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New blanket for an old horse.... SP2340 gets a SP2022 makeover

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September 19, 2018, 03:02 PM
SIGWolf
New blanket for an old horse.... SP2340 gets a SP2022 makeover
Bought this from a member here. I have a .40S&W barrel as well as the .357sig barrel that came in the gun.

Recently I found a new 9mm SP2022 slide and barrel combo complete and with night sights. The best of three worlds!









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September 19, 2018, 04:02 PM
SIGWolf
The 2340 was introduced in 1998. This seems to be relative early after that #1129.
September 19, 2018, 05:38 PM
rockchalk06
Nice. I recently picked up its brother in 9mm. Was planning on shooting it last weekend, but a funeral took priority. I like the look of that plus 2 in it. I need to get a few soon.
September 19, 2018, 08:09 PM
Cous2492
I have a 2340 in .357 and a 2022 in 9mm. Sig Pros are wildly underrated.
September 20, 2018, 07:02 AM
SIGWolf
quote:
Originally posted by Cous2492:
I have a 2340 in .357 and a 2022 in 9mm. Sig Pros are wildly underrated.


I’d say “they never caught on” but then SIG keeps making them and apparently selling them, so, someone is buying and apparently making it worthwhile for SIG to continue making them.

At various times, there has been speculation if this or that gun will replace the Sig Pro. It’s never happened. Will it be the P320 now? Some people prefer hammer fired. I expect it will continue to cruise along.

There are contracts out there for LEO and Military that use it, so SIG must be making enough to keep it up.
September 20, 2018, 01:44 PM
JAFO
When I decided to get rid of my .40 229 and get a 9mm, I fired a friend's 2022. Had I not already been invested in holsters, spare parts, etc, for the 229 platform, I would have gone with the Pro. Such a great stock trigger!

I am still kicking myself for not jumping on one of the sub-$400 SigPro's that Top Gun had for sale a while back.


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September 20, 2018, 01:54 PM
mbinky
Sigh. My first Pro was a 2340 I bought from a buddy of mine back in 2003. Bought a factory 357 barrel and a Bar-Sto 9mm barrel. Then I bought a 2009 brand new right after the ban (2 15rd mags) for $425. Never fired it and sold it for a loss. Sold the 2340 too as I got out of the 40 caliber. Found a used but excellent TT 2022 9mm in 2006 in 9mm. Fell in love with the rail and squared triggr guard. Sold it to a buddy in Idaho 5 years later (after I had the small parts done to match the slide by CCR). I bought a new Exeter Pro but never warmed up to it. Hate the LCI. Sold it. Finally located an older German framed Exeter slide 2022 (no LCI) in 9mm and that one will never leave.

And to this day I wish I never sold the 2009..
September 20, 2018, 02:59 PM
Perception
Ahh, I want one of these as well. I'm sad I missed the bandwagon when they were practically giving them away. That is a fantastic looking gun you've gotten yourself there.




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September 20, 2018, 07:28 PM
Peanut71
Is there a place to pick up a 9mm slide the for the 2340? I’d love to get one.
September 21, 2018, 01:26 AM
sns3guppy
That pistol looks a lot nicer than my 2340's. They look all beat to hell, and they are. I'd like to find .357 barrels for them.
September 21, 2018, 03:20 AM
nojoy
If I could just buy a 2340 “lower” I’d be really happy. I think they are the best looking Pros out there. I really don’t care for the 1913 style rail on the frame of my 2022.
September 21, 2018, 08:58 AM
SIGWolf
quote:
Originally posted by nojoy:
If I could just buy a 2340 “lower” I’d be really happy. I think they are the best looking Pros out there. I really don’t care for the 1913 style rail on the frame of my 2022.


I prefer the non-rail proprietary rail as well.
September 22, 2018, 02:24 PM
Horn
Reference the P2022 being "highly underrated". I read some place where the French military chose the Sig Sauer P2022 for their military and security forces.
I suspect, they being "French"they just chose a disguised P226 .....being French!
(Can anyone else verify this?)
If I offended any French members....didn't intend to.

Stay safe
Poli Viejo
September 22, 2018, 03:58 PM
SIGWolf
According to Wiki.

Users[edit]

A SP 2022 issued to the French National Police. The words "PROPRIETE DE L'ETAT" ("Property of the State") are apparent on the front of the slide, on the right side (bottom).
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Military police
Colombia: Colombian National Police, several thousand SP2009 and 120,890 SP2022[3]
Ecuador: The National Custom Services bought the SP2022 model for his personnel.[citation needed]
France: French law enforcement and internal security agencies (including the National Gendarmerie, National Police and French Customs), over 250,000 of SP 2022 (the largest single order for service handguns since World War II)[4]
Iraq: US-purchased SP 2022's were issued by MNSTC-I (Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq) to the Iraqi Army in 2005 [5]
Malaysia: Royal Malaysia Police (some 2,000 batches of SP2022 and SPC2022 pistols chambered in 9mm purchased in year 2007)[6]
Peru: SP 2022, National Police of Peru[7]
Portugal: SP 2022, Republican National Guard and Public Security Police[6][8]
Switzerland: SPC 2009, Swiss Military Police (as the Pistole 03).[6][9] and some state police departments[citation needed]
United States: Richmond police chambered in .357 Sig. To be used as a sidearm for the United States Army.