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The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

229 | The Story of the SIG Cross Hybrid Hunting Rifle

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The new Cross rifle from Sig Sauer is a hunting rifle like you haven't seen before. It is a combination of a bolt-action rifle with AR-styling and a chasis-style stock that is both foldable and incredibly adjustable. But there's more to the Cross than just modern looks. Along with the Cross rifle, Sig also launched a completely new cartridge called the 277 Fury. This new cartridge with a hybrid steel and brass case design allows for the short 16" barrel to send a 140g bullet at speeds just shy of 3,000fps. Patrick Hanley from Sig Sauer joins us to discuss the story behind the Cross rifle, the new 277 Fury cartridge, and more. Learn more about the Cross at https://sigsauer.com/cross https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0

Well, welcome to the Huntback Country Podcast and thank you guys so much for tuning in.

0:27.3

In the month here of May 2020, we've been doing some extra episodes on Fridays related to firearms topics.

0:34.4

So in the past few weeks we've talked about ballistics and bullets and related topics.

0:39.2

And today we're talking about a brand new rifle that's being released to the hunting market.

0:44.0

That's much different than what you might think of when you think of hunting rifle.

0:48.4

And it's also from a different company that you might think of.

0:52.1

So we're talking about the SIG Sauer Cross Rifle.

0:55.6

And the guest today is Patrick Canley, who's the product manager there at SIG,

1:00.1

who we have gotten to know over the past year or so,

1:03.6

gotten to see some of the development of the cross rifle behind the scenes,

1:07.6

shoot it at Shot Show, and then shot some prototype synths as well.

1:11.9

So it's an interesting concept. It's a completely different change of idea from what, again,

1:18.2

you might think of as a hunting rifle. And we dive into today, not just features,

1:22.3

not just like marketing points, but really the story behind the development of the rifle

1:27.2

that I was really curious to hear about. So how did SIG Sauer get into the hunting market?

1:32.6

Why did they get into the hunting market? And why did they do it with such a radical new design?

1:38.0

We talk about all that today with the SIG Sauer Cross Rifle.

1:41.3

If you guys haven't seen the rifle yet, you might want to go take a quick peek at it just so you can

1:45.2

kind of see some of the things that we are discussing in this show. You can just go to

1:49.6

SIGSauer.com forward slash cross. Or there'll also be a link in this show description.

1:55.8

Guys, as always, we thank you so much for tuning in. You can contact us directly via email

2:01.0

to podcast.exeomountgear.com. And if you're enjoying the show, we'd appreciate you review

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