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Sig 232
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Yep, my mistake. Sorry bout that.
I've had a Sig 232SL for years. It's a great 380. Never had any problems with reliability. The gun is all steel so it's a bit heavy for a 380 but MUCH easier to shoot than the micro/polymer 380s. Also, with the 3 1/2" barrel it has almost identical ballistics to a 2" J frame 38.
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I owned a P232 for several years. It came to me on a trade. Overall I liked the P232. Very accurate. Fairly easy to shoot well. Flat compact profile made concealment easy.
Couple of drawbacks that I remember. First, you have to be careful how you grip the P232; a high grip (like many of us are accustomed to) will allow the slide to take skin off the web of your hand on both sides (a bleeding hand is not a happy hand). Second, recoil is rather brisk in the lightweight, fixed barrel, blowback operated .380 (not uncontrollable, but I found it to be more distracting than the .45ACP in a 1911 pistol). You can't "limp wrist" the blowback pistols without experiencing failures to extract, eject, and feed, they require a firm grip to function properly.
Overall, I figured that I could do without a .380 completely and stick with my preferred calibers (.45ACP, .40S&W, .38 Special) for personal defense. I wouldn't feel unarmed with a P232, but I've developed some strong preferences over the past 45 years of daily carry.
Couple of drawbacks that I remember. First, you have to be careful how you grip the P232; a high grip (like many of us are accustomed to) will allow the slide to take skin off the web of your hand on both sides (a bleeding hand is not a happy hand). Second, recoil is rather brisk in the lightweight, fixed barrel, blowback operated .380 (not uncontrollable, but I found it to be more distracting than the .45ACP in a 1911 pistol). You can't "limp wrist" the blowback pistols without experiencing failures to extract, eject, and feed, they require a firm grip to function properly.
Overall, I figured that I could do without a .380 completely and stick with my preferred calibers (.45ACP, .40S&W, .38 Special) for personal defense. I wouldn't feel unarmed with a P232, but I've developed some strong preferences over the past 45 years of daily carry.
I have a P239 in 40 cal and a P232 w/stainless slide with alloy frame and it's considerably smaller and lighter.
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Looked at a 230. Didn't see any advantage to a less aesthetically pleasing, larger, heavier .380. There was something quirky about how it disassembled also that made me balk. I want to say the take down lever was an extra step and you still had the PPK take down process on top. By far the biggest problem I saw was that it was huge in comparison to a PPK or even a PPK/s. At that point why not a PARA Warthog? I got the PPK/s and never looked back. It was a sig I could do without.
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