Most have heard of the AR15.
According to researchers it
is the rifle type most used in
mass shootings in this country.
Now a new rifle is on the market.
Investigative reporter Nathan Baker reports.
Gun safety advocates are worried.
At June's Showmaster gun show inside the
Dulles Expo Center, nearly 300 vendors
show off a wide range of firearms,
from handguns to rifles.
Plenty of those vendors
offered the AR15 the most
popular and customizable American
rifle for more than 50 years.
Typically chambered with the 556
NATO round, but people attending
that show say they're looking
forward to the AR15 successor.
The MCX spear chambered
with the new 277 Fury round.
What makes you excited?
About the new main battle rifle.
Probably the round it fires OK.
What about a new that they put into
it so it's supposed to reach out
a little bit more than the 556?
Since our like current engagements
are typically longer than what
a 556 and reach out to like in
the Middle East and whatnot.
But the 277 fury versus the 556
might be exciting to shoot, right?
Yeah, of course, seeing which one?
Which one affect the most?
That like which one do the most damage?
Impact like how they look
and stuff like that, right?
Right on the target.
It will change how we
look at life afterwards.
This is the MCX spear shown in promotional
video for manufacturer SIG Sauer.
It won the competition this year
to become the US Army's so-called
Next Generation squad weapon.
It has to bring a significant change
to warfare. It has to be lighter.
You have to get the range you
have to get the terminal ballistic
and you 2 can buy the
Army's new rifle six hours.
Sells it now to the general public,
both under the MCX Spear and XM
five name. It goes for $8000
various vendors we talked to
at the Dulles Gun show expect
that price to go down by
half in the coming years.
It can be accurate up to 1000
yards with enough power to
punch through nearly all body
armor according to the US Army,
the Army says at one of the
new 277 Fury round because the
Army's current round of 556 NATO
often fails to punch through
enemy body armor at long range.
the US military is calling it a game changer.
That kind of game changing gun.
It will be on the hands potentially
of 18 and 19 year old kids.
Ryan Bussey is a former firearm
company executive now working for the
Giffords Campaign for gun regulation.
There are probably almost no law enforcement.
Agencies probably almost no domestic
police agencies that have body armor
set to defend against the 277 Fury
police vests can be pierced with
current AR15 rounds the rounds.
The MCX spear shoots are specifically
designed to Pierce through all
but the toughest body armor.
According to the US Army
local police agencies in DC,
Maryland and Virginia declined
to confirm the level of body
armor its officers wear.
But some law enforcement sources
tell WSA nine officers are not.
Equipped with the level 4 armor
required to stop the rounds,
these new rifles can shoot the
abilities the MCX spear has in taking
on America's foreign enemies can in the
wrong hands make long range shootings?
Select the recent Highland Park
shooting which killed 7 or the
2017 Las Vegas shooting which
killed 60 people even deadlier.
The vast overwhelming majority of people
who own AR fifteens don't use them
illegal or any criminal horrific way,
but we've seen a few do.
We should be worried about what the
sort of marketing and encouragement
that might happen with this gun
because it's it's going to be a
lethal gun at a long distance.
We reached out to SIG Sauer
for comment about how it plans
to sell and mark up their XM5
rifle. We have not received a response
but in a company blog 6 hour CEO says
this is a rare opportunity for passionate
consumers to own a piece of history.
We reached out to local gun stores to
see when they expect to start selling.
The SIG Sauer MCX Spear and the XM 5 rifles.
They tell us within the coming months.
Nathan Baca W USA 9.