I finally got out today to shoot my new P229 Legion.

After I got the gun home from the dealer I cleaned it thoroughly and greased the rails and barrel/slide interface with DuPont Krytox high performance grease. I will only discuss the Krytox briefly, and I recognize that gun owners are very brand loyal to their greases and oils. For the most part they are all pretty much the same, except for Kyrtox which stands alone. More about that later.

I had a collection of eight magazines; three came with the pistol, a couple more used, and a couple more from Sig. One more was a MecGar extended magazine for the Sig P226 which everything I'd read seemed to say would work just fine in the P229.

I used Speer Lawman CleanFire 357 SIG Ammo 125 Grain and a handful of my carry ammo- Georgia Arms 125gr Speer HP.

I fired 300 rounds of the Lawman without a single failure of any kind as well as a couple dozen carry rounds without failure. The P226 magazine did not work; the bullets nose-dived and wouldn't feed. I'll be selling that one off. All the other magazines worked 100%. The gun is very accurate and I was getting some great groups, which I did not measure for no particular reason.

After shooting and home, I disassembled and cleaned the gun again. There was no smiley on the barrel or even normal wear on the slide rails which I attribute to the Krytox.

Overall I am very pleased with this gun in this caliber. It's now in my EDC lineup and I'll be carrying it tomorrow.

One humorus note. There was a story in the news recently about a police officer in a shootout with a dirtbag, and the cop put a bullet down the dirtbag's gun barrel. I duplicated that shot today as seen in the picture below. Like the cop, I made the shot without actually trying. (center of head mass shot that inadvertently went down the barrel)

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Sweet! I really enjoy my 229 Legion. Mine is in 9mm as I was looking down the road when I won't have so many other calibers available or affordable. I've got another 229 in .357sig already and love it!

I just picked up a 226SAO in 9mm, but haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. It does have the best trigger I've ever tried on any Sig pistol. I'm expecting good things.

Nice. Love the gray finish, the undercut trigger guard, and the checkering on the front strap. The grips, meh, I like the fine grain plastic grips. They really stick to my hand.

Wish SIG would optionally offer the Legion without the extended beavertail. I want the option of cocking the hammer with the thumb of my grip hand, not having to use my other hand. The Legion beavertail is not as long as the one on the Elite models, but it's still in my way.

If you want to trade off a Sig P229 mag for a Mecgar P226 mag with the +2 floor plate let me know. I had heard they were compatible but it didn't feed at all in my P229. The 9mm ones might work, but the .357 didn't, and the bottleneck cartridge even helps with feeding.

EDIT to add: The trigger didn't get a mention in the review but it is the best production trigger I've ever felt. The reset is VERY short and positive (hear it and feel it).

I'm not a fan of the big beavertails even on my 1911, but this abbreviated one is acceptable. If they'd just offer the P229 in SAO...

Have about 450 through my Legion 229 in 40 S&W I want to get a 357 Sig barrel for it so I'll have the option where I can shoot and carry it also if I would desire to .. and maybe a 9mm conversion sometime later ..

I have smaller hands but am able to cock the trigger even with the beavertail on the Legion !! Gotta love the short reset trigger ..