Arik
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Sig said they tested it for several hundred drops
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New Competition for the Shield
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I believe they DID talk about drop testing it, in the article.
I gotta be wrapped up tightly in old school gun. I just can't seem to take a shine to striker fired handguns. I'm a hammer fired blooded dude.
I ain't got nothing against strikers; I do have complete dedication to hammer fired handguns.
I'm going Charlton Heston with my P239: "...from my cold, dead hands." I wouldn't swap it for Kate Upton.
Besides that, there ain't no such thing as a striker 1911-A1.
I ain't got nothing against strikers; I do have complete dedication to hammer fired handguns.
I'm going Charlton Heston with my P239: "...from my cold, dead hands." I wouldn't swap it for Kate Upton.
Besides that, there ain't no such thing as a striker 1911-A1.
Buy a P220, or a P226, or a P229, and you might wind up selling your other guns.
Arik
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I bought all 3 (228). Wound up selling the 228 and soon the 220. Will probably keep the 226
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I'm inferring that you're good with the Clinton lock on S&W revolvers, but you're not good with pre-Clinton lock revolvers.
My P229 & P239 do not have safeties; well, they do. It's my brain and fingers.
I have no clue of how many times I've holstered my P229 w/o a negligent discharge.
Guns with manual safeties can be negligently discharged.
I've seen maybe a few negligent discharges in a 20 year career. None were due to handguns. All were due to operator negligence.
There is absolutely no need for any safety on a double action revolver. There is no need for any safety on a Sig P229. There is a need to keep one's brain in gear and fingers off of triggers until operators are ready to fire.
It appears that strikers have a rap sheet for negligent discharges.
Some helpful advice: if you're relying on a manual safety to prevent negligent discharges, a handgun refresher course might be helpful.
As for me, I never rely upon safeties as 100% reliable. I'll go with safe gun handling every single time.
You can fix your hasty errors.
Arik,
By a huge margin, my P229 .40 S&W is the most reliable handgun I own, and that includes S&W and Ruger revolvers. It's also the best made handgun I own.
I've had a few revolvers fail. Thank God, I've never experienced a single problem with my P229.
Just my opinion: the P229 is the best handgun on the market.
The P229's slide is milled. The P226 slide is stamped. However, there is no practical difference. Tiny cracks in P226 slides usually don't show up until after 40,000 rounds.
By a huge margin, my P229 .40 S&W is the most reliable handgun I own, and that includes S&W and Ruger revolvers. It's also the best made handgun I own.
I've had a few revolvers fail. Thank God, I've never experienced a single problem with my P229.
Just my opinion: the P229 is the best handgun on the market.
The P229's slide is milled. The P226 slide is stamped. However, there is no practical difference. Tiny cracks in P226 slides usually don't show up until after 40,000 rounds.
Arik
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I don't have any doubt of reliability in Sigs, especially the old ones. Both my 228s were great, so is the 220. The 226 is still new to me but I don't foresee any reliability issues with it. They're good quality guns.
My thing is that I don't have a preference for any specific trigger type or materials. It comes down to the overall package. Sig's triggers, in my experience, are inconsistent. All 4 guns have different DA pulls. Both 228s were ok. Probably about 10# as advertised. The 226 feels like a 20# pull. I checked, nothing is broken or stuck. And the 220 is the smoothest. Both the 220 and 226 are early 90s made in W. Germany. The 228s were made in Germany late 90s.
They all weigh more and are thicker. Both 228s had a hump on the right side grip panel that would rub the bony part of my thumb, just forward of the web, which was a major PITA as a lefty.
With all of them I'm slower on the first shot.
My daily carry is a striker fired gun. It's thinner, lighter, has a consistent trigger pull around 5#, carries just as much ammo and I'm much faster on the first shot.
So for me it's overall package. Keeping those I don't shoot is against my religion!!
