So how could I say no. Found a really nice P227 SAS, planning on making it my daily carry. I just have this bad habit that I find these older discontinued guns and then I feel like this is too nice to carry and I start looking for a daily beater all over again. Anyone else have this problem.

People carry nice discontinued guns all the time.

Nope. I carry a Glock; they've NEVER been too nice to carry.

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Originally posted by fischtown7:
So how could I say no. Found a really nice P227 SAS, planning on making it my daily carry. I just have this bad habit that I find these older discontinued guns and then I feel like this is too nice to carry and I start looking for a daily beater all over again. Anyone else have this problem.

Perhaps if it is unfired since leaving the Factory or something very unusual, otherwise it is just a clean used gun to me.

Now I might be looking for a second one in unfired condition.

As an example, I really enjoy my HK USP Elite. I love how well it shoots and 14 rounds of 45 ACP in a flush fit magazine is the bonus



I came upon a gentleman that offered me an unfired sequential triplet as partial trade toward what he wanted to buy from me.

One of the three got sold to a buddy of mine that kept telling me I did not need 4 of them. I knew he was right but a sequential triplet just seamed cool. He also agreed that if he ever decided to sell I had first rights to bring it back with it's brothers

Obviously I did not need it and I found my shooter first but I would have no issue carrying a clean used P227 SAS. I would love to stumble on one. We had been asking for a P227 annually at SHOT ever since the P226 came out. Unfortunately SIG brought the P227 out a few decades too late. By then the concealed carry people were trying to buy tiny 9MM pistols

I am not sure if you are aware or not, but if you replace the floor plate locking piece with a flat one (I used P226 locking pieces) your magazines all increase by one round. The 10s become 11s and the 14s become 15s.

If my memory serves that trick came from the 45 ACP P250/P320 people

People carry $4000+ 1911’s / 2011’s / Wilson SFP or whatever that offering is all the time.

I mean I wouldn’t necessarily carry an heirloom or, personally wouldn’t carry one of the above but a discontinued SIG or 3rd Gen Smith or whatever I wouldn’t bat an eye.

I'd carry a P227 SAS in a heartbeat--if it was SA-only

Nice USP Colt. I am going to carry it because it checks the boxes for what I was looking for. Its just when something gets to be unique or seldom my brain starts thinking, tuck it away because it might go down in value from wear and tear.

Never had the too nice or too expensive to carry syndrome. If it saves my life, so be it. Occasionally carry my 2006 Wilson Pro. On a lark, I carried a blued Python in the Seventies.

Stay away from the 14 round magazines, which you probably already know.

Nice gun. Had a friend who was a PA State Trooper. He shot very well with it when is was their issue gun.

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Originally posted by fischtown7:
So how could I say no. Found a really nice P227 SAS, planning on making it my daily carry. I just have this bad habit that I find these older discontinued guns and then I feel like this is too nice to carry and I start looking for a daily beater all over again. Anyone else have this problem.

Sounds good!

P227's shouldn't be considered rarities, the gun is not going to pay for your retirement if you did nothing with it but store it.

Use it and I bet it won't need more than some spring changes during your lifetime.

I see all models of SIGs, discontinued or not, on Gunbroker and forums etc for sale.

Get some extra 10 round magazines.

I know those are for sale at some places online.

+1 on stay away from the 14 round magazines, I have had one and it looked nice at least.

Enjoy, but wheres the PIC?

The only problem I had with a P227 SAS was keeping it the way it came.

Yours should serve you well for many years.

Have not had a chance to take a pic at home yet, here is just a quick snapshot I took picking it up.
Came with 10 mags, supposedly these 14s work with it. I have done some reading that some mags work and others are a real pain. Already has a new trigger.
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I understand how you feel op. I have been there many times. I have had a few nice Sigs but nothing like an X5 or the higher end types. If I did, it would just sit in the safe. Some of these guns look like works of art.

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Originally posted by fischtown7:
Have not had a chance to take a pic at home yet, here is just a quick snapshot I took picking it up.
Came with 10 mags, supposedly these 14s work with it. I have done some reading that some mags work and others are a real pain. Already has a new trigger.
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Both the 10s and the 14s were changed at some point.

As best as I can tell the 14 round mags in the baggies were mostly troublesome while the 14 round mags in the boxes appear to work.

I have only had a few dozen magazines as examples but other folks have noticed a similar pattern

My P227 was an early T&E gun but I would grab a 227 SAS if one popped up at an opportune time

Thats what I heard Colt, Baggies bad, boxes good. I will post a range report as soon as I get to the range this week. Original owner said they work but I could have cared less. Price was too good to say no and been looking for one of these for a long time.

One of the best things about discontinued (or surplus) guns is that its relatively easy to afford two if one's timing or luck are good. That's not a problem, IMHO, that's a feature.