mrchuck
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The P-6 is my go to pistol.
Sig P220
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nachogrande
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JUST AN FYI/HEADS UP.
I have a Sig 239 in stainless that someone nickel plated the whole thing. The slide was not an issue for SIG, BUT the nickel "changed the specs" of the frame which Sig DID have a big issue with. They refused to do any work on an altered frame & I had to buy a new frame, SO I'd talk to Sig before doing anything. Besides that wear looks to be more on the frame than the slide, to me. Congrats on a good gun & great price. A Sig factory action enhancement, short trigger, short trigger re-set package have worked out well on my P239, P226, P220. Depending on your intended use, I might just leave it alone.
I have a Sig 239 in stainless that someone nickel plated the whole thing. The slide was not an issue for SIG, BUT the nickel "changed the specs" of the frame which Sig DID have a big issue with. They refused to do any work on an altered frame & I had to buy a new frame, SO I'd talk to Sig before doing anything. Besides that wear looks to be more on the frame than the slide, to me. Congrats on a good gun & great price. A Sig factory action enhancement, short trigger, short trigger re-set package have worked out well on my P239, P226, P220. Depending on your intended use, I might just leave it alone.
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joeintexas
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They built these old guys to shoot. I have a 1999 model P245, a pleasure to shoot and carry. Enjoy your new friend.
I bought a W. German P220 about 18 years ago. The going rate at that time was up to $600. I paid $550 for mine.
I carried it for about 10 years. I bought it used almost certainly as a police trade in (lots of holster wear on it) and I have put about 15,000 rounds through it. Who knows how many went through it before I got it. I had to replace the recoil spring and that's it.
I know it needs to be refurbished but I don't carry it anymore. I want to do it before I pass it on to my kids though. It's too good of a pistol to let it go.
The pistol is very accurate. I've been known to draw a big crowd at the gun range where people who started out laughing because I set the steel target back so far ended up gathering everyone at the range to watch me shoot it. Then they got the range master to see if he could do better. Apparently he was the club's hot shooter. He couldn't do better than I was doing at 25 yards even though he was using a 629 S&W with the 8 3/8" barrel on it. We matched shots until I ran out of ammo. I told him I had another gun in the truck if he wanted to wait a second. I came back with my own 629 and suddenly he decided the people who run the range didn't want us wasting money on lights. We had shot so long it got dark. I think he believed he was in trouble since I had the same gun he was shooting. I smiled because I had just bought the Smith and wasn't good at shooting it yet. But that club is so flush with money they have bought up every piece of land for half a mile in every direction. They weren't worried about the lights. He was worried about getting bested.
Still at 25 yards that Sig will shoot with pretty much any pistol. Actually it will shoot great out to about 65 yards. 2" groups are not uncommon at 50 yards with it. It still shoots just as accurate after all these years too. I get it out once in a while and shoot it but I like to concentrate on shooting the pistol I'm carrying so I don't have to think about how to aim if push comes to shove.
I carried it for about 10 years. I bought it used almost certainly as a police trade in (lots of holster wear on it) and I have put about 15,000 rounds through it. Who knows how many went through it before I got it. I had to replace the recoil spring and that's it.
I know it needs to be refurbished but I don't carry it anymore. I want to do it before I pass it on to my kids though. It's too good of a pistol to let it go.
The pistol is very accurate. I've been known to draw a big crowd at the gun range where people who started out laughing because I set the steel target back so far ended up gathering everyone at the range to watch me shoot it. Then they got the range master to see if he could do better. Apparently he was the club's hot shooter. He couldn't do better than I was doing at 25 yards even though he was using a 629 S&W with the 8 3/8" barrel on it. We matched shots until I ran out of ammo. I told him I had another gun in the truck if he wanted to wait a second. I came back with my own 629 and suddenly he decided the people who run the range didn't want us wasting money on lights. We had shot so long it got dark. I think he believed he was in trouble since I had the same gun he was shooting. I smiled because I had just bought the Smith and wasn't good at shooting it yet. But that club is so flush with money they have bought up every piece of land for half a mile in every direction. They weren't worried about the lights. He was worried about getting bested.
Still at 25 yards that Sig will shoot with pretty much any pistol. Actually it will shoot great out to about 65 yards. 2" groups are not uncommon at 50 yards with it. It still shoots just as accurate after all these years too. I get it out once in a while and shoot it but I like to concentrate on shooting the pistol I'm carrying so I don't have to think about how to aim if push comes to shove.
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