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.

{
            const COutPoint &prevout = tx.vin[i].prevout;
            const CCoins *coins = inputs.AccessCoins(prevout.hash);
            assert(coins);
            
            if (coins->IsCoinBase()) {
                if (nSpendHeight - coins->nHeight < COINBASE_MATURITY)
                    return state.Invalid(false,
                        REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-premature-spend-of-coinbase",
                        strprintf("tried to spend coinbase at depth %d", nSpendHeight - coins->nHeight));
            }
            
            nValueIn += coins->vout[prevout.n].nValue;
            if (!MoneyRange(coins->vout[prevout.n].nValue) || !MoneyRange(nValueIn))
                return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-inputvalues-outofrange");
        }
        if (nValueIn < tx.GetValueOut())
            return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-in-belowout", false,
                strprintf("value in (%s) < value out (%s)", FormatMoney(nValueIn), FormatMoney(tx.GetValueOut())));
        
        CAmount nTxFee = nValueIn - tx.GetValueOut();
        if (nTxFee < 0)
            return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-fee-negative");
        nFees += nTxFee;
        if (!MoneyRange(nFees))
            return state.DoS(100, false, REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-fee-outofrange");
    return true;
}
}
bool CheckInputs(const CTransaction& tx, CValidationState &state, const CCoinsViewCache &inputs, bool fScriptChecks, unsigned int flags, bool cacheStore, std::vector<CScriptCheck> *pvChecks)