SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SAINT EDGE EVAC MOD
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SAINT EDGE EVAC FULL

The Victor carbine has a muzzle brake on the end because that is the fashion these days, not because the recoil of. We pondered it, and then had a light-bulb moment-adjustable gas system. Luckily, a fellow gun writer was on the next range, testing the Edge he had. I found that out when testing the Edge, and for some reason it would not cycle with light-bullet varmint loads.

Since the barrel is a tidy 10.3 inches long, there isn’t a lot of dwell time for the gas to work in the system before the bullet leaves the muzzle. The Edge can’t do that, but on it, the gas block is adjustable. Both have pinned gas blocks, with the Victor featuring a mid-length gas system. You wouldn’t want to slip, and the hand stop prevents that. The Edge has a hand stop on the end of the handguard, a good idea since your forward hand is going to be near the noisy end.

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SAINT EDGE EVAC FULL

The Bravo Company PKMT handguard on each goes the full length of the barrel, up behind the flash hider mounted at the muzzle. Now, since the Victor and the Edge are carbine and pistol, respectively, they have some differences. Greater safety when shooting, greater comfort when not. Also, when you are at low ready or bladed down out of ready, your wrist isn’t locked into such a sharp angle. When shooting, it keeps the elbow of your shooting hand down, so you are less likely to be “chicken winging” as you fire.

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SAINT EDGE EVAC MOD

SA's Saint Edge AR-style pistol, along with the similar Saint Victor carbine, offer flared mag wells, melonite-treated carrier groups and many extras, including spring-loaded, flip-up sights.Īlso in common, the carbine and the pistol have Bravo Company Gunfighter Mod 3 pistol grips featuring a sharper-than-normal down-angle from the axis of the bore.

I found the Springfield sights to be just fine, and have no intention of swapping them out for something else. I have given up on that quest because they are all so good now that time is better spent learning to use them. I used to obsess over iron sights and for a long time searched for the “best” ones. (We mourn for you.) They come with “H”-marked, heavyweight buffers.īoth the Victor and the Edge come with spring-loaded, flip-up iron sights.

For those in California, Springfield offers the Victor with the Strike Industries “featureless” grip, and a fixed Magpul MOE stock. Both the stock and the brace are adjustable, so guys like me with long arms can fit them to the correct length. On the Saint Edge pistol, they use a Maxim Defense CQB brace. On the buffer tube, Springfield has installed a Bravo Company stock for the Victor. Adjustable gas blocks allow owners to shoot virtually any 5.56/.223 load reliably, versatility not always built-in to short-barreled ARs. Common to both Saints are Bravo Company pistol grips and full-length handguards with ample M-Lok slots for full-on accessorizing. Some makers do, so Springfield is to be commended for getting it right. This is one detail that ought not be overlooked. It has a detail I am happy to see: SA properly stakes the receiver plate and castle nut. The carbine’s stock uses a mil-spec-diameter buffer tube. The Edge pistol doesn’t have the boron coating, but the trigger pull is currently an improved single-stage, held in with locking pins. This protects those parts from corrosion and also reduces friction as a result, the trigger pull on the Saint Victor is clean, crisp and easy to manage. Inside the lower, the carbine receives a single-stage trigger assembly with all parts treated to a nickel-boron coating. You want mil-spec? This is better than mil-spec. The bolt is composed of 9310 steel (a very good steel for this application), and the complete carrier group has also been Melonite-treated for corrosion resistance and durability. Inside their upper receivers, both Saints receive an M16, full-weight carrier and a proof-tested bolt that has been shot-peened for stress reduction. No setscrews to work loose and cause gas problems. The handguards are free-floated, with M-Lok slots, and, underneath the guards, the gas block is low-profile and pinned in place. The forged upper and lower receivers on the carbine, and the forged upper and billet lower on the Edge, are tensioned for a snug fit, by means of the SA Accu-Tite system.

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