 What's up guys and welcome back to the John and Q channel in today's video I'll be going over this rifle right here the Springfield Armory St. Victor 556 Disclaimer for you guys Springfield Armory did send this rifle for me to review on the channel Springfield Armory came out with this rifle right and it's actually packed with some Magpul furniture you got the buttstock you got the grip and you got this angled for grip by Magpul This magazine is made by Magpul But this is mine and does not come with the rifle and the rail covers on the rifle are mine And do not come stock by Springfield Armory as well as a cloud defensive weapon light That's mine and it does not come with the Springfield Armory Victor the hollow Sun 510C is also mine And does not come with the rifle just want to make sure that was clear But you do get these flip-up sights both rear and the front so that's nice of them to add I'm pretty sure you can get this exact same setup stock, but a different color like black and gray This is what I would run on patrol and my range days like today Okay, let's do a quick rundown of the specs on the St. Victor. It's got a 16 inch cnv Mellonite barrel low-profile spring loaded adjustable flip-up sights the upper receiver is a forge 7075 t6 aluminum and it's type 3 hard coat anodized It's also got a Ford assist and m4 feed ramps the lower receiver is forged by 7075 t6 aluminum Same type 3 hard coat anodized and it's got an acute tight tension system The bolt carrier group is enhanced m16 with 93 10 steel bolt HPT slash MPI Mellonite the gas system is a direct impingement mid-length low-profile pinned gas block The handguard is aluminum free float with SA a locking tabs and their M lock stock is a magpul MOE SL FD E color the triggers got a nickel brown coated flat GI the muzzle device is a SA muzzle brake The receiver extension is a mill spec receiver and plate. It's a QD charging handle GI style safety switch single side So the St. Victor stock from the factory weighs at about six pounds and nine ounces and it's got an MSRP price of about $1,200 I think I've shot about 800 rounds through the St. Victor and I want to say it actually shoots very smooth And it's very light. It's got no crazy recoil. It doesn't have any surprises when you shoot It shoots and it shoots well and to be honest, that's what I look for in any gun, especially rifles I'm at the range from on patrol. I need this rifle to work and there's a few features. I love about this rifle See this right here. Look at the trigger on that Nice flat trigger. So the fact that sprinkled armory made the Victor with a flat trigger to me That's just a huge upgrade I don't have to buy it on the flat trigger and try to install it onto the Victor Another thing that I do like is that they include QD mounts and by that I mean like they give you a placement for a QD mount I actually installed my own QD mount up here just because I do like the way this Fits a lot better, but if you wanted to you could purchase one and install it right here with the pre-installment Already made for you. I mean that to me. That's a nice feature on it You don't see a lot of that on rifles nowadays. Let me show you this part that I actually do love the The safety switch is right here and the cool thing about the safety switch is this I want to fire I just have to engage it and it kind of shoots up about what? 30 degrees instead of the whole 90 You know how in most rifles you have to engage the entire switch and that's got to be pointing all the way up But with this this is safe fire So it's about 30 degree difference and to me that's a big deal because I want to get on target I want to shoot my target quick and I want to engage quickly so I can neutralize that target to me engage in that switch It's smooth and it's very quick. So I love that the Victor comes stock with that kind of feature That's pretty cool, and I found that as I'm shooting this rifle It doesn't have a ton of recoil and it doesn't give you a ton of bounce as I've shot other rifles Hopefully that makes sense, but there's not much of a kick once you pull that trigger So as I'm shooting the same Victor, man, I'm really liking the way it feels I love that there's not much recoil and it doesn't bump you all over the place, right? The one thing that I would change on this rifle is I'd get a radiant raptor charging handle Which I made just upgrade to that. There's no Picatinny Top rail up here, and there's no M lock. It's just a smooth surface on the top of this barrel and the actual M lock system up here, so I Mean is that such a big deterrent? I don't think it should be if anything like as I'm gripping this with my support hand It gives me a smooth grip and honestly it does have like my thumb My thumb is able to grip even more so just because there's that smooth surface and some M lock I can attach to but also these rail covers do help to mitigate kind of that You know the sharpness or hardness of the M lock for a semi-spec out rifle that you can get for less than 1200 bucks I'd pick this up man. I mean if I were you I would for sure buy it I'm not getting paid to say that. I'm just that's genuinely my opinion and before I reached out to Springfield Armory to be honest I was looking at getting this rifle So when I shoot this all the time is this gonna be my new range rifle you betcha Are you gonna pick this up? Do you think it's worth it? Do you like the features that it comes with? What would you change? Let me know down in the comments below and with that being said guys Thanks so much for watching. Please make sure to like and subscribe to the channel and as always I'll catch you in the next Johnny Q video peace. I like this rifle a lot man. I'm gonna go shoot some more. Let's shoot it