If you intend to carry it for protection, this is a really bad plan. Practice with the weapon you use. Period.
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Sig P250
- Thread starter stevew
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If you intend to carry it for protection, this is a really bad plan. Practice with the weapon you use. Period.
Yeah, I was referring to the 229 - I mean the 250 was more flexible because you can change out grip size.
I agree that you need to practice with the weapon you use, but the other guys make an important point. If you're going to carry .45, there's no way you can really afford to go to the range and shoot nothing but .45 all day... Well, you highrollers can afford it, but you might have a hard time justifying it. There's nothing wrong with taking something like a 9mm or .22 to burn some cheaper rounds up and knock the rust off/maintain proficiency before you break out the hand-cannon rounds... I always feel guilty adding up the cost of the bullets flying down range while I let my buddy shoot my .357 sig.
Don't worry, I use my 1911 for everything. Too poor to buy all that fancy silly stuff. While I don't think its a 'really bad plan', I know where you are coming from. Thanks for the lesson ...
I do this regularly and notice my point of impact shifts sideways by about an inch or two. I have a brand new 357 SIG barrel and a well-used .40 barrel. Not sure if it's me or the gun, which probably answers my own question. Oh, and 357 SIG is expensive, but fun as hell.
Shot it in 9mm, subcompact configuration about 2 months ago. Nice little gun. Wasn't a huge fan of all the high tech polymer (read: "plastic") parts it had. They made it feel cheap and really light, which translated into noticeable increases in recoil and muzzle flip. Yes, even with puny 9mm.
Grips are easy enough to swap, as are barrels and slides (it's a Sig, after all). Grips come with it, caliber changes seem to be an ala carte extra charge, which makes it a little less economical as a "I'll just buy one gun and swap calibers at will" kind of purchase.
I could see it being a nice carry gun, esp. with some upgraded grips. I personally was wary about it's durability and being useful as a gun to throw lots of lead down range, but given Sig's history, I suspect that was just a feeling I got from all the plastic.
Grips are easy enough to swap, as are barrels and slides (it's a Sig, after all). Grips come with it, caliber changes seem to be an ala carte extra charge, which makes it a little less economical as a "I'll just buy one gun and swap calibers at will" kind of purchase.
I could see it being a nice carry gun, esp. with some upgraded grips. I personally was wary about it's durability and being useful as a gun to throw lots of lead down range, but given Sig's history, I suspect that was just a feeling I got from all the plastic.
A quick fix I have done on all my Sigs (226, 228, 229). Cut a short section out of a bicycle inner tube (~ 1.5") and slip it over the grip. It gives a better "feel" in your hand and is cheap. IIRC, there is someone out there doing something similar with raised bumps for finger separation.