09/07/2026
In this TFB video, James sits down with a SIG engineer Adam Agri, who we have had the pleasure of hosting in Malta at the time that the AFM’s SOU received their first batch of MCX weapon platforms.
Adam, who was there from the beginning of the MCX program, explains how the platform was actually developed, from early prototypes and failed concepts to winning military contracts and evolving into today’s Gen 3 systems. This is not a surface-level review, this is a detailed technical discussion covering suppressed performance, durability testing, design tradeoffs, 300 Blackout development, and what makes the MCX fundamentally different from the AR-15. If you’ve ever wondered why the MCX exists, what problems it was built to solve, and whether it really lives up to the hype, this is the most in-depth explanation you’ll find anywhere.
In this full deep dive, James sits down with a SIG engineer who was...