Today is 2.20 and SIG P220 deserves a thread

[abigails&w]

...even here. These are my all-steel SIG Sauer P220s, two recent SAO Legions in 10mm Auto (after shooting first liked it so much had to get another), and a Stainless Elite in .45 ACP. Wish I had discovered this great model sooner.

What awesome SIG P220s do people here have?

 

[M29since14]

Very nice 220s. Thanks for the pics. I still have a few, among them a heel-release 9mm, a .38 Super, and my Dad’s Browning (SIG) BDA .45. Dad was pretty much ambidextrous but shot left-handed. He never cared much for the 1911, so I tracked down the Browning for him when they were pretty much a new thing here in the U.S. Unfortunately, he never cared much for it and preferred his K22.

 

[Doug M.]

All of our academy instructors were Gunsite trained and in fact had to be qualified as Rangemasters or some other level at GS to work at the academy. Their default response to sidearms was "1911". I was a candidate for a job at a place that prohibited those, and the only option suggested by the instructors was the 220. I never did buy one, but I do think about it once in a while.

 

[rustythread]

I have a bought-new 30 years ago P220 in 9mm, with the heel clip mag release, a used full-sized P220 in .45 ACP, and a P220 SAS. Also a bought-new P226 and a well-used P226, both in 9mm. I like 'em. A lot. Somwhere around here, I also have the .22 LR conversion kit for a P220; I need to find that before Spring.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Got my first, a W German 220 in 1989, two 245 in the 90s and a Ernest Langdon all steel 220 around 2000.

Great Guns!!

The West German gun will shoot cloverleafs at 50ft. Not me so much anymore!

 

[zeke]

Another gun i always wanted to try. Didn't they make a target version awhile back?

 

[Ameshawki]

Have a West German 45 I got from a friend several years ago. One of those guns I always wanted. It's......ok. Accurate, reliable. A bit of a handful to shoot. Hogues (which I normally despise) tamed it a bit. But still it's a bit much.

 

[CH4]

Here’s my P220. Not much of a fan of the post 94 Sig aesthetics but really like the 80s to early 90s guns. Carried a P220, P229 and P232 during my career.

 

[crows]

Very nice 220s. Thanks for the pics. I still have a few, among them a heel-release 9mm, a .38 Super, and my Dad’s Browning (SIG) BDA .45. Dad was pretty much ambidextrous but shot left-handed. He never cared much for the 1911, so I tracked down the Browning for him when they were pretty much a new thing here in the U.S. Unfortunately, he never cared much for it and preferred his K22.

I always wanted one in .38 Super.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

... and my Dad’s Browning (SIG) BDA .45. Dad was pretty much ambidextrous but shot left-handed. He never cared much for the 1911, so I tracked down the Browning for him when they were pretty much a new thing here in the U.S.

Our local S&W Distributor also sold Browning. That would be early 1980s but they were expensive compared to surplus 1911s.

 

[doubletapp357]

My P-220 SSE that I picked up on 2/20….. she’s a beautiful da/SA that came with 500 rounds and 3 magazines! I love it !

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

The Sig 220 in 45ACP is and has always been a fantastic gun.

 

[murphydog]

Cool guns, thanks for sharing.

But you can only celebrate P229 day every four years. And what about poor P230?

 

[sodacan]

I'm a big fan of the P220. Pictured are a plain jane West German model, a Stainless Match Elite (5" barrel) and a very early (1977) Browning BDA.

 

[rockquarry]

I can't add much to what's already been said. Based on a sample of only one that I've had for twenty-five years, the P220 is very accurate with cast bullet handloads, both light target and standard pressure. The SA/DA mechanism gives up nothing to other designs and is as safe as you can get.

 

[Ματθιας]

I have a police trade P220R DAK. I got it cheap because, apparently, the DAK trigger isn't/wasn't that popular. I think the trigger is weird, but it's a good shooter. I collected the parts to convert it to TDA, but for now I'll just leave it alone.

 

[bc1023]

I’ve got four P220’s, though none are traditional.

3 of 4 are SAO and 3 of 4 have steel frames

 

[Golddollar]

Another gun i always wanted to try. Didn't they make a target version awhile back?

I have a P220 in 10mm. I don't know if it was designated officially as a target gun but it has adjustable sights and shoots pretty straight for me. It has a really cool looking camouflage finish. Hopefully I had the sense to take a picture of it and that it got transferred to my new computer 🖥.

 

[petepeterson]

Nice guns folks. I'm looking forward to Feb. 26th!

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Here's both my Sig 220 and 226 Elite models...