Classic Sigs New to Me

[sprscientist]

Picked up a P220 and a P239 on smaller auctions recently. Added Hogue goncalo alves grips to both. Turned out pretty nice I think. I used to have a P245 but sold it long ago. Now I wish I would have kept that one. It had Sig's ilaflon coating. Here are the recent acquisitions:

 

[Hawg Rider]

Very nice pickups! SIG Sauer makes some outstanding firearms...I just wish they weren't so expensive! But I remind myself that you get what you pay for.

I only have a few SIGs in my modest collection but they are some of my favorites, especially the Legion versions. My P320X5 Legion is my "go to" for shooting Action Steel and USPSA Limited. My P226 SAO Legion is probably my favorite "fighting pistol" and it is unbelievably fast and accurate. My MPX, now registered as an SBR, is just plain cool and fun to shoot.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Bit of a Sig fan since 1989; my first a 220, then a brace of 245s mid-90s and a Langdon steel 220

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Sig makes some great stuff...this P220 Elite and P226 Elite were brought in to a gun store where I used to live by an older guy in a wheelchair. He said each only had one magazine through it and wanted to sell them. They look new so his saying only one mag put through each is probably correct. The store put them on the shelf and I got them for $600 each. This was less than ten years ago.

 

[Oldsalt66]

Very nice looking pair of SIGs and those grips set them off nicely.

I'm a fan of classic SIGs myself.

 

[sprscientist]

Great pictures and stories. I got the P220 with box and 3 factory mags for $610, and the P239 with box and 6 factory mags for $390. So good deals I think, especially the P239.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Very nice looking pair of SIGs and those grips set them off nicely.

I'm a fan of classic SIGs myself.

They came with wood grips but the factory polymer grips look and feel better to me.

 

[zeke]

Always wanted to try a 239, but got Walther PPS instead because could try before buying.

 

[diyj98]

I loved the 239 I owned, but as smaller and lighter 9mm's came into the market, it kind of lost it's charm so I sold it. They're still great guns though.

A 220 I once owned was probably the most accurate stock 45acp that I've ever owned. It's another one that I should have kept.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I have two P-239's. I've had one for many years and decided to pick up another one a few years ago. P-226, P-228, P-229 and P-239 9mm's are becoming sought after. There are still some deals out there on 40's however but they'll never be as popular as the nines. Well made alloy frame DA/SA pistols with a solid reputation among LE and military users.

I had two P-220's but sold them both because of oversized bores that leaded the barrels. Very frustrating. That was before I went to 9mm FMJ. Should have kept those and figured it out. P-220 was the only Sig that I found that did that.

 

[Valmet]

Those older German made Sigs are the only ones I’ll own (preferably W German).

 

[BAM-BAM]

West German 220, "Ernest Langdon" 220 w/ stainless steel slide and frame , and a brace of 245s; one with a Nickeled slide.

The German 220 will shoot "cloverleafs" at 50 feet!

245s shoot like they think they're 220!

All great guns.......All four have wood grips, the 220's are factory, the 245s Hogues, the Langdon has Nill's walnut grips

 

[Golddollar]

I couple years ago there was a post here about a store over in Coatesville, PA getting in a load of P220 Sig .45s that had been acquired from the Connecticut State Police. It became a "To the Batmobile" moment and I made the almost 2 hour drive to the shop. The gun was immaculate and came with a hard box and 3 spare magazines. The price was too good of a deal to pass up. It was probably about a 2 minute decision that this was coming home with me.

 

[Yendor357]

One of my favorite bad guys, Neil, in the movie Heat used a SIG P220.

My German P220 is a favorite of mine. It is bone stock except for the skateboard tape on the front of the grip frame. 200 grain Corbon hit hard, shoot straight.