awesome. that helps quite a bit.
considering i'm looking for a ccw weapon i think i'd be more inclined to go with the 229 then.
another question i have is,
some guns are ambidextrous from the factory like my taurus, having levers and clip release buttons on both sides, and others can be taken out and flipped around for left and right as needed, what is the case with these pistols?
i'm ambidextrous but primarily left handed 60/40. would be nice to be able to make it left handed.
also, sigs vs glocks. it seems like there are A LOT more people who stand by glocks vs sigs, but i mostly attribute that to the price of glocks. they are easier to come by.
or maybe not, i don't know..
but, it seems like there are TONSSS of options for personalizing a glock. extended barrels, slotted barrels, personalized engraved this n that and just about anything you could ever imagine on a pistol.
what about the sig? are there are lot of aftermarket parts and accessories for them such as extended barrels and muzzle breaks and such things?
I plan eventually to get a silencer (through the proper legal channels) and am trying to think ahead to which weapon i should choose with the anticipation of having it become a silenced weapon.
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and as far as "go to war pistols" and "night stands" .. i have 2 pistols on my night stand.. both my taurus PT809 with 19 rounds in it, and a spare clip, and then my LCP380. both with gold dot.
Of the two of them, i'd reach for the LCP before i reached for the Taurus. i don't trust it. i've had too many dry fires and second strike detinations or non detinatable shells to trust it. out of 100 rounds i shot at the range last go around, 17 shells failed to fire on the first strike. not as bad as 20 the time prior to that. i attributed it to the ammo the first time so switched it out the second time and it was marginally better but not completely, therefore, i will be sending it back to the manufacturer.
the LCP has -never- mis fired, and the only time it ever jammed was when i let someone else fire it, and they somehow had their thumb over the opening and caused the round not to eject. still not sure how they did it, but they did.
so, with that said, i'm looking for a SIG, because they are known to be reliable. as stated, the armed forces all over the world and secret service use them, so, they have to be as reliable as possible.
What sold me on it was the secret service though. think what you want about the president past current or future, but, he (technically) is considered to be the most important person in the US. (speculative statement based purely upon the average american's knowledge about the government (sadly)) and the fact that the secret service is employed specifically to protect him literally at all costs, and specifically swears by that gun in particular means that they have literally done every test they can possibly do to them and stress tested them in every way to the point of failure, catastrophic or otherwise, to where they know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Sig will fire 99.9999% of the time without fail. That to me says that i should own one. They obviously tested several other weapons in order to come to the conclusion that the sig was the best available.
so, i'd carry it and feel 100% self assured that it would fire if needed, and in the meantime, i'll take my taurus to the range to play with and let friends or family shoot while we're out there, but wouldn't trust it as my primary CCW, - aside from the fact that it's large.. and i'm not a heavy set guy so it's hard to conceal it.
but, all of that aside, i'd still put 90% of that same trust in my LCP380 honestly. it's just not as pleasant to shoot and not nearly as accurate at distance.
sorry for being off topic on my own thread. lol
