Who Wants A Sig With A Time Delay Feature?

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Ala Dan

Member in memoriam
In receipt of the latest American Rifleman
magazine, which features new guns for 2000.
A picture of a Sig-Sauer P229 with a time
delay/safety/gun lock device is on page 35.
I guess we are suppose to tell the perp;
"Hold on for another hour (or eight) and
I'll meet you on Main Street, for a duel".
The key pad looks crappy; just forward of
the trigger guard and underneath the frame.
Give me your opinion on this Klinton add
on, to otherwise a fine firearm? :(

Regards,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
Yeah, I'll buy one of these...


...I'm tired of living anyway, and carrying this thing (it's in the Guardian as well) is tantamount to suicide. :rolleyes:
 
No problem. Of course, I'll grab my shotgun instead of the pistol when I feel threatened . . .

I have absolutely NO problem with smart guns as long as they're a market-driven option and other forms of guns can still be made for those who want them. I can see how someone who uses his handgun only for sport wouldn't mind the smart gun lock, and might even derive great peace of mind (but not me!)
 
The analogy that comes to mind is a playboy centerfold model with a pimple on her ass. That bulky piece of techno-crap ruined the fine lines of a perfect pistol, and seriously hampers its intended purpose.

It's time to thin the herd.
 
It looks to be an integral part of the gun. I assume the time delay LOCKS the gun after a specified time, that it does not UNlock the gun after a time. So, if you leave the gun alone for a while, it locks...

I doubt they will sell many.
 
I certainly wouldn't buy one.
I'm glad enough that the USP Tactical I just bought does not have the mag-well lock-out.
The more "sophisticated" these safety mechanisms become, the more problems will follow.
 
I'm a diehard Sig fan but I almost choked when I saw the EPLS in a magazine a few months back. It's not really a smart gun, just a gun with a fancy built-in trigger lock, it doesn't look like it comes off. You can put a padlock behind the trigger of a normal Sig and basically get the same idea.

I can see this gun shooting low with all that bulk on the front end of it; I wonder if anyone has made a holster for it. I can't see ANYONE buying one of these, I will definitely pass. Either Sig did this while having a major brain-fart or they did it to keep heat off them from gov pressure before they were hit with it.
 
Nice thing about magazine well locks is that the user can still single load a round and have an accident or a suicide...
 
Hey - it has its uses...
Like when your threatened by a poorly or unarmed guy or group - toss it to them and say "Pick it up - I dare you..."
As you finger the grip to your ready set go smoke wagon.
 
A few things that caught my eye:

The first is that you have to put your hand near the business end to make the damn thing work. last time I checked, the barrel was the part that you should "point this side towards enemy" not yourself.

The second is batteries. It's bad enough if, in a fire fight, you have to say "time out! I've gotta clear a jam"
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. But what about "hey keep your hands of my wife and kids while I drive to the store to get some batteries to make my gun work"
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More?s. Do the little buttons light up so you can see em at night? Can you short it out with water, electric shock, magnetism. If the batteries corrode and destroy the mechanism, will I have to replace my whole gun? And was that passcode 6676 or 6766? I have too many damned passwords and codes to remember now.

This is just a piss poor idea that is gonna get some innocent killed or worse. -ddt
 
Rainbow Six, the EPLS is the name of this new Sig pistol/"smart" gun. It's basically a P229 with a square-looking electronic lock box in front of the trigger guard. Horridly ugly, like everyone else here, I don't think anyone will buy one.

George Hill, yeah, maybe they can make it with a speaker that says, "warning, gun will self-destruct in 10 seconds", then toss the gun/"grenade" at the perp!
 
The idiot who buys and carries that junk deserves to be eliminated from the gene pool.
Ahhh, natural selection via klintonian child preservation tactics.
Gotta love'm.
 
I can see it now...
Alone on a dark street...
Acosted by 2 thugs.........
Aim new SIG at goblin number 1 and.....

CLICK!
Dead batteries!
As the unlucky good guy is cut to pieces,
the camera pans and the Energizer Bunny
rolls by. Should have used Energizers!

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Never do an enemy a minor injury. Machiavelli
"Stay alive with a 45"
 
Ahh, that does make more sense. I'm sure it is that the gun locks after a certain amount of time "inactive."

Ever forget to wind your watch? Set your alarm? Wanna bet your life on a gun that won't work if you forget to reset it within the allotted time? Me neither.
 
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