I purchased an le trade in P220R. The label says “Special Configuration”. What does this mean ? Can it be as simple as three mags. The pistols has dead night sights and the three mags, but appears to have no other special things I can see.

Thanks !

A picture would definitely help here. Unless I’m mistaken, SP pistols are usually a non-catalogue frame/slide combination.

A Special Configuration SIG, with the "SP" on the Part Number, means different things on different models, but it boils down to a gun that is not typically catalogued. As you said, it could be just a 3-mag packaged gun. Or, it could be a special ordered gun coming from SIG Germany (when they still operated), like the stainless frame P228 or the very last batch of the M11B.

I’ll try to upload a pic.
Thanks,

Andy

Looks like a regular railed frame Nitron milled slide P220 outfitted with the "slim grips". Could be just that plus the 3 mags. On the other hand, those grips could have been swapped in aftermarket. You might want to contact SIG CS to see if they can shed some light on the gun.

Thanks, I’ll give them a call and see if they have any info.

Those are the slim grips. I bought a LE trade-in P220 that has them. They're kinda rare and I like them a lot.

I have special configuration P220 I purchased used a few years ago. It was an LE trade in DAK. Sig CS told me the special configuration was the DAK trigger.

I've got on from 2011 that was supposedly part of a Coast Guard contract overrun. I always found it interesting that the box end label has "P220R3" since this gun has a non-railed frame. It's a DAK, and it came with three mags, night sights, and aluminum Sig branded grips. IIRC, there were a few threads about these P220"s when they hit the market. Thanks to the Forum's "Mississippigal" I was able to find a total of three of these, one for me and one each of my two sons.