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I just got this P220 as a gift.

My online research through the various forums points to it being a 1998 production.



Series is G289XXX.

Folded slide with the pinned breach block plus Trijicon night sights (burnt out). The slide is marked "made in Germany" but no German proof marks. I'm guessing it was made from German parts and assembled in the US, hence no German proof marks.

Magazine is the flat metal base plate, 7rd witness holes, with the improved follower that allows 8rds.

I believe the frame, mag, and controls are nickel finished. The slide is not parkerized, More of a matt blued finish.

I've seen some SIGs in this two-tone finish.
 
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Looks like a nice P220 ya got there.

Welcome to the forum!



 
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Thanks, it is a nice piece and will go nicely with my S&W 3rd Gen .45s.

What's funny is I contacted SIG and they said "oh, that's too old for us to look up."

Meanwhile, I can call S&W and give 'em the serial number of a top break made in the 1880s and they can tell me the info I need.
 
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Nice looking P220. Yeah, SIG won't tell you anything earlier than 2005. But, I'll tell you that the gun has been refinished. For sure the frame is, along with the controls except the trigger and TDL. So is the magazine. That is not Nickel, looking more like Cerakote.


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Nice looking pistol.
As a couple of additional points, it has the “short reach” trigger and the hex drive grip plate screws were not factory standard on any of the P220s I ever saw. Because the trigger appears to be the wider, later version, I’m also wondering if it is as old as 1998. The takedown lever is also the newer style; that could be a replacement from the older version, but not the trigger. The grip plates are the “slim grip” style which were also introduced later.

On the other hand, the “improved” follower that permits loading eight rounds in the older seven-round magazine does date back, so I’m not sure how it fits into everything else. It would be interesting to know its history.

Have you checked the serial number against those listed here in the serial number thread?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/1810019194




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Welcome to the board Miami!
 
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Nice looking P220. Yeah, SIG won't tell you anything earlier than 2005. But, I'll tell you that the gun has been refinished. For sure the frame is, along with the controls except the trigger and TDL. So is the magazine. That is not Nickel, looking more like Cerakote.


If the gun was refinished with a cerakote. It was very professionally done. Because there's no sign of the frame being beadblasted, etc.... Even the inside of the magazine has the same finish.

I don't think it was a cerakote job.

Maybe a factory SIG K-Kote?


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Nice looking pistol.
As a couple of additional points, it has the “short reach” trigger and the hex drive grip plate screws were not factory standard on any of the P220s I ever saw. Because the trigger appears to be the wider, later version, I’m also wondering if it is as old as 1998. The takedown lever is also the newer style; that could be a replacement from the older version, but not the trigger. The grip plates are the “slim grip” style which were also introduced later.

On the other hand, the “improved” follower that permits loading eight rounds in the older seven-round magazine does date back, so I’m not sure how it fits into everything else. It would be interesting to know its history.

Have you checked the serial number against those listed here in the serial number thread?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/1810019194


Yeah, looks like 1998.

I don't think is has the SRT installed. My P239 has that and the P220 has a much longer reset.
 
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I don't think is has the SRT installed.


Miami_JBT - Welcome aboard! Your pistol is equipped with SIG's short reach trigger which describes the profile of the actual trigger designed to provide a shorter length of reach than the trigger found on standard model pistols. The short reach trigger is not to be confused with the short reset trigger which is an internal operational system designed to reduce the reset length through the substitution of a modified sear and safety lever.

Short reach trigger vs. standard trigger on P226
 
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Good explanation, hjs157, of something that still causes confusion.

It would be interesting to see a more frontal view of the trigger because now I’m rethinking whether it’s the later, wider version based on the confirmation that the gun dates from 1998.
All of the narrower short reach P220 triggers I ever saw looked a little different from what’s pictured above, but it’s certainly possible there was a somewhat different variation.

But if we knew the actual width dimension that would eliminate any question.

In any event, with the short reach trigger and the slim grip plates, it seems the previous owner may have had smaller hands, or just liked a smaller handful.




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sigfreund - Here's a photo I lifted off the web which highlights some different P-Series triggers. I'm not sure however if this covers all of the known variations.

 
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Here's a photo I lifted off the web ....

Yes, I am familiar with it. Wink




The other set I prepared at the same time:




The pictured triggers are the ones I had/have myself, but early P226 triggers were grooved, and similar to the early standard P220 triggers, except wider.

I have thought of redoing both sets, but there is less interest in such things today as Classic line SIGs have become less popular.




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Maybe a factory SIG K-Kote?


Definitely not K-Kote as it has a very distinct look. Yours looks more like one of the cerakote/cera-hide type finish and it was done very well. Very nice P220 you have there.


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Here's a photo I lifted off the web ....

Yes, I am familiar with it. Wink


LOL! It's a small world. Thank you for your fine work. Your photos are great aids for identifying the various P-Series triggers.
 
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The SIG works.

 
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Nice shooting!!!


Niech Zyje P-220

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I had two P220's. One of them was given to my younger son, who was an unbelievable shot.
He had me line up three cigarettes standing up, side by side at about 35 feet at the target range. Standing still, he took out the middle cigarette without touching the one on either side with one shot.
It's good I saw him do it, or I wouldn't believe it.
 
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