Springfield Armory SAINT Edge 5.56 NATO
Model: STE916556B
Springfield Armory SAINT Edge 5.56 NATO
Model: STE916556B
Full Specifications
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About This Firearm
The Springfield Armory SAINT Edge is a mid-length semi-automatic AR-15 in 5.56 NATO built for range work and home defense. Springfield Armory no longer makes it, so it is a used buy. Its gas block is pinned, low profile and adjustable, which no other rifle in the SAINT line had, so the gas can be turned down behind a suppressor or for a light load.
It came with metal spring-loaded flip-up sights at both ends, one magazine and a padded rifle case. The safety is ambidextrous and the trigger is a flat modular match unit. The lower is machined billet with lightening cuts, Accu-Tite tension and quick-detach sling points cut into it, and the handguard free-floats the barrel on M-LOK. The muzzle wears a Springfield multi-port brake with no thread pitch marked under it.
If you're cross-shopping, a Springfield Armory SAINT Victor is discontinued as well, carries 0.37 lbs more on a forged lower, and has a fixed gas block, a single-side safety and a flat GI trigger. A Daniel Defense DDM4 V7 has an MSRP of $2,073, weighs 0.01 lbs more and has an ambidextrous selector, though its gas block is not adjustable either. The Edge is the one of the three that lets gas be turned down at the block.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The billet lower is machined with lightening cuts, which is where part of the weight saving comes from.
- The barrel is chrome moly vanadium with a Melonite finish in a lightweight profile.
- The handguard free-floats the barrel on M-LOK, so a light or a bipod loads the rail and not the barrel.
- A lightweight barrel profile heats faster than a government profile, which shows late in a long string of fire.
- The billet lower with its lightening cuts and tension screw is not a standard forged part, so a used one is worth checking around the screw and the quick-detach sockets.
- The flip-up sights are spring loaded, so they stand up on their own if the release gets knocked with an optic mounted.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the lower a standard AR-15 fit?
Yes at the pins and the controls, so triggers, grips and buffer tubes are ordinary parts. The lightening cuts and the quick-detach sockets are Springfield's own machining.
What is the Accu-Tite system?
A tension system Springfield fits to take the play out of the upper-to-lower fit. It is set at the factory and needs nothing from the owner.
What stock is on it?
Bravo Company's GUNFIGHTER Mod 0 SOPMOD, which is the SOPMOD version of the stock the rest of the SAINT line used.
Which SAINT replaced it?
None. Springfield lists the SAINT Edge 5.56 as discontinued, and the Victor and the base SAINT are out of production too.
