Swiss Arms SG 751-P SAPR A Quick Look

Although this will take me a couple/few posts, I'm not going to go into my usual detail in this write-up because, if you are looking at this, you already know a bit about the 550 series of rifles so I don't need to explain every little mark, feature and design element.
The 751 is essentially a 551 upsized to 7.62x51 (.308). JDI Firearms out of Frisco Texas recently imported 100 of these from Switzerland as "pistols" and, as of this writing, some are still available. Typical of true Swiss built rifles, Quality is on par with a Rolex and every part and detail is made as if it were designed to last until the sun begins to die (that's around 5 Billion years from now in case you didn't know). SAN (Swiss Arms Neuhausen) calls it 751 a "Precision Rifle". In fact, "SAPR" stands for Swiss Arms Precision Rifle but, in reality, it's nothing more than a designated marksman's rifle, NOT a sniper rifle. Whatever you want to classify it as, it's pretty darn schweet and it's just begging to be converted into an SBR. Let's take a look.



Here's what you get when you unbox your new clunker:





Up top is the case. It's nothing special, just a polymer case with egg crate foam inside. It's not fitted to the rifle like some of the old preban 550's were. In fact, I don't even know if it's Swiss made as it has no markings molded into it but it might be because it's pretty much identical to the one that came with my SAN 553 that was imported by Sig Sauer a few years ago. You can't read it in the picture but the label on the case says:
17118 SAN (Swiss Arms) On the end of the case (not pictured) is another sticker that reads:
SG 751-P SAPR JDI 34550236
SAPR-SB_HA_P_black 11"
R 00628

Below the "pistol" is the bag it was in rolled up, the cleaning kit, magazine (it only came with one), a can of spray lubricant and the manual with its storage bag.


The cleaning kit:





The bits that are marked are marked as Italian made and I suspect that the whole kit was sourced there. it includes both a steel cleaning rod as well as a pull through with mops (in the bag), oil, grease, various brushes, a brush with an unknown tool at the other end, a few wiping cloths and the storage bag.



The manual, although neither as in-depth nor in color as was the one that came with the 553, is more than adequate.....so long as you can read German!:





Swiss Arms has an English one online though that you can download if you want.* If you know how to maintain a 550/551/553, you already know how to take care of this on anyways.


Swiss Arms makes the rifle (lets just call it what it really is intended to be, shall we?) in both a long barrel and a short barrel version. JDI has imported the short barrel model:





Inside the front of the manual is a little evidence of just how crazy meticulous the Swiss are:





Notice the first line. It is telling you the last time the manual was updated. It was October 18th, 2010.........at 5:56PM! Sometimes I think they are just TRYING to be cranal (as in crazy analretentive. (I made that up. Feel free to use it. HAHA) Seriously, I think it's a joke. It might be true but whoever did it had to be snickering when he did it. Crazy Swiss dudes.



Here's a size comparison shot of the 20 round 751 magazine with a 20 rounds HK91 on the left and a 30 round 553 on the right:





A size comparison 751 to HK91:






Comparing the receiver markings on the 751 to the 553:








I'm far from smart but these markings appear to be laser engraved. Whatever they are, it wasn't done with stamps. They are a bit deeper on the 751 but are otherwise just like the ones done on the 553. Because of this, I assume that even the importer marks were done in Switzerland.



Just like an HK, even though the 751 is in 7.62, the receiver has the same cross section as the 5.56 model:





But, of course, it's longer:






The 751 uses 551 handguards but, because it has a longer receiver, the stud that holds the stock in the folded position had to be repositioned to the receiver. Here we clearly see that the polymer stud has simply been ground off the 551 handguard and a steel stud welded to the side of the receiver to accommodate the extra length:






A look into the trigger group:





Not much to say as it's identical to a 550. The pull is the same beautiful two stage experience too. Notice that they use flat coiled stock for the hammer spring instead of coiled wire just as they have been for all these years.


Of course, it wouldn't be Swiss if it didn't have a place to put a plastic troop tag! In this case, it goes in the pistol grip:






The gas plug has four settings:





"X" is off.



Both front and rear sights are nothing more than simple folding back-ups calibrated to 100 meters as the rifle was meant to be paired with an optic:















The rail is welded on, not riveted:





That's it for tonight. I'll continus from here in the next post. Goodnight!