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My thing is that I don't have a preference for any specific trigger type or materials. It comes down to the overall package. Sig's triggers, in my experience, are inconsistent. All 4 guns have different DA pulls. Both 228s were ok. Probably about 10# as advertised. The 226 feels like a 20# pull. I checked, nothing is broken or stuck. And the 220 is the smoothest. Both the 220 and 226 are early 90s made in W. Germany. The 228s were made in Germany late 90s.
They all weigh more and are thicker. Both 228s had a hump on the right side grip panel that would rub the bony part of my thumb, just forward of the web, which was a major PITA as a lefty.
With all of them I'm slower on the first shot.
My daily carry is a striker fired gun. It's thinner, lighter, has a consistent trigger pull around 5#, carries just as much ammo and I'm much faster on the first shot.
So for me it's overall package. Keeping those I don't shoot is against my religion!!
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Preordered mine for $499 yesterday.....comes with night sights too.
I own a 226 and really like it. I also love my Shield. Hmmm. If I end up with one I won’t be selling my Shield to fund it but would like one.
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Barring any problems that crop up after the pistol hits the market, I think this pistol may very well be a game changer in the hugely competitive sub-compact 9mm market. No one has produced a pistol this small with this much capacity. It's in the intersection between those two conflicting intentions where 9mm sub-compacts have become stuck until now.
I've got Sig DA/SAs, Rugers, and S&W semi-autos. I'm a DA/SA guy primarily and have never owned a striker fired pistol. This may be my first.
$499 initial street price with two 10 rnd mags and Sig Night Sights is pretty sweet. Price should only get better.
Hoping there are no problems with the roll out or performance.
I've got Sig DA/SAs, Rugers, and S&W semi-autos. I'm a DA/SA guy primarily and have never owned a striker fired pistol. This may be my first.
$499 initial street price with two 10 rnd mags and Sig Night Sights is pretty sweet. Price should only get better.
Hoping there are no problems with the roll out or performance.
I just wish they’d offer them without Siglites, which would lower the price some. I don’t need night sights and hate to pay for something I don’t want or need. Just saying.....
Jim1392
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You're in luck! Suggested retail is only $599!
There taking orders online for $499.00. I'll bet when the rush is over it will go lower just like the LCP II did.
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I own their P320 subcompact and compact in 9mm and .357. the more axis is too high and the trigger is good, better than a Glock, horrible when compared to Walther PPQ or CZ p10, the shield has a nicer trigger than Sig's.
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Funny, when I think of Sig, I think of over weight, over priced and over hyped. But this gun has my attention. I will wait a year while others beta test it for me.
I also don't know if I can bring myself to pay $55 for a 12 round magazine.
When the Shield came out I immediately bought one for $399. $90 later I had a decent set of Meprolite night sights on it. $50 or so later I had an Apex trigger in it. So now I am at $540 in the Shield. Splitting hairs over the few dollars it costs to get the "perfect" carry gun may not be the brightest decision one can make.
I sold my Shield because it was a bit too big for pocket carry and I could actually IWB carry a just slightly larger gun with more capacity just as easily. My Kahr PM9 remains as my small pocket semi as it, in my hands, far more accurate and easy to shoot than the Shield.
I will look very closely at the SIG 365 as it's size once again tempts me. My other Sigs, an old W.German P226 and M11A1 will remain in my small semi collection and hopefully be passed down among my family members long after I am gone as they are the most solid, accurate shooters I have ever shot and that includes hundreds of students in my classes.
I sold my Shield because it was a bit too big for pocket carry and I could actually IWB carry a just slightly larger gun with more capacity just as easily. My Kahr PM9 remains as my small pocket semi as it, in my hands, far more accurate and easy to shoot than the Shield.
I will look very closely at the SIG 365 as it's size once again tempts me. My other Sigs, an old W.German P226 and M11A1 will remain in my small semi collection and hopefully be passed down among my family members long after I am gone as they are the most solid, accurate shooters I have ever shot and that includes hundreds of students in my classes.
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Hasn't every gun had some competition.
