Springfield might not be the first to the AR party, but it certainly redefined the discussion.
version in the Victor line.
All the familiar controls are there where you expect them.
The SAINT Victor .308 is a svelte and handy rifle that is just at home in the hunting field as it is on the competition range.
The Victor .308 features a 16 1:10 RH twist lightweight chrome-moly-vanadium barrel with Melonite finish inside and out.
An effective proprietary muzzle brake tops off the threaded muzzle.
The bolt carrier group is also Melonite finished.
Springfield Armory’s double baffle muzzle brake is designed to control gas dispersion and help reduce muzzle rise.
A 15 M-Lok free-float handguard surrounds the barrel and covers amid-length gas system.
Flip-up sights are included as well.
Springfield Armory also includes their own in-house single-stage polished nickel-boron-coated flat blade trigger with the SAINT Victor.
The Victor .308 was run through Echo Valley Training Center’s Jungle Walk Range, which involved targets at close distances and out to several hundred yards.
My rifles trigger broke at 5 lbs.
A Bravo Company pistol grip and adjustable buttstock round out the SAINT Victors aesthetics.
And you get all of this for an MSRP of $1,399.
Springfield made a conscious effort with the rifle to harness .308 Win.
power in a firearm as svelte as many 5.56mm AR rifles.
Combining the great handling of the SAINT Victor platform with the increased power of the .308 Win.
The author mounted a Trijicon VCOG 1-8X on the SAINT Victor .308 for testing.
cartridge is the key to its allure as a versatile performer afield.
I mounted a Trijicon 1-8X VCOG on the rifle for testing.
I fired several different .308 Win loads from the bench to determine an accuracy baseline.
The Victor .308 features a straight, flat trigger. Equipped with the included Magpul 20-round PMAG.
I used the EVTC Jungle Walk Range to get a sense of handling of the SAINT Victor.
Targets were set out randomly along the meandering 575-yard range.
A shooter must move down the path until a partner points out a target for engagement.
The SAINT Victor .308 has an adjustable gas block that employs differently sized gas apertures that screw in.
Often unconventional braced field positions were assumed to take advantage of fallen tree or limb for support.
Frankly, the SAINT Victor handled more like a 5.56 NATO rifle than a .308 one.
A definite candidate for this title is the SAINT Victor chambered in .308 Win.
What’s not to like about an accurate, semi-automatic. lightweight .308 Win.?
The SAINT Victor .308 offers a lot of power in a very handy package.
