Sig 516 gas settings

[ncbmx64]

I recently bought a Sig 516 and had a question about the gas settings it has a setting to turn it off completely. Wanted to know what that setting would be used for. Sorry for the dumb question just new to AR's

[Tactical Ninja]

If you were to turn the gas system off I imagine it would eliminate the action of the BCG making you charge the weapon after each shot is taken.

[ncbmx64]

Just was wondering why you would want it to do that is there any benefit

[Paulo_Santos]

One of the uses for the off position is to have it shoot like a bolt gun, which could be used for better accuracy. Another use would be if you wanted absolute stealth when using a suppressor, the off position prevents the weapon from cycling, which means even less noise.

[Darith]

I patched together the gas settings from the manual here:
http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv271/darith27/SIG516/sig_516_gas_settings.jpg

[Tactical Ninja]

How do you like your 516? I've heard mixed reviews, and it seems that alot of the bad feedback is from people who aren't big sig fans.