Ha! I eat hot peppers daily . . . nothing thermonuclear lately.

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Originally posted by Erich:
Ha! I eat hot peppers daily . . . nothing thermonuclear lately.

They're GOD's gift.

Brother, you're right! I think I'll go get some now on some eggs for breakfast!

By the way, I called S&W about the frame plug falling out. They've got a new one in the mail to me.

Hottest pepper I ever tasted was a Red Savina. I had an out of body experience with that one.

Anybody attempted to taste test the Naga Jolokia?

The Bhut Jolokia? NMSU has the seeds . . .

Glad you finally bought one. My 40VE was the first smith I purchased and will be in the family for a long time.

Hi Srigs,

I saw your comments on yours over at the M&P Forum. I'm really impressed at what a value this is - I mean, you can get into a brand-new fine-working hi-cap 9mm semiauto with four mags for far less than a used .38 Spl revolver. Wow. How do you not take that deal?

I've been reading folks' comments on my post on other boards over the last few days, and I note that S&W seems to have greatly improved the finish on a lot of the fire-control parts on the Sigma. There was a thread here that showed how to basically do the Glock 25¢ trigger job on a Sigma - the pics in that thread showed that a LOT of parts in his older Sigma really needed polishing. I found only two parts (both stamped) in mine that needed polishing - almost all of the rest were MIM and were so perfectly made that they were polished to a mirror finish.

They've obviously improved the Sigma. This current deal is a heckova deal.

Picking my used "like new" Sigma, 4 mags, up on Friday for $190!!! Supposedly 400 rounds through it.

Thanks Bompa for the info on the high caps. I may carry the 10 with the shorter magazine, and get a full capacity or two as spares.

Beware the peppers: sometimes they are as hot coming out as they are going in!

Thanks Erich for your informative and exhaustive review. I bought my 40ve a couple of years ago. I bought it because of the price. I wanted something new and there it was. Also went for the 40 because I wanted something larger than a 9. This may have been a small mistake due to ammo prices, but oh well.

I love it. Trigger is stiff, but I think that is good in a DAO. A trigger job on mine would probably reduce it a little, but I haven't sprung for that yet. Accuracy is fine at short distances as you say. Although I can't seem to manage quite your results. I suspect that is not the gun's fault though.

There are a lot of people on this forum. Some you discount, some you take with a grain of salt, some you tend to believe, and a select few who when they write something you sit up and open your mind. I consider you to be in that last category. Thank you for this thread and your contribution to this forum.
Shaun

Gosh, Shaun, what a nice thing to say! Thanks!

I'm really itching to get back to the range with the Sigma. I want to try to chrono the rounds that I wasn't able to get done due to the cold messing my batteries up. I've seen that the Ranger 127-gr +P+ does 1350 fps out of a Glock 19, so I'm expecting at least 1300 out of the Sigma (which, as I mentioned, seems to shoot "fast").

And I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of my extra mags and rebate check!

Thanks for the review. Really enjoyed reading it.

A very well written review. Thanks.

wyo-man

Thanks to both of you - only one more day before I can get to the range to shoot it some more!

I have always thought it was the best bargain out there for the money and a lifetime warranty.Now they have a rebate and free mags. I'm tempted to buy another in 40 cal. I have been very satisfied with the 9ve.

Too windy for me to shoot today. I'm really itching to see what those +P+ rounds chrono at.