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What was your first SIG and when?

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November 28, 2021, 09:47 AM
newtoSig765
What was your first SIG and when?
Hour and a half ago, I bought a P229 in .357 with spare .40 barrel from SigForum member jayodes. After 13 years of membership here, I finally swung my first Sig! Cool


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November 28, 2021, 11:08 AM
bronicabill
Congrats! That is my all-time favorite pistol that I've owned. While many consider the P228 as the "best" Sig, I have sold every 228 that I ever purchased, but my P229/40/357 is the one I prefer over all others.


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November 28, 2021, 11:16 AM
newtoSig765
Thanks! Now, all I need are ammunition and a range (Illinois sucks for ranges).


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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- H L Mencken

I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
-- JALLEN 10/18/18
November 28, 2021, 03:01 PM
Z06
2001 #1 - Mosquito .22 (got rid of it)
2004 #2 - P229 .22 (still have with 9mm, .357 SIG, & .40 S&W conversion parts/mags)


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November 28, 2021, 03:14 PM
SWOH
P226 folded slide, 1996 production LNIB last month.
November 29, 2021, 10:36 AM
NOCkid
P229 357 SIG in 2007
Have added a P226 and P365
Still have all. Also have 357 SIG, 40 S&W, and 9mm barrels, recoil springs, and mags for the 229 and 226.
December 03, 2021, 09:11 PM
jgerge222
P229 SAS DAK in .40 S&W Dec. 2005. Joined this great forum shortly there after.
December 05, 2021, 11:19 AM
J387
P226 Navy. 2008 or 2009. Purchased after I ditched G19 and a 92FS.



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April 08, 2022, 05:42 PM
GT1996
P226 around 2005


P229 Enhanced Elite
P229R
P229
April 09, 2022, 07:03 PM
Dakota Slim
2009. 220R SAO in .22LR. It wears a .45ACP Carry-length upper and Hogue rosewood grips now.
My first gun purchase after surviving a medical adventure with a mortality rate in the high 90% range.
It was a great way to celebrate! Big Grin
April 09, 2022, 07:22 PM
jljones
Mid 1995. I was trying to get on as a reserve deputy at a small department. Many had traded in wheel guns for Glocks. There was a Taurus 92 or two, and a Smith 5906. I only had really shot the M9 and M1911s. I handled just about every 9mm pistol in the shop that day. The P226 felt the best and I bought a box of ammo and carried it home.

Over the next 13 years, the gun had near 80k through it. I took my first LTT class and my first GGI class with it.

Like an idiot, I viewed it as “worn out” and got rid of it. In Feb ‘08, I was forced into a Glock when I joined a regional tactical team. Now, I can shoot a Glock at a high level as well. And in a position to implement policy. May be time to bring the 226 back.




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April 09, 2022, 11:22 PM
357p239
A Swiss P210-6 in the early 70's. Pennsylvania required registration and I received an inquiry from the state asking "What is a SIG?". I replied that "SIG" stood for 'Swiss Industrial Company' in one of the local languages.
April 10, 2022, 09:14 PM
kcl1960
SP2340 around 2002 still have her along with a few others!!
April 11, 2022, 09:57 AM
NavyGuy




Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

-D.H. Lawrence
April 11, 2022, 07:11 PM
Austin228
Bought a P228 over twenty years ago brand new, came in a black version of the old blue box.

Never sold it looks almost new
April 11, 2022, 09:52 PM
Oz_Shadow
A 229 that was a CPO that never left the factory. The lower frame was a German SAS frame. No idea why it never was sold before coming out as a CPO to me. This was in the mid2000s when Sig would tell you these things. Still mine.
April 11, 2022, 10:34 PM
dave s
P220 spur hammer.
1992.
Still have it.
April 12, 2022, 12:03 PM
toxophilus84
P226 in 1998; eventually sold it.

P228 two tone; eventually sold it to buy... my P225 factory two tone bought on this forum, I still have it and take it out to the range so it doesn't feel neglected Big Grin

Added a P220 & most recently that sweet P245 Wink


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April 12, 2022, 12:36 PM
Edmond
CPO P229 .40 S&W I bought from Ordnance Outsellers (remember them?) in 2005 and sold years later. Don't remember why I sold it, though.


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April 12, 2022, 01:48 PM
D_Steve
P229 in 40, 1998.
Sold it and picked up a P229 SAS in 357 Sig and a P228.


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