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Sig P229 - 357Sig record-setter!? 200 different loads through it!!

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October 29, 2020, 08:17 AM
Sig-nature
Sig P229 - 357Sig record-setter!? 200 different loads through it!!
Full report here:

https://www.glocktalk.com/thre...-the-making.1860900/

with Fiocchi ammo at 50 yards:


with Hornady ammo on 18 yard steel:




It is only through labor and prayerful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things in life… Speak softly but carry a big stick.."
- Theodore Roosevelt
October 29, 2020, 05:06 PM
hrcjon
Is there someone who actually thought a P229 would have problems with some ammo? I wouldn't. Now the issue of the terrible targets might be worth some investigation, but that's a much bigger issue.


“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”
October 30, 2020, 06:44 PM
FN in MT
When we transitioned to the 229 in .357 sig and then YEARS of quarterly quals; I don't think I
EVER saw a single malfunction.
November 01, 2020, 05:02 AM
Blume9mm
I was only impressed that someone would actually take the time (20+ years) to chronicle how many different types of 357 Sig they had shot through a gun. Let alone that there actually were 200 different ones.


My Native American Name:
"Runs with Scissors"
November 02, 2020, 08:49 PM
snoris
quote:
Originally posted by FN in MT:
When we transitioned to the 229 in .357 sig and then YEARS of quarterly quals; I don't think I
EVER saw a single malfunction.


I was with Dallas PD from 1987 to 2010, and in the mid-'90s the Department authorized the .357 Sig caliber for duty weapons provided officers bought their own pistol. I got a P229.

In the 15 years or so before I left for another agency, I did not hear of a single malfunction with any SigSauer pistol in that caliber.
November 03, 2020, 06:35 AM
Blume9mm
One of the added benefits of the 357 Sig cartridge is that it is less likely to jam when chambering because of the necked down case.... Or so I've read. I do have one P239 that for some reason does not like to chamber hydro shock rounds when doing it by hand with either method... hand release or sling shot.. can't quite figure it out... but it has no problem when firing it with those rounds.


My Native American Name:
"Runs with Scissors"
November 03, 2020, 08:03 AM
fritz
quote:
Originally posted by hrcjon:
Now the issue of the terrible targets might be worth some investigation, but that's a much bigger issue.

Doh!

Perfect practice makes perfect. The shooter appears to have a bunch of practice, but it appears he was more interested in documenting ammo varieties than shooting accurately.
November 03, 2020, 08:21 AM
Cousin Vinnie
Op; thanks for sharing and providing the report!
November 05, 2020, 02:20 PM
Sig-nature
quote:
Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
Op; thanks for sharing and providing the report!


Your welcome!!


It is only through labor and prayerful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things in life… Speak softly but carry a big stick.."
- Theodore Roosevelt