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I think the Sig SG 510 was the standard Swiss Army weapon at the time the Pinz was put into service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_510

In the 90s they started switching to the Sig SG 550.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sig_550

I did acquire a S/R K31 with matching serial numbers.

McCall Pinz wrote:I think the Sig SG 510 was the standard Swiss Army weapon at the time the Pinz was put into service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_510

In the 90s they started switching to the Sig SG 550.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sig_550

That's correct about the models, but don't believe everything wiki says about the Sig 510...

Clumsy cadets having to carry the older model instead of the new one sounds unlikely... Army units were trained with either the old one or the new one, and transitionned to the new one as a whole. So when you had switched to the new one, there wasn't an old rifle available to be carried around as punishment... also, I don't find the old rifle to be "steadier in full automatic fire": the additional weight is more than compensated by the fact that it fires a much bigger round, similar to the old NATO round (I think the equivalent is .308 Winchester).
The 57' (old model) was indeed a very heavy and sturdy piece of personal artillery...

I was trained on the old one and transitionned to the new one after a few years. It was much easier and lighter to carry... which had for consequence that you had to carry it with you /on you pretty much all the time...
Both rifles are very accurate. Actually, the first round I ever fired with the new rifle, on a range at 300 yards, was a perfect bulls-eye! (that's hitting a point a tad smaller than a dime) it was the last one I ever got, too...

Jan

the styer aug cost about $2200 dollars, but cant have them in california.