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So What Happened To All The Sig Steel Owners?

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June 28, 2019, 11:00 PM
GrandPotter
So What Happened To All The Sig Steel Owners?
quote:
Originally posted by Greymann:
Never proclaimed, but still no poly or strikers. I prefer steel and hammers.


Now this is my kind of guy and he's from the Land of Enchantment. What more can you ask. BTW, Santa Fe is my most favorite city in the USA.



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June 29, 2019, 05:11 AM
huskerlrrp
No one like to talk about the old thing that works all the time but not very flashy.


June 29, 2019, 05:16 AM
YooperSigs
My steel guns and alloy Sigs still outnumber my poly guns.
My first handguns were 1911s and SA revolvers. To this day, when I pick up a poly gun, I immediately think: Its too light, it cant be a real gun!


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June 29, 2019, 05:28 AM
ruger357
I don't have any polymer sigs. I do have a lot of aluminum framed sigs.


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June 29, 2019, 06:01 AM
jcsabolt2
I have no desire for a SIG poly gun. If I did the only one of interest would be the 365, but I have three Glocks why would I change now?


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June 29, 2019, 07:07 AM
Blume9mm
Sorry guys, I swing both ways.......


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June 29, 2019, 07:36 AM
hudr
quote:
Originally posted by GrandPotter:
I remember the days on here when the vast majority of members swore by the original P-Series Sigs and proclaiming to NEVER own a Polymer Pistol.

Now all I see is ravings for the 320/365/M17.

What happened to the "faithful?"


If it makes you feel better, I only own steel SIGs (P229, P225, P220). I tried the P320 and just couldn’t get into it. And I don’t get into the small pistols like the P365.
Flip side of that coin is that I own several GLOCKs. Smile
June 29, 2019, 07:42 AM
Jim Watson
It kind of jars me to hear somebody say "X-Five" and show a plastic pistol.
June 29, 2019, 08:20 AM
ArtieS
I carry a 938 and 229 daily. The only polymer I have is a pair of SigPros. Still no striker guns, unless you count the 1969 all steel Browning Nomad I have in .22.



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June 29, 2019, 08:29 AM
villageidiot
I still carry my 226 mud rail in cooler weather. VI
June 29, 2019, 08:45 AM
limblessbiff
quote:
Originally posted by Dakor:
quote:
Originally posted by GrandPotter:
Caliber by caliber, non-polymer pistols have less perceived recoil to them.


You should try shooting a Steyr M series pistol.



This. The steyr blows them all out of the water for me, My L9-A1 is my fav. Striker fired pistol I’ve ever shot
June 29, 2019, 08:59 AM
henryaz
 
I prefer all steel (no aluminum). Shot 1911's for many years. When the P320 came out, I gave it a try and ended up shooting it in competition for several years. It is a very nice gun. Now that I age and can no longer compete effectively due to physical limitations, and also have no heirs, I have pared my "collection" down to two all steel pistols. I have the SIG P220-10mm Elite SAO, and the Ruger GP100 3.5" Wiley Clapp model in 10mm. The SIG SAO is the most accurate pistol I've ever owned, with handloads or Underwood ammo. I am finally getting the Ruger's DA pull nice and smooth with a bunch of dry firing. I shoot it with a straight pull-through, no staging. It's grouping pretty well, not one ragged hole accurate, but all close in the center ring of an IDPA target, and gets better every time I take it out. Both load the Underwood 180gr Gold Dot.



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June 29, 2019, 09:05 AM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
They are steel around and plenty. They just don't feel the need to make noise unnecessarily. Big Grin



I guess I'm a "Sig Steel" guy. I've a couple pieces of "tupperware," sure. Even have a P320 Smile. But I've three all-metal Sigs and, while a Ruger SR1911 in 10mm is next on the list, a P229 in 357 Sig is right behind it.

My plastic pistols are all purely functional and I like them well enough for what they are, but the handguns that really call to me are all metal.

To me it's like the difference between a wood boat and a fiberglass boat. My wife and I have owned two of the latter and we loved 'em both. But wood boats have a character that can never be matched by fiberglass, IMO.



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June 29, 2019, 09:13 AM
Pipe Smoker
My steel P226 X5 and steel/aluminum P238 run perfectly, so no need to post about issues with them.



Serious about crackers
June 29, 2019, 09:15 AM
sig sailor
I have only P-type Sigs, and that is not likely to change.
Rod


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June 29, 2019, 09:18 AM
mo4040
When a Police Dept I was working for was transitioning from wheel guns to 9mm semi's (this was 1986 or 87) I shot a P226 for the first time.

Today, I own two of them and have never looked back.

The P226 is the only pistol I own/use/carry.


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June 29, 2019, 09:30 AM
LimaCharlie
Plastic is for leftovers. I sold my two Glocks and have no plastic guns.


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June 29, 2019, 09:41 AM
12131
All this heavy metal talk and no pics? Roll Eyes




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June 29, 2019, 11:06 AM
airbubba
well ok, since you put it like that!


June 29, 2019, 12:35 PM
Just Plain Cliff
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Watson:
It kind of jars me to hear somebody say "X-Five" and show a plastic pistol.


Me, too! Only metal and hammers in my collection.


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