Posted: 3/12/2008 7:39:24 AM EDT
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This seems like an amazing pistol, the reviews seem to be good to exceptional. Do you guys know anything about it? I cant find a price or availibility (sp?) date for it, but I have a friend who is looking for a Sig pistol for everything from range time to CCW. I told him pretty much anything from Sig will be a good pistol, but he wanted me to ask yall. Thanks, Pat |
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The P250 Compact is available now. It comes in Two Tone or Nitron. There are also some floating around in Dark Earth. 9mm is the only caliber currently available. The full size and .40 and .45 calibers are due out soon. You can go here and watch a video on it. www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=54&productid=183 We have both the Nitron and Two Tone in stock. www.topgunsupply.com/SIG-SAUER-c-306-p-2.html |
| I saw the two-tone and FDE compacts yesterday at a