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Anyway, back on topic: if Sig would put the 250 trigger into the 290, I'd make it my new EDC in an instant. I agree with all the raves - that is a sweet DA trigger.
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For the life of me, I cannot understand why SIG made the P290 trigger so heavy. It seems to me that the P250 trigger is a perfect balance between the too heavy P290 trigger and the too light P320 trigger.

I just don't get what Sig is doing nowadays (aside from the whole Ron Cohen-Kimber mode of producing umpteen colorful finishes and variations with crappy quality-control and a frustrating customer service system that only caters to the squeaky wheel*).

*My P226 SAO Elite had to go back twice for a safety that had no detent and no tension (just brushing the gun with my shirt made the safety deactivate, it was so loose). The first time the CS just sent it back, claiming that was normal. And my 556 Commando rattles everywhere with extremely loose slop - the lower/upper fit, the handguards, the stock, flimsy backup sights, the trigger. None of my earlier built German Sigs has any of these kinds of issues.
 
Kahr makes thin single stack stack pistols in carry sizes.

In carry sizes, the P250 is a little bit fat. The P250 also had some rather severe teething issues, and true DAO triggers are currently severely unfashionable. You might as well wear white after Labor Day.

The P290 was originally a pre-tensioned double action, and was redesigned as the P290RS a year after release (RS for ReStrike). There are some vague comments about the original trigger causing misfires, but details seem a little scarce.
 
JJNA said:
For the life of me, I cannot understand why SIG made the P290 trigger so heavy. It seems to me that the P250 trigger is a perfect balance between the too heavy P290 trigger and the too light P320 trigger.
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Back when I was shopping for a micro-9 for carry, I really wanted it to be the 290RS. I'd already tried out a 250, and went into it assuming that of course the 290 would have the same DAO trigger because, well, why the heck not?

So I went to my LGS, and was immediately enthralled by the perfect size and the general fit & finish. It was miles ahead of the CM9 (which was the leading contender at that point) in ergonomics and general feel, and I greatly preferred the manual of arms over the 938. I picked it up, cleared the chamber, lined the up the sights (against the wall, for the record), ready to be amazed... then pulled the trigger.

It was like meeting your childhood crush, and finding out she had BO.
 
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I posted a similar question on SIgForum and didn't get much of a response. So – chemcal - thank you very much for asking this there is some great info here. I would very much like to get a P250 in .380 and this is the info I needed… :)
 
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Back when I was shopping for a micro-9 for carry, I really wanted it to be the 290RS. I'd already tried out a 250, and went into it assuming that of course the 290 would have the same DAO trigger because, well, why the heck not?

...I picked it up, cleared the chamber, lined the up the sights (against the wall, for the record), ready to be amazed... then pulled the trigger.

It was like meeting your childhood crush, and finding out she had BO.
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Yup. My wife and I both felt exactly the same. I wish the P290 or P290RS had been a miniaturized P250, nothing more, nothing less. That would have made a perfect backup/summer concealed carry gun for us (9mm for me, 380 ACP for my wife).
 
I wonder what was the cause of the failures of the P250 and what was the design changes? My P250c runs like a champ and after many many rounds of various brands including steel cased. I don't even notice the long trigger and I actually prefer it over my HK USP.
 
Weren't the reliability issues taken care of in the release of the second generation p250?

GeoJelly: I'm getting great info too!
 
This has been posted in past P250 threads, but here's a link explaining the cosmetic differences between the 1st- and 2nd-gen pistols:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/12/10/significant-changes-to-sig-p250-compact/

Please note the difference in magazines.

FWIW it did not take SIG long to retire the 1st-gen pistols (about 1 year IIRC) and all production since late 2009 has been 2nd-gen. Additionally, many 1st-gen pistols shipped with only 1 mag for reasons that were never thoroughly explained. For these reasons, I surmise that 2nd-gen stuff will always be generally more abundant, although I suspect that 1st-gen owners will stumble onto bargains from time to time because "nobody wants ____ for a 1st-gen P250 anymore."

Other than the mag design and cosmetics, I'm not enough of an expert on these to know what the other changes were.
 
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