Traded into a steal of a deal on a P229

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May 26, 2019, 08:10 AM

Imjustadam

Traded into a steal of a deal on a P229

I traded my way into a retired police P229 .40s&w this morning. The box is not correctly serial numbered and the night sights have dimmed, but I’m not concerned about it.

I got the pistol, three OEM twelve round mags, one OEM ten round, twelve Pro Mags still in their packages, and a .22lr conversion kit with one mag. I only had three bills invested in the pistol that I traded, so I’m far ahead of the game value wise.

I’ll be off to the range with it and my SP2022 9mm sometime this weekend.

May 26, 2019, 08:13 AM

Phelen_Kell

Congrats!

Now wait for a sale at SIG for the service package. I think I waited for a $99 sale so it was around $150 shipped back and forth for new night sights and springs.

May 26, 2019, 08:16 AM

Imjustadam

I tried to link to pictures, but it didn’t work.

May 26, 2019, 10:29 AM

powermad

Nice!

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May 26, 2019, 12:21 PM

Nipper

Sometimes the Gun Gods smile upon you. While some complain about the "snappy" 40, it handles the .40 better than nearly any other pistol. I've got it in a P239, P226, P229 and P320FS. Got the P229 new in 1996, refurbed it myself and now have over 47,000 rounds through it. Nicely broken in.

Welcome to the forum.

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May 26, 2019, 01:59 PM

Mountain Man

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Originally posted by powermad:
Nice!

I host pics on imgur.com.
Select BBC code and select large thumbnail. The default is huge thumbnail and you will make people scroll all over to see it.

Nice, plum hammer, betting it's a 90's SiG, maybe even nice stamped serial like AD-AK prefix....

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May 26, 2019, 04:30 PM

jimmy123x

You did real good. You could sell the 12 pro mags and have gotten the pistol for next to nothing!!!!!!!!!!!

May 26, 2019, 04:34 PM

RHINOWSO

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
You did real good. You could sell the 12 pro mags and have gotten the pistol for next to nothing!!!!!!!!!!!

For sure, dump them for $5-10 each locally and be done with them!

May 26, 2019, 04:36 PM

.38supersig

Cool!

You could just about sell the mags and .22 kit and break even.

I found a crazy deal on a P226, but that was a few years ago.

May 26, 2019, 07:08 PM

ShoreGuy

That’s exactly what my next Sig will be. Just about every pit of them that show up in the usual websites are railed.