflector and forward assist. The barrel nut has two rows of 20 threaded holes for attaching the handguard. The flash hider is the closed-bottom A2 type that helps limit position disclosure in dusty environments. The barrel has a 1:8 twist to stabilize most any bullet weight, and is Melonite treated for corrosion and scratch resistance.