Sig P220 Questions

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Al205

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I have decided to buy a Sig Sauer and am going to go with
the 45 , for a home Defense gun. I have shot the P226 and
was very impressed with it's reliability and accuracy, but have
decided to get a 45 , because so many people have told me it's
a better Defense Caliber. My question are is the P220 a good out of box Ready gun ? or do you have to break it in a bit ? Thats the
only thing iam curious about . One other question i have heard that the P220 is one of the most pleasent 45's around . I have
shot many differnet 45 autos in the past , and recoil isnt a problem for me . But was just curious about that claim Sig arms says. Thanks
 
Sigs are notorious for having 100% reliability out of box. Keep it clean & lubed and you shouldn't have problems.
 
As with ANY gun that you intend to one day possibly save your life with, you must always run a minimum of a couple hundred rounds through it to ensure everything functions correctly, SIG may make some of the most reliable guns on the planet, but that won't do you any good if you bought the one lemon that slipped past QC. Besides that, SIGs are kinda tight when brand-new anyway, and only a bit of shooting will limber up a tight new gun. Buy a P220, runa couple hundred rounds of hardball through it, then another hundred rounds of whatever JHP ammo you intend to keep in it. By then the gun will be broken in and you'll be familiar with how it shoots.
 
One of the best pistols I've ever owned. Wish I still had it. Get the two tone, it's super cool looking!!!
 
A few months ago I stumbled across a auction for a sig 220 police trade in and was able to win one of the offered sig at a steal of a price. When I finally got my hands on it and checked the bore I was stunned, I didn't see any rifling at all. So out came the bore snakes and the cleaning brushes, about 45 minutes later the rifling returned.

The double action pull is a bit heavier than the sig 226 that I had fired previously and that was somewhat of a disappointment. I find that the double action is actually somewhat hard to control as the pull is not a very linear pull. I plan on maybe looking into this later.

The action both single and double was very smooth, but also keep in mind that this was a police trade in and it looked like it was carried quite a bit.

I too had read everything about the sig 220 very accurate dependable gun. So I was a little disappointed when I took it to the range the first time. I was having several jams that I was able to place as being my reloads, my fault I'm spoiled on my norinco 1911. But I also had the problem of the front of the grip not having anything grip what so ever. A small piece of skateboard tape took care of this. The next outing to the range my friend and myself were really starting to get quite good with the sig, and we were generally taking out the shoot and see's 10 ring.

UltimaSE
 
Greeting's All:

The Sig-Sauer classic "P" series pistol's
are among the finest shoot'in iron's ever
made. Simply put, it's QUALITY at
it's finest. My first purchase of a Sig was
the P220, in .45ACP; back in 1988. Since then
I have added the P226, P228, and a .40 caliber
P229. I still own the P220 and the P228; both
being West German manufactured and assembled.
I would trust my life to either of these fine
firearms, without hesitation. The P220 is my
daily carry, personal defense weapon of choice. Engineered reliability right out of the
box. 2" groups at 25 yards is common, for
shooter's who do their part in mastering the
P220. With all the other available weapons on
the current market; the P220 is my
favorite.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.
 
I got one a few weeks ago. It is the -M model with some of the changes required in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. The first 50 rounds seemed to fly around a bit, but after that it settled down to live up to the reputation of this gun as extremely accurate and reliable.

I think the selection of a .45 over a 9mm for home is badly misplaced, but that appears to be a religious argument. Unless your house is as big as Bill Gates, at those ranges you are probably going to blow apart any human you shoot at and they are going to die right there on your floor. Get a copy of the Wound Book produced by the Army Medical Corps and, if you can stomach it (I couldn't), you'll see what these rounds do to the human body.
It's like arguing whether a 5 lb sledge hammer or a 10 lb sledge is better to drive a nail.
 
Massachusetts Mods

The -M model has a chamber loaded indicator, two serial #'s, can't be "prone to accidental discharge" which didn't require any changes, a MA approved lock (plain ole trigger lock) and some other requirements I can't find right now.

SIG & Smith & Wesson are the only ones who have met the requirements. So SIGs are selling like hotcakes - several dealers I talked to were selling over 100 per month BEFORE 9/11. Now demand is up in MA by 1,000% - not a misprint - 10 fold.

