Held a Sig P210 the other day..2 stage trigger pull?

[Breakaway500]

While at a gun shop the other day the owner handed me a P210 for comments,as he knows I usually won't hold back. The trigger at first seemed odd..it had a bit of take up (pretty normal) then a very small soft section (about 1lb to pull through) as the hammer moved back ever so slightly during this soft section and then a very precise crisp (1lb or less) release. At first I thought something was wrong...but with every pull of the trigger I started to really like it. Are all P210s built with this "two stage" type of trigger? He didn't know..and not much online..but I understand it is marketed as a target pistol,and this trigger surely would be in that category. Just wondering...is this a normal P210 trigger release?

 

[teletech]

The 210 is thought of as a target gun in the US, but in it's native land it was just the standard-issue sidearm given to members of the military and police and so was built with a 2-stage trigger. The view was it's a bit safer and also easier to make a good trigger in a gun where the sear and hammer assembly is modular and not fitted to the gun.
The match and target guns have it too, but a bit more refined as the hammer-sear module is fitted to the particular gun.
Give it a box of ammo and you'll be used to it.

 

[MikeR90S]

The first to second stage break over is also adjustable as is the final break. On the US made guns there is a rotating cam to do this. Per the attached, it looks like filing might be needed on Swiss guns. Hammer spring tension is screw adjustable to fine tune the break.

Its the only gun I ever had to make the trigger heavier on to avoid doubles on quick strings of fire.

I briefly had a "carry" model. It had a stronger hammer spring (larger wire diameter) and not as nice a trigger feel overall, set for almost no first stage travel.

 

[WardenRoss]

I have a couple. I have to warn friends that I allow to shoot them to be careful or they will “double-tap” a couple of rounds unintentionally.

Usually followed by “WHOA! …….Man!….. that’s a light trigger!”

I laugh and say “Amateur!”

And they’re used to match grade 1911’s and such.

The P210 is an amazing pistol.


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[Daimler1989]

trigger pull on the SIG 210 is indeed 2-stage. The gun was designed around a french pre-WWII-pistol after WWII with influences from danish target shooters (Denmark was the first user of the 210 as a military sidearm, then called the M49), hence the trigger layout. If you are a good shot, you can shoot the 210 with almost surgical precision due to the crisp second stage pull. But the trigger is not so well suited for fast shooting.
As far as I know there is no adjustment on the 210-1,-2,-3,-4 (civilian, police, army and German Border Police versions) but probably on the pure target versions -5 and -6. Don't know about the newly made 210s you can buy from running production in US.

That's my 210-4 German Border Police 500 pieces special run, 20 rounds 25 meters

regards from Germany
Ulrich

 

[Rock185]

Breakaway, On and off since the '80s, I've owned P210s. Currently Swiss, German and American made 210s. Yes, what you describe is a normal P210 trigger release.