It's been a long time since I shot a P239 so I took this one out for a session. What a joy these Sigs are to shoot. I shot this target as fast as I go acquire the sights and squeeze the trigger. A really fun gun to shoot and dead nuts reliable with anything I put in it. I then practiced some double taps on the steel plates (12" plates-12' apart). It's a shame the capacity is only 8 rounds in the standard mag. It carries well too. Just a little short on rounds. The P239 DA/SA German frame standard contrast sights.

I carry my 239 all the time. It is just a great shooting carry gun IMO.
Rod

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Originally posted by sig sailor:
I carry my 239 all the time. It is just a great shooting carry gun IMO.
Rod

My CC instructor carried a P239 DAK gen 1 in .40 cal. He was a MP in the Air Force and a ex LEO. He shot that .40 very well. Wonderful guns.

I have 3. A 9 SAS, and a pair of 357 sigs and just picked up a 40 barrel here on the forum. I’m a fan of these.

I've had a least four of these that I can remember. I keep moving them out so I can replace them with something else, then start to miss the damn thing, then buy another. My current 9mm is out to Galloway Precision being milled for a Romeo-X Compact® Enclosed Reflex Sight-2MOA Red Dot/32 MOA Circle, and it has already had a spa treatment and its sights replaced by SIG. I really like this little gun, probably because I never miss the target with it. You could not be more correct when you say it truly is a joy to shoot.

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Originally posted by Just Plain Cliff:
I've had a least four of these that I can remember. I keep moving them out so I can replace them with something else, then start to miss the damn thing, then buy another. My current 9mm is out to Galloway Precision being milled for a Romeo-X Compact® Enclosed Reflex Sight-2MOA Red Dot/32 MOA Circle, and it has already had a spa treatment and its sights replaced by SIG. I really like this little gun, probably because I never miss the target with it. You could not be more correct when you say it truly is a joy to shoot.

That sounds like my MO as well. Buy 'em keep them a while and then something shiney comes along and I get disracted.

I have two. Both DAK. 357 SIG/.40 that I carry often and a 9mm I shoot most often. Just ammo cost. And, when I go shooting with friends, everybody else has 9mm.

They conceal well yet, shoot like a full size gun.

I've got 2 one in 357sig and the other in 40. My first gun I purchased was the P239 40. I was lucky enough to find 7/8 1 round extension kits few years ago that gave me an extra round.

Reading the regrets of former P-239 owners is what keeps me from entertaining the idea of moving mine.

It does shoot great, I do hit what I aim at, it’s a nice weight to mitigate the 40S&W.

I had mine out some time back and it was like hanging out with an old friend. Great gun. I know it’s a different era but you know I didn’t feel ill equipped 20 some years ago carrying it nor would I today.

My EDC is it's twin, two tone in .40 with Green Hogue Chain Link grips, with the Armory Craft +1 base adapter i don't feel under gunned with 9 rounds, with an extra 8 rounds ready

My P239 in .357Sig has been one of my absolute favorite handguns ever since I was issued one as a back-up to our issued P229s in the same caliber. We are now issued Glocks in 9mm, but I carry my own P239 in .357Sig often, especially in cooler weather. It carries well, I like the caliber, and it is a tack-driver.

While many view this system (DA/SA with a decocking lever) obsolete, I still love my P239 and doubt I'll ever give it up. I bought it in .357 Sig, converted it to .40 S&W (because the .357 Sig wasn't approved by my agency), then converted it to 9mm and found this was it's most accurate option. I swapped out the OEM stocks for a set of Hogue checkered G10s, added a set of Trijicon HD sights and it's a very soft shooting pistol.

^^^^

**drool**

The P239 is one of those pistols that is far better in reality than on paper. Super easy to conceal, accurate, handles and shoots like a full sized pistol.
I remember shooting a two liter with my first .357 P239 at 100 yards.

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Originally posted by got2hav1:
It's been a long time since I shot a P239 so I took this one out for a session. What a joy these Sigs are to shoot. I shot this target as fast as I go acquire the sights and squeeze the trigger. A really fun gun to shoot and dead nuts reliable with anything I put in it. I then practiced some double taps on the steel plates (12" plates-12' apart). It's a shame the
capacity is only 8 rounds in the standard mag. It carries well too. Just a little short on rounds. The P239 DA/SA German frame standard contrast sights.

What distance was your target for your acquire and fire? That's often the way I shoot.

amals, that was 7 yards.

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
The P239 is one of those pistols that is far better in reality than on paper. Super easy to conceal, accurate, handles and shoots like a full sized pistol.
I remember shooting a two liter with my first .357 P239 at 100 yards.

This exactly! I swear the 239 should not be able to do what it does. I keep thinking that another pistol will be better, and keep coming back to the 239.
Rod

I bought a P239 9mm on a whim. First trip at the range, first shot was 2" off at 25 yards. Whoa I said. Proceeded to put 50 rounds down target, one hand, left hand, whatever I tried it was like a magnet was pulling the bullets in. Made me look like an expert. This was before I took shooting classes, where I had no idea what I was doing.

There was a LEO on the range near me, and he was having great trouble with accuracy while shooting his Glock 26 in .40. He could not believe how I was shooting, and asked if I was also a LEO, as I was so accurate.

Eventually I sold that gun, as I wanted more capacity. Now, like others, I have another P239 but this one is in .357 Sig. Have 5 of the Sig 8 round extended mags.

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Originally posted by got2hav1:
amals, that was 7 yards.

Ok. I usually start at 25 feet and that's about what my target would look like. Just wondered how I was doing compared to other shooters. Thanks.