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Old 06-13-2016, 05:11 PM
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Always wanted a SIG-Sauer P225 9mm. Found one over the weekend with three magazine. Made in 1994. Now my P220 .45 has a baby brother.
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Old 06-13-2016, 07:37 PM
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Lookin' good.
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I'm not a huge fan of DA/DA autos, but my 225 is probably the most naturally pointing handgun I own. Congratulations on your acquisition.
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In my opinion, that is one of the finest single stack 9mm ever produced. That, the Model 39, the single stack 9mm Government Model and the SIG P 210. Fabulous 9. As noted, a wonderful pointing pistol. Congrats on the purchase.
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Old 06-15-2016, 02:15 AM
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Don't know how true this is but the West German P6 is supposed to be the P225 in 9mm. Only difference I can see between your pistol and mine are the following.
Says made in West Germany
the hammer is slightly different in that part of it curls back. I was told it was made this way so the armorer knew if it had been dropped on the hammer. Like yours very much. My P6 shoots great and love ticking off the pray and spray guys at the range. Frank
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A very fine pistol. The P 225 came about when SigSauer cut down the P 220 9mm to fit the dimensions specified for the West German police trials in the 1970s. This pistol won big; a majority of the states plus the Federal government adopted it as the P 6; the other two guns approved, the Walther P 5 and HK P 7, only were adopted in a few jurisdictions. It has been replaced by now in most states with a hi-cap gun, versions of the the HK P 30 and Walther P 99 mostly, but a few cash-strapped states still issue it.

Yours is a civilian commercial version. I'm curious where you got the 1994 date. The right side picture is a bit too blurry when enlarged, but it seems to say "Made in W. Germany", putting it before 1990.
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l always wanted a 225 in the 80s.... but could never find one....finally picked one up in the late 90s....... great gun; felt almost as good in the hand as a Smith 39 but like the Smith 39 was a whole lot bigger than the 3913s I'd been carrying since the early 90s .

Another single stack 9mm in the same category is the Beretta 92 Compact Type M..... 8+1 with a 4.25 inch slide/barrel...... still have several and a bunch of mags......

Ended up trading the 225 off, for a IIRC a Sig 245..... about the same size (overall) but a .45.
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Inusuit, for defense, I prefer the SA/DA. Nothing beats a SAO, but I seldom use those for anything other than target shooting and hunting. Don't care for striker fired handguns, especially those with the safety on the trigger, as that is not a good design for pocket carry. I grew up on revolvers, so the transition to SA/DA was natural to me.

Aircrewman, yes it seems to point quite well, better than its P220 big brother, which points very well for me. BTW, a Model 39 is on my bucket list too, but having a Model 52 it's been lower priority. Might hold out for a nickel 39, since I have no nickel pistols.

Frank46, the biggest differences between the P225 and P6 are:
  1. Generally the P225 has a finer finish. The P6 is more utilitarian but this does not mean it is an inferior finish. Again, this is a generality as there are exceptions.
  2. All P225s have a feed ramp optimized for hollow points. Generally most early P6 models have feed ramps optimized for FMJ. Later P6 models have the P225 feed ramps.
  3. P6 models have the "Deformationssporn" hammer, literally "deformation spur". The curled end has a narrow opening in it. For some reason the P225 if dropped has a propensity to land on the hammer. The P6 hammer is designed to close that gap if it lands on the hammer, giving a department armorer a visual tell-tale that the gun was dropped and to inspect and/or replace the hammer.
  4. The P6 has a heavier hammer spring. An easy upgrade is to replace it with a P225 hammer spring.

Absalom, actually 1994 AND Made in West Germany are correct. Upon reunification, the German government allowed manufacturers to continue to put Made in West Germany on their products for five years. Reunification was on October 3, 1990, so the cut off date was October 3, 1995. SIG/Sauer ran right up to the date. In fact, they still have Made in W. Germany marked slides in stock after that date, so they have to stamp out the W. portion. In depth info about this topic here:
Is my "Made in Germany" (or West Germany) SIG Really German? - Real Gun Reviews

BAM-BAM, I really liked the feel of the 39. But when they went to the 39xx series, I passed. The arched backstrap was gone, and the grip just seemed like I was holding a piece of lumber. That's one reason why I never cared for the Model 59 either. I think the 39 was more reliable than the 59, anyway.
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