in v0.12 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7081 (by @luke-jr) was merged adding `-bytespersigop` (with default of 20).

this is preventing simple bare multisig transactions from being accepted into mempool when the size is < 400 bytes.  
eg; https://gist.github.com/rubensayshi/ac4f617207f7a50559e85d61c05800be

from 1-of-7 and onwards they are accepted because the ratio of bytes:sigops is high enough.  
also having 2 or more inputs will work because it again tips the ratio of bytes:sigops over.

the reason mainly being that `GetLegacySigOpCount` calls `GetSigOpCount` with `fAccurate=false`.

It looks like changing `GetLegacySigOpCount` to use `fAccurate=true` would cause side effects in the few other places (`ConnectBlock`, `CheckBlock`, `CreateNewBlock`) and simply adding `fAccurate` as arg to `GetLegacySigOpCount` would affect the value stored in `CTxMemPoolEntry.sigOpCount` which in turn affects a bunch of other things.

std::vector<CScriptCheck> vChecks;
            bool fCacheResults = fJustCheck; 
            if (!CheckInputs(tx, state, view, fScriptChecks, flags, fCacheResults, nScriptCheckThreads ? &vChecks : NULL))
                return error("ConnectBlock(): CheckInputs on %s failed with %s",
                    tx.GetHash().ToString(), FormatStateMessage(state));
            control.Add(vChecks);
        }
        CTxUndo undoDummy;
        if (i > 0) {
            blockundo.vtxundo.push_back(CTxUndo());
        }
        UpdateCoins(tx, view, i == 0 ? undoDummy : blockundo.vtxundo.back(), pindex->nHeight);
        vPos.push_back(std::make_pair(tx.GetHash(), pos));
        pos.nTxOffset += ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
    }
    int64_t nTime3 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeConnect += nTime3 - nTime2;
    LogPrint("bench", "      - Connect %u transactions: %.2fms (%.3fms/tx, %.3fms/txin) [%.2fs]\n", (unsigned)block.vtx.size(), 0.001 * (nTime3 - nTime2), 0.001 * (nTime3 - nTime2) / block.vtx.size(), nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * (nTime3 - nTime2) / (nInputs-1), nTimeConnect * 0.000001);
    CAmount blockReward = nFees + GetBlockSubsidy(pindex->nHeight, chainparams.GetConsensus());
    if (block.vtx[0].GetValueOut() > blockReward)
        return state.DoS(100,
                         error("ConnectBlock(): coinbase pays too much (actual=%d vs limit=%d)",
                               block.vtx[0].GetValueOut(), blockReward),
                               REJECT_INVALID, "bad-cb-amount");
    if (!control.Wait())
        return state.DoS(100, false);
    int64_t nTime4 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeVerify += nTime4 - nTime2;
    LogPrint("bench", "    - Verify %u txins: %.2fms (%.3fms/txin) [%.2fs]\n", nInputs - 1, 0.001 * (nTime4 - nTime2), nInputs <= 1 ? 0 : 0.001 * (nTime4 - nTime2) / (nInputs-1), nTimeVerify * 0.000001);
    if (fJustCheck)
        return true;