The idiots who passed this law basically insured that MA consumers will buy guns manufacturered before 10/21/98 - which may have FEWER safety features.
 
Thanks for all the advice . The only drawback i think i might have with the Sig is it Double Action. I noticed they dont fire as fast as the S.A. , such as 911A1 's and some of the others.
 
To the point,

a pre "M" model Sig manufactured and assembled
in West Germany is the more desirable pistol;
although studies have shown it does not command
a premium price, as a result of it's origin.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.
 
Al205, you're making a good choice. My Sig 220 was my first and is still one of my favorite hanguns.

I agree with dsk. Make sure you didn't get a lemon and run a couple of hundred rounds through it. Bad Sig's don't happen often, but it does happen.

If you haven't yet considered making a great gun even better, you may also want to think about some upgrades in the future. I'm running a Sprinco recoil reducer (the best design of the Sprinco line, IMHO), short trigger, Sig trigger job, and Hogue grips. The Hogues are a far cry better than the slick plastic grips that come with the 220 (just look at the 220ST). If you plan to carry, I'd dump the grips because they hang up too much on clothes.

-Red-
 
The Sig Sauer P220 was my very first handgun, and have never ever regretted it. Like you, as a smart "research before buying" type of person, I meticulously studied all the competitions. I read up on all the good and bad points of each gun, then got some feedback from people who either own or is very experienced with them. I don't take opinions from anyone who have fired a gun a few times and judged it from there. It has to be from someone experienced and know what they are talking about. And after that, I went out to the range and fired each gun and went from there with my own personal experience on accuracy, reliability, and comfort. The P220 completely won me over without a doubt!

As SiG claims, the P220 is the most accurate and reliable .45 out of the box. This gun is good and ready from the box. No modifying or anything needed to make it good. And I don't know about reliability on used P220's or used guns in general. But the P220 is one of the most, if not the most flawless reliable, accurate guns you can buy. I use to own three P220's! Yes, that's how much I love this gun! I sold the blued to a COP and my two tone to a friend in order to buy two more SiGs. I replaced my P220's with the new P220ST stainless. Believe it or not, it's even better than my other two. I put 2500 rounds through my two tone P220 and I think it only jammed once or twice on me. I put about 800 rounds on the blued one with ZERO jams. My new P220ST has had about 400 rounds through it so far with NO jams whatsoever. But as they mentioned, this gun is good and ready and has the best trigger pull, but as with just about every gun, you should and still need to break it in just like a car. Feed about 200 rounds through it, and you'll notice how much more even smoother the gun shoots and the how smoother the trigger pull becomes. Good luck and hope we've helped you.
 
SIG P220 DA

Al205 wrote:
>>>>Thanks for all the advice . The only drawback i think i might have with the Sig is it Double Action. I noticed they dont fire as fast as the S.A. , such as 911A1 's and some of the others.

Ahh, but as a long-time M1911 owner and user (since I joined the Army in 1981), with the SIG P220 I have a special, top secret, "Special Forces Agent Orange" solution to this "problem."

I pretend that the P220 is single action and that I must cock the hammer back manually before I can use it for anything more than an expensive hammer.! That way, I get a nice SA pull like on an M1911!

Funny thing though - I've noticed that most of the "new" M1911 clones that are coming out have a firing pin block (like the SIG) and many have a DA mode (like the SIG). What they DON'T have is a way to lock up the barrel in battery the way the SIG does, which is why the $6-700 SIG outshoots custom M1911's costing $850-$1,200. There is a big problem with the tradeoff the M1911 must make between field reliability and accuracy. The service M1911's could be filthy and would still fire - but gave up a lot of accuracy to do so. Later models and custom guns have a split bushing that is less reliable or a solid bushing that must be precision-fit to get to SIG P220 accuracy levels. You've got to shoot these pistols side-by-side before you buy. Good luck.
 
V V G,

I have a 228 that is marked on the case as meeting the requirements of MD, but it doesn't have a loaded chamger indicator. The gun doesn't appear to be any different than my other Sigs.

Steve
 
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