S&W Sigma 9MM ?

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Daddycat

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A friend of mine saw one of these used at a gun show recently and was thinking of buying it. Said the dealer was asking $200.00 for it. I don't know much about this model so I thought I'd ask you folks about it. Now the only information I have to describe it is that it's a 9mm S&W Sigma . I have a vague sense that it has gotten bad press. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Daddycat
 
My wife has a Sigma in 9mm. I was looking it over one day and marveling over the similarities to my Glock 23. The Glock has a decidedly better trigger between the two. Anyhoo, I took the Sigma barrel and stuck it in my G23 and it fit perfectly! I was amazed. I didn't shoot it or anything, didn't want to risk any problems. But I was amazed that a 9mm Sigma barrel would fit a .40 Glock and vice-versa.

Anybody reckon it would be unsafe to shoot this combo?
 
There are (or were) three 9mm Sigma models. The larger two are really copies of the Glock. The smaller one called the Sigma 9M was an attempt to further reduce the size and cost. The 9M has a zinc alloy slide with a limited life and has been discontinued.

The larger two are better, but are not the quality of Glocks. They had problems at various times in their production, but some are quite good. If you have a chance to thoroughly test the Sigma and have a return guarantee, it might not be a bad purchase. S&W has good service and the last I heard they were still providing free repairs unless the gun was abused somehow, although shipping charges to get the gun to S&W are your reponsibility.

S&W was sued for patent infringement by Glock concerning a minor detail of the Glock that they copied too closely. I believe the suit was settled out of court.

Hope this helps.

Alan W.
 
JUST SAY NO! (Republican roots showing!!)
Have had decent experience with one older 9mm. Takes down identically to Glocks and they look similar. That's it for similarities.
Sigmas have very heavy stock triggers that don't get better with age. Accuracy is at best, average. For me, at $200, they're TOO expensive!
 
Correct Froggy! - The Sigma trigger does not get better with age, but it does with use.

Daddycat - if the Sigma you are looking at has been used extensively its trigger may be as good as it gets. Dry fire it to see how it is, it won't hurt the gun. If it was only fired a few times it may very well get smoother, but it will not get lighter. (At least I haven't seen one get lighter.)

Your best bet, as has been mentioned before is to try the gun before purchasing. If it shoots well it probably will continue to do so. If it's a lemon - it should show it's color right away. I haven't found any Sigma lemons and have handled dozens of them.

I thoroghly belive you are correct, the Sigma has gotten bad press - NO one likes a copy and even fewer people nowadays like S&W! :mad:
 
DaddyCat - do you have any other handguns? If not, then yeah it is probably worth @ $200.00 (but I'd try to get it for less).

I had one - an 9mm: SW9V You can get 17 round mags for it.

Although the trigger and sights were aweful, and it was definately not a tackdriver; it was "combat accurate", never jammed, and always went bang.

Good luck
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I myself am not interested in this piece. I'm doing some research for a friend of mine who saw this pistol at a gun show.
Daddycat:)
 
Not a Glock by any stretch of the imagination but for $200 it is hard to go wrong.

I bought one for my father 5 years ago when S&W had a special dealer promotion where employees of the store could buy them for $250. Got him one of the orginal full size guns in .40S&W. He loves it. It has worked perfectly and shoots well. Not one jam so far. HOWEVER, he only shoots 100 - 150 rounds a year.

If he wants it for an occasional target shooting and HD gun it will probably work just fine. I have heard too many mixed stories to recommend it for a heavy duty shooting gun though.
If he starts looking around he could probably find a trade-in 5904 or 5904 for $250-275, which would probably hold up a lot better long term.
 
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