Posted: 2/23/2005 3:36:40 PM EDT
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Hello, I am new here and like you I think highly of Sigs. However I was looking to invest in the 357sig caliber and I wanted to know what you thought. I was looking at the 229 but after giving it some thought I was like why buy another sig in that round cause I here it is expensive to shot. I was thinking HK or even Glock 32. I palmed the 32 and didn't like it. Haven't fired a HK but handling I will have to get used to. That lead me back to the 229 and then 226. I really don't know which at this point. I am told that the 229 slide is made more like the 245? What do you think and if you have the 357sig how is it? R/ USNACT |
Welcome to the forum  .I have a 239 and 226 in .357, as well as drop in .40 barrels for them. .40 is cheaper to practice with, but not as much fun. THe .357 Sig makes a big bang but not a lot of recoil. Quite accruate as well. I say go 226 as I never was a fan of the 228/9 size - not small, but not full size either. For a carry gun, the 239 is sweet. |
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There are two types of Ammo, Fun and Business. For fun ammo in both .40 and .357 Sig, its hard to beat the bulk ammo at Cabelas. 300 rounds of .357 Sig will cost you $60. 300 rounds of .40 S&W will cost you $50. Both get a tad cheaper the more you buy. After that, its easy, you have the brass, now RELOAD! 
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| You can get a police trade in P226 or P229 from cdnn for under $400, in either caliber. I'd get the P226 first, for the slight amount of extra weight, and the longer barrel (more velocity). Sig started making the slides out of machined stainless steel when they came out with .40 and .357 guns, as the stamped carbon slides weren't deemed fitting for the higher pressures. |