Is this model popular in your area? What sort of money do these bring?

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I always liked the 239 and have a 9mm and a 40 and a 357 Sig extra barrel. When you get used to the de cocker on the Sig it becomes second nature. You will find them in different conditions but 400 and up into the 600 range can be expected.

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I bought a nice blue one in 9mm with two mags at an estate auction a couple of years or so ago for $350.

In my former career when I went into a detective unit, we were allowed to qualify and carry a P239 in 40 S&W. In uniform we carried a P226 in 40. Always thought the 226 was the nicest shooting DA/SA semi I ever shot. Then I had the chance to use the 239. I shot that even better, as it just fit my hands perfectly. We eventually went to M&P 45s and I had to turn both in. A few years ago, a close friend passed away and left me a few of his firearms, including a like new, German made 239 in 40 S&W. I still have it and cherish it. I don't pay alot of attention to semis when I walk into a LGS, as I'm more interested in revolvers, but that said, I don't think I have seen one for sale locally, ever. Bill in MA

Congratulations on a fine addition to the family

Yours is an early two tone. Originally SIG nickel plated the slide, controls, trigger and hammer so that they all would match. The later two tones are just slides that they did not coat in Nitron. I think the older ones look much better

I have many P239s, all of mine are chambered for the 357SIG cartridge.

I fell in love with the cartridge when I was working out in Dallas County. At the time Texas DPS was evaluating it for their next duty round and I got considerable early experience.

The initial duty gun was the P226, but several years later the P239 was adapted for Detectives and the Brass that wanted/needed a smaller firearm.

Here are some of my P239s. My DPS P239 is the one with the 405 inventory number on it.

The P239 is a VERY robust and accurate firearm. I keep my hard chromed P239 in my vehicle as a backup(the bottom one in the group photo)

The slide weight really tames the recoil of a smaller sidearm. If you have not shot it yet, you will be pleased.

As to price in my area? I have no idea, I stopped buying them before the China Virus Crisis hit us


If you did not know, the US Secret Service used the SIGs and 357SIG cartridge for many years. Even in the protection of our President, They did 125 commemeratives for awards and stuff

All of the P239 pistols share barrel dimensions, so you can take a Factory 9MM barrel and drop it in your 357/40 pistol, You can even use the same springs and I know that the 357SIG marked magazines work perfectly. Others have told me that the 40S&W marked magazines also work just fine with the 9MM ammunition

I bought one of the factory threaded 9MM barrels just so I could use my can on the pistol. I also put the Nills grips on that particular two tone P239
Sometime after the adoption of the P239, DPS want more capacity so SIG made a run of 8 round magazines. These were not the commercial blue mags, they were phosphate coated for better corrosion resistance. These came to us in a big cardboard box with the mags just heat sealed in little baggies


SIG Greatly Over Estimated the demand for these longer mags and began selling the internals with the longer base plate as a plus-1 kit fit the 357 and 40 magazines.

Here is my Hard Chromed P239 with the longer mag, i actually like the little extension it gives

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The P239 is a great gun the only drawback is magazine capacity. You MUST try a set of Hogue rubber grips vs stock. Total game changer. The .357/.40 caliber has a beefier slide than 9mm and can affect holster fit - see photos. They are a fine combat handgun. My 9mm has the DAK trigger system. Both have the XS big dot sights.
The .357 Sig was my retirement gun from PD where we carried P226 9mm. Carry gun at my second career until I obtained the 9mm DAK.

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I traded for my P239 about 5 years ago. Great gun! I really like it. I carried it for a while as an experiment. But ended up going back to my .45 Colt Commander as it wasn't much bigger.
A quick check of GB has them ranging around $500-800 depending on caliber. .357 Sig seems to bring the highest while .40 S&W or DAK versions selling for the least.

A few have come up in my area within the past year, and were going in the 750 range. I scored mine a few years back for around 500. Mags are kinda hard to come by, I managed to find 4 last year and happily paid the 40 apiece the gentleman was asking. I had Rob Leahy build a CID holster for it with the inside out straps. I barely notice it's there when I'm carrying it.

The gun is far more accurate than I am!

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Even older, even crankier....

Bought new at Lou's Police Supply years ago by our boy.
Think it was around $500.
Night sights and 3 mags but the sights no longer glow.

Shoots nice and has a low round count, maybe 100, so it's a safe queen along with his G36.

Pics of Sig in 9mm with Ruger Officer in 45.

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I believe that value has gone down on these. As usual I inquired about value at a gun store and was told $400 at best retail. Don't really agree with that. They are good guns. Added night sights to mine. They are heavy for their size. You can buy a new fantastic plastic for the same retail. Not getting rid of mine! Bob

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I love the 239’s. I’ve had 3, but only still have one. It’s my original .357 Sig that I bought for $500 several years ago. I bought a .40 for $500 back in 2019 and a 9mm in 2021 for $450. I see them pop up on Florida gun trader and armslist semi frequently for anywhere from $600 up to $850 for a pimped out Scorpion SAS 9mm model. The Scorpion was fairly recent, and if it had been a .357 Sig, I might have snagged it. In the past couple of years, $600 is the lowest asking price I’ve seen, but don’t know what they ended up going for.

