Of the P228R models. Which is the most desirable one? Assuming the the triple serialed? What about the US M11 model that is etched out with QR Code looking etchings?

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Originally posted by The_Watcher:
Of the P228R models. Which is the most desirable one? Assuming the the triple serialed? What about the US M11 model that is etched out with QR Code looking etchings?

I'd say, the German made and proofed, triple numbered, P228R, is most desirable.

Then, the German made, US assembled, single number on frame, with "US" "M11" etched out on right side of the frame.

Lastly, the plain Jane P228R.

desirable is somewhat of an ambiguous term in this context and since afaik sig has never made any information about production numbers available so rarity is just a guess. Me personally I would rather have the M11 model, given its history providence.
Of course in the general scheme of things sig a triple serial one is normally the one to have as 12131 says but this is an odd case.

I was fortunate to get one of the less than 50 that came out of Newington a while back. While it's a safe queen, I'll never let that one go.

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Originally posted by rscalzo:
I was fortunate to get one of the less than 50 that came out of Newington a while back. While it's a safe queen, I'll never let that one go.

Those are the M11Bs (non-etched), non-railed. Not the etched out "US" M11" railed P228 OP talked about.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
desirable is somewhat of an ambiguous term in this context and since afaik sig has never made any information about production numbers available so rarity is just a guess. Me personally I would rather have the M11 model, given its history providence.
Of course in the general scheme of things sig a triple serial one is normally the one to have as 12131 says but this is an odd case.

Actually, not much is known about the etched out "US" M11" P228R to us outsiders. And SIG is unwilling to divulge the info, except that they etched out those markings in order to release the guns on the commercial market. So, one internet speculation is that SIG might have intended the P228R for some military outfit(s). But, things didn't pan out, so they had to obliterate the markings before selling them commercially. One thing for sure, as far as I know, the P228R was never officially adopted by any military organizations.

Say it ain't so! A rail on a 228? The horrors.

Wasn't the P228R something of a factory Frankengun? They had some leftover stamped steel P228 slides, slid then onto new production P229 frames, and send them out the door.

Are these now considered collectable.

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Wasn't the P228R something of a factory Frankengun? They had some leftover stamped steel P228 slides, slid then onto new production P229 frames, and send them out the door.

Yes. Most of the P228Rs were released in 2009. Another small batch was released in 2011.

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Are these now considered collectable.

I wouldn't consider them collectible.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: 12131, December 31, 2017 06:20 PM

P228R (2009) with "US" "M11" etched out: (Now belongs to another SF member)




P228R (2009), plain. Original grips replaced with Hogue G10 Piranha: (Now belongs to another SF member)



P228R 2010 (BA), all German made and proofed, triple serialed:

Yep, my German made 228R has the rail. It looks like a 228 slide placed on a 229 frame. Probably what it is. Shoot well but no better than my American made Sigs. I do like the look though. Wouldn't mind an older 228, like a West German made 228.