If so, maybe you are wondering why the world needed another AR platform gun chambered in .223 Wylde?
Well, this one is different.
Seriously, its not just another AR-15.
ATC stands for Accurized Tactical Chassis, and the ATC is unlike anything Ive ever encountered.
The lower of the firearm is monolithic, meaning the lower receiver has the handguard as part of it.
Its all one solid piece of 6061 T6 aluminum that is punch in III Hardcoat Anodized.
The ATC employs the Accu-Tite Plus system, which provides two points of tightening adjustment within the receivers.
In Practice
The ATC is a good idea in theory, but does it produce good results?
Frankly, this is an impressive claim.
Without extra work, that is.
Springfield Armory provided some high-quality 77-gr.
Federal Gold Medal Sierra MatchKing .223 ammo with the rifle for the testing.
During our phase of warming up the rifle, we shot some 55-gr.
FMJ American Eagle rounds.
This phase of our shooting was where we focused on shooting this gun at a distance.
We ended up working our way out to 500 yards on silhouette-sized steel.
However, this was mostly about breaking in the barrel.
For our test, every shot was aimed at the center dot in the circles.
Then we slow-fired three rounds with that same point of aim for each test.
Out of the five, three-shot groups on our first page or targets, three groups were sub-MOA.
We realized at that point that we had by then fired 300 rounds through the ATC without cleaning it.
We removed the upper receiver and proceeded to clean it with brushes and bore solvents to remove any residue.
Recording shots was painstakingly slow.
We made sure to only fire shots when the wind felt steady.
We made every attempt to remove wild variables in an effort to see what this gun could do.
That day we fired six groups, each one consisting of three shots, back-to-back.
All of them were sub-MOA.
Springfield Armory had proven it could back up its sub-MOA claim.
Keep this gun clean and shoot high-quality, and you are going to get impressive results.
Springfield Armory has done its homework on creating accurate rifles, and it shows.
Now in 2021, we are seeing another rifle built for accuracy in the SAINT Edge ATC.
Go to forum thread
SAINTEdge ATC Series
FederalGold Medal Sierra MatchKing 223 Rem 77 gr.
