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This site has been a virtual gold mine for information from people that seem to really know Sig. Thanks for all the help. I thought I knew what I wanted in a Sig but now I'm not sure that decision was based on solid ground. I wanted a P226 in 40, thinking that the caliber size didn't bother me and ammo would be easier to find than 9mm in today's world. Challenge is 40's are not cheap nor especially easy to find. Compared to the 9's maybe I should just go that way ? No matter which way I go I'll be adding a new caliber to my collection. Insight or comments on how you would decide ? | ||
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| Freethinker |
Ahem, …, your topic title doesn’t really seem to be relevant to your question. In any case, if I were giving advice my first question is what is your most important intended use of the gun? If it’s for range work primarily, then I believe that 9mm will always be less expensive and more plentiful than 40 S&W, even when/if ammunition supplies return more or less to normal. As I’ve mentioned before, I believe that 9mm will be much more available in the short term. The less powerful cartridge is also easier for many people to shoot well, and is a bit more pleasant to shoot, especially for the inexperienced. If, however, the gun is intended primarily for defensive purposes, then I much prefer the 40 over the 9, even though the latter will usually perform just fine. (My defensive handgun round of choice is actually the 357 SIG, but that’s another story.) ► 6.4/93.6 “It is peace for our time.” — Neville the Appeaser | |||
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Opps, yes, my title got away from me. I meant to ask - the info line on a Sig box reads like this: E26R - 40 - BSS - DAK - G So I get the 26 and R (model and Rail), no idea on the E. Then the 40 is caliber. BSS - no idea. DAK is a trigger system and G, again no idea. I've seen lots of variations of this and many times I can work out the meanings but some are still mysteries. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
E = Full capacity G = Government contract B = Black SS= SIGLITE Sights Q | |||
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| Member |
E = full capacity ?? Under what circumstances would it be less ?? Does this refer to mag sizes included in box ? And is there anywhere one can peruse all the codes ?
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| That's just the Flomax talking  |
BSS means black finish with Siglite night sights G means gov't or agency pistol with three magazines. E really means magazines with capacity of over 10 rounds. So a gun sold in a restricted state would not have an "E" prefix. | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
Full cap means non-restricted as opposed to those in commie lands (e.g., CA, NY, etc...), 15-rounder as opposed to 10-rounder. We just learned over the years about what means what. No "books" to look up. Q | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
If there was a book and it disagree with Q, I would drop the book in the trash without a second thought.  Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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