With most of the Sig Classic series you can move between .22lr, 9mm, .357sig, and .40 with a simple slide and/or barrel and mag swap. With the P250 and P320 series you can do all sorts of fun things with calibers, grip sizes/lengths, and slide/barrel/frame lengths.
I'd rather not have slides, barrels, and grip frames sitting loose on the safe shelf dirtying things up, and I definitely do not want these things flopping around in my range bag during transport.
So, how the heck do you store it all? Has anyone found any cool solutions? SIG (or any other accessory makers), if you're listening, help!
I generally leave them in the hard plastic case they came in after I have wiped them down with preservative/oil. I store them next to my other handgun hard plastic cases in my safe.
Posts: 838 | Location: CA | Registered: January 23, 2011
I bought a soft pistol case from lapg for cheap and keep all my 226 mods in 1 bag. It has room for mags, slides and my 22 can. I then keep my 226 in its own bag and my X5t in another. Takes up less space than the hard cases and is a little nicer.
Posts: 3119 | Location: Pnw | Registered: March 21, 2009
I am surprised so many folks use the plastic cases that the kits ship in. They are large and wasteful (just 1 slide and 1 mag) for storage in the safe and especially in the range bag. Like AUTiger I have also considered swapping the foam in there out for the pluck foam and fitting at least 2 slides and a barrel in there, but it still seems excessive. Maybe the sock is the best way!
LoadedDrum, I actually own one of the linked Midway cases, and I find it too small to carry by itself to the range, and too large to carry it in another bag. You must be putting the slides diagonal in those pockets which means the rest of the square pocket is wasted space also.
Originally posted by Anubismp: I bought a soft pistol case from lapg for cheap and keep all my 226 mods in 1 bag. It has room for mags, slides and my 22 can. I then keep my 226 in its own bag and my X5t in another. Takes up less space than the hard cases and is a little nicer.
Care to link to the case or at least give the name if you can find it? I poked around on their site and didn't find anything that looked promising.
I have used Maxpedition pistol cases for just about everything. I purchased a handful of them at 75% off when AR15.com had their moving sale a few years ago. I use one just for gunsmith tools, one for cans and one for the 3 variations of my 320's. It holds a full size RMR slide, compact tac-ops slide, frames for both, can for the tac-ops and a fully assembled subcompact. All my plastic cases are in a box in the attic. I have only used the small cases. They do have a larger ones.
Posts: 535 | Location: Republic of Texas | Registered: September 21, 2009
I use the MTM plastic pistol cases and store the kit and pistol together. Then, with easily removable 2 inch masking tape and a Sharpie, I label the contents. Makes it easy to pick out the gun you want from the safe.
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Originally posted by gordynismo: I have used Maxpedition pistol cases for just about everything. I purchased a handful of them at 75% off when AR15.com had their moving sale a few years ago. I use one just for gunsmith tools, one for cans and one for the 3 variations of my 320's. It holds a full size RMR slide, compact tac-ops slide, frames for both, can for the tac-ops and a fully assembled subcompact. All my plastic cases are in a box in the attic. I have only used the small cases. They do have a larger ones.
Thanks for posting this, I really like this solution. It looks like there is an 8"x10" and an 8"x12" Maxpedition Pistol Case/Gun Rug, and I assume this is the 8x10.
I tried several other cases, and the slides would not fit in the mag holders. Did you have to stretch them out majorly, or are they large enough in this case to fit snugly but without a fight?
I use a Pelican 1450 case, shown below. I bought a P229R .22LR initially. That slide assembly is the one beneath the pistol. I used the coupon to buy the .40 S&W X-Change kit (on the right). Several years later, I came across the 9mm Elite slide it is wearing now. Since the .40/.357 mags will feed 9mm, I just keep the case stocked with those (plus the two .22 mags for range fun).