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My 239 9mm is a trade-in from a California law enforcement agency and was reconditioned before resale. I later added the Short Reset Trigger kit. I rarely see them for sale here. I think the last one I saw for sale was .40 S&W and that has been quite ways back.


I like DA/SA Semi-automatic pistols which are not in vogue at the moment. This topic does remind me that I should do a magazine inventory.

The P239 is one of those guns that many just overlook and don't know what they are missing. Heavy for its size, yet compact enough and still large enough to consider it a fighting gun and not necessarily a "backup". It really shines in .357sig and when you put on a set of Crimson Trace laser grips, it feels and handles amazing. I could give or take the actual laser. The grips just change the game as far as tactile feel.

I had a couple over the years in 9mm. Those were the years where I wasn't able to just keep every gun that came along, so they were eventually traded or sold off. In 9mm, it's an unnecessarily heavy gun. Now I'm blessed to be able to pretty much keep whatever I come across, so I'm down to one in .357sig. I've added standard factory barrel in .40 and a threaded factory barrel in 9mm with extended capacity magazines as well. It's basically a "kit" gun now, that I can enjoy with three different calibers. Having grown up in my career on the P series Sig's, the controls and ergonomics are second nature.

In summary, I'm a fan.

They're great guns, but my uses they're oversized and heavy with their capacity by today's standards. I had one in blue and stainless, but sold them after smaller and higher capacity guns started becoming more common.

They are great guns, and they've certainly not gone down in value. Four or five years ago you could get very nice examples for $400-$500, now it's more like $700+. Capacity isn't an issue, neither is weight. The real issue is that in true Sig fashion when they stopped producing the 239 they also stopped supporting them with parts and mags all together. This made the cost of parts, barrels and mags skyrocket. If you can get one in the caliber you want with a half dozen mags it will serve you well for your lifetime. But don't pass up spare parts if you find them, JIC...

Here's the 9mm P239 with my goto fishing gun, unless I'm in a kayak.
Bought the M59 and stopped carrying the Colt GM/45 around '81, as ya never know who and how many will float ashore in the Keys at night.
More ammo and flatter shooting.

The P239 kinda looks top heavy, like a 10,000 passenger cruise ship.

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I'm a 239 fan also. This one in 40S&W DAO model is my living room gun that's sitting here next to me as I write this.

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Expensive and hard to find magazines are a problem with the 239. When I got my gun I went searching the internet and was quite disappointed. However, I went to the LGS and it turns out that they had them in stock at very reasonable prices.

Sig made great guns.... I've still got 220s, 245s. and a 229 with both .40 and .357 barrels.

Passed on the 239 and 225s in favor of the slightly smaller and lighter S&W 3913/14s and NLs.

Another 239 fan here, I used to CCW the 9mm version. The 9mm 239 was intended to compete with the S&W 3913 back in the day. Prices vary and in store availability in the used cases tends to be low. I've occasionally seen the NYPD authorized DAO versions pop up as an ex-cop wants to sell. There was some concerns about magazine availability but gun mag warehouse is showing some .40 cal ones in stock.

They’re great handguns. Had one in 9mm about 15 years ago and got rid of it like a fool. Wouldn’t mind picking up another one someday if I ran across one at the right price.

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Bought this about two years ago when the NCSHP was dumping their service weapons. 357 P226’s and 357 P239’s. Along with Beretta 1301’s
Got one of each.

The 239’s from what I was told were issued to the governors detail. Not many. This one appears unfired.
Got the case and three mags. $550

ladder13 I would like to get one of those Berettas myself. A friend got a Beretta 1201fp recently and has started decimating the coyote population of western NC.

I have a .40 S&W chambered P239 and it is a fantastic gun.

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Not popular around here and don't see many for sale. Not sure why. I have two. One I purchased many years ago for around $450 which I think was police surplus. Purchased another one last year for $600 form a forum member on another forum. That one was a lightly used SAS edition with some extra mags. Both of mine are 9mm because that's what I load. If I see those for $600 in decent condition with a few mags I'm going to seriously consider the purchase. I think around $700 is the street price these days. Very accurate and easy to shoot. I see a few LE surplus show up from time to time but they're mostly 40's. Nines don't last very long on the market.

I think you'll enjoy yours.

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Bought my P239 about 13-20years ago.First self denfense forearm I've bought.. Use mostyle 165 gr bullets in it.I think of it as my 45lite. I do have some Federal which i'm saving. Before Sig has their announcement that that would Support this model I went out and bought the last 6 for this caliber, During all this I managed to get an all leather holster and plemtyu of mag holdersds

I origionally paid $300 for mine. Last One I saw at a gun show yhe price tag was now $560. Frank

What I find odd is the 226 and 239 in .40 you can just swap in a 9mm barrel, but the 229 in .40 you need an aftermarket conversion barrel to run 9.

I have a 226, and 2 229s, one dak and the other da/sa. In .40 the 226 shoots very well. My buddy has a 239 in .40 and I need to claim dibs if he ever parts with it.

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I'm growing old(er) watching for a 357 Sig barrel, maybe someday.

My only annoyance has been at least 2 holsters sold as correct for the .40 which were clearly made for the 9 and are too tight. Mine came to me with excellent Hogue grips, and out of curiosity I ordered a set of factory panels, which were inexplicably terrible. Not a complaint - just had to see what others were talking about, and wow they were right.

The weight is perfectly fine with me, both for engineering goodness and the comforting reminder when it is on my person.

Seems that the going price on GB is in the $500-$750 range depending on the model with extras. There one that’s pushing $900. These are great, but under appreciated little pistols simply due to its single sack mag. With a conversion barrel, they become very versatile and even better. This is my (only one) 239 with its 357SIG barrel. I also have the 40SW barrel. The 40 mags feed the 357s without issue, so one set of mags for two calibers. The 239 is very accurate in either caliber. The Hogue wood grips dress it up and, for me, offers a better “feel”. I carry it as my EDC and not feel “under gunned”.

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I got a P239 9mm in the late 90's. Loved it and carried it for 2 years.
Traded it in on a P239 .40.

Used that one for 2 years and traded it for a
used P245. That was the most accurate .45 I've ever shot.
After a few years, I wanted a carry gun with more than 6 .45's in the mag and traded for a P229 in .40.

Found a used.357 Sig barrel for $100 and wow! That P229 came alive.
Ever since I went to .357, I've only shot .40 a couple of times. Once when
a bud had traded a .40 for a .45 and gave me his left over ammo. The
other time was to do an accuracy test for a reloading buddy of mine.

Picked up a new P220 later. Most accurate full sized .45 that I've ever shot. Still wish I hadn't sold the P245.

The P229 was made in Germany in mid 90's and is my go to carry gun.

My father rolled through town two years ago and wanted to drop some things off for me - tools, family heirlooms, a few pistols. One of them was a Sig p239 Tactical in 9mm. Had two standard magazines and one extended 10 round magazine. I thought it was a very unique pistol for him to own for self defense, he had no use for a threaded barrel.

I love shooting the pistol. At first I thought it would be of no use to me but it has really grown on me. I love the short reset trigger. The night sights are dim but no worries as I want to change them for more of a 6 o’clock hold vs. point of aim.

I’m a big P239 fan and still carry the DA/SA regularly. That’s the gun that’s been in my collection the longest. I got it new for $330 in 2004 from a local sporting goods store that was going out of business.

I don’t think the P239 was ever super popular and certainly isn’t now. There are a few for sale local to me but they’ve been sitting in shops for months, some at decent prices.

At seven yards, or any distance that I can see the first bullet's hole, I just try to put the next two thru the same hole.
Then I move to another spot on the target and do the same thing.

Do the same thing with a rifle and scope, T-36 at 100yds, but try for a ragged hole with five.
On the bench with my elbows.
Third one was a called flyer, so no point in wasting two more.

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This was the first pistol I bought when I turned 21 back in '98.

It's waaaaaaaay out of style now. DA / SA, no plastic, single stack, heavy, 40 S&W.

BUT, it's a FANTASTIC gun. I carry it a lot and it's easy to conceal and comfortable in a belt scabbard. Very accurate and a great trigger pull in both DA and SA.

Sig discontinued this piece a few years ago and surprisingly it has a following today and they are getting more expensive on gunbroker.

Do a search on that site for completed auctions and you'll see what they are bringing nowadays.

There are two used ones in a LGS right now. One is a .40 in black finish and the other is a two tone in 9mm. The first one is priced at $500 and the other at, I believe, $539. Don't know what they have by way of boxes, spare mags, etc. Both of them have been there for a while.

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I did do a search and found variations of up to $200.00 for the base model P239. I don’t know if that is a regional thing or not.

Thanks for all the responses.

The P239 in .357 is my EDC, carried cross-draw on the left with a cross-draw magazine pouch on the right side.

My P239 journey began oddly enough with a Glock 17. Back in 1985 I was in OK at Altus AFB and drove up to Lawton to visit Adamson's Guns, saw the newly imported G17 and bought it for $280. The serial number was AY442, and I had that gun until 2014 when I finally accepted I couldn't shoot it well. I sold it with the intent to use the funds towards something I could shoot and occasionally carry.

There was a gun store outside McChord AFB, Rainer Guns, and he had some small HK and a "police package" P239 in 9mm. I liked the P239 ergos better and bought it, somewhere around $700 (full retail). The G17 grouped like a blast of 12ga buckshot, but the P239 actually had holes that touched here and there!

I still have that P239 although due to the caliber it lives in the safe. I had the opportunity to buy another in .357 for $400 and snapped it up. That gun was sent home for a checkup and as mentioned, is my EDC. I have the .40 barrel and magazines for it as well.

No good pics of the .357, but this is the 9mm:

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I added Hogue G10 grips to both of my P239s recently.
The SAS DAK is my primary CCW right now.





I think I shoot the DAK version better than the DA/SA.
It's a great pistol to carry.

OP, I see you're in Atl. AmChar in McDonough has a blue one in 40 cal with two mags for $500. As of last weekend. Go get it, before I'm unable to fight off the temptation.