Sig P220 or 1911?

MHO is the Sig is the best damn pistol on the market as to what you get for the money, plain and simple.

They are damn near 100% reliable out of teh box, they will eat any ammo you gfeed it without fail. They are more accurate than the average shooter (more so for the P220) and there is little more that you will ever need to do to it rather than maybe buy some night sites and some fancy grips.

To me the 1911 is way over priced, they are not known to be very reliable at all without tweaking. And after paying hundreds of dollars more than the Sig I think you take home less of a gun than that of the sig.

Anyone that will argue with the above I would think to be is some what of denial. If you buy a 1911 and tweak it out and do all kind of mods to it it will prove to be a superb gun for sure, but will still not do much more than that much cheaper Sig could do right out of the box.

Also, when I buy a gun I am always makeing the purchase of a deffensive gun. When I think of the 1911 I do not think of it this way. I want something that is not ammo picky, very reliable, in short something you can bet your life on that its going to work. And no matter how much money you put in or how expensive that 1911 of your is not ever going to have the same reputation as being very reliable as that of the Sig.

The P220 is a masterpeice and you do not have to go ask on a Sig web site to find that one out. To me its the best .45 out of the box that money can buy.

Jason
 
JMack, my 1911A1 pistols are more reliable than my Sig P220. All of my 1911A1s except my Springfield 1911A1 (loaded) have had some tweaking. The 1911A1s I own will feed any type of factory or reloaded cartridge I have tried. My sig P220 will not feed 200gr jacketed swc bullets. Your comments are welcome. Regards, Richard
 
Have had both...

Sold the Sig, bought a Kimber Pro CDP.
IMHO the Sig was easier to control for a gun that has hard to get a "high grip" on (tended to over ride the silde release). Recoil seemed smoother than my various 1911s but I can place more accurate doubles with the 1911.
Sigs are built like fine Swiss watches though and I'm sure I'll add another ASA I can find another one in full nickel finish...e
 
Richard,

Thanks for disagreeing with me without shooting me with your best flame thrower:)

Seriously though, in the circle of guys I shoot with and many of whom are very into their 1911s and anything to do with 1911s. It seems that no matter what they do to them, what they add, who they send it to to have work done. They never seem to be as reliable as not just a P220 but any of the classic P series Sig pistols. For every one jam that I may get from time to time it seems they would get 4 or 5. Now I know that 1911s are great pistols and they are fun to tweak out and they do some really nice hole punching on paper. Who could argue with that right?

I just think that atleast for a deffensive pistol that a Sig would be much more fitting. There is less that needs to be done with them and in general you can rely on them right out of the box. You get allot for your money as far as I am concerned and I take a certain comfort in that.

I have had the chance to fire quite a few 1911s and have to say that the ones I have tried have been very nice shooters to say the least. If I ever have the money to blow on a gun that might just be a tricked out paper puncher in my hands I will surely think of buying one without a doubt.

I think this thread should not really focus on which gun is better because frankly we will never really know will we? Everyone has their,,,well,,,,you know. Anyway, they are two very different breeds and that is surely an under statement. The first think anyone pondering between these two guns should seriously think.

1. What role is it going to play in your collection of handguns (most of mine have definate roles).

2. What kind of trigger pull are you more comfortable with, these two are as about as different as you can get.

3. What points naturaly and feels like butta (Boston term:)) in your hands.

Without knowing those three key things you might as well delay any purchases. If you do know all of teh above then you need not be reading this thread anymore. You should be at the range practiceing with your new gun.

Neither of these are bad guns that much goes without saying.

Good luck,
Jason
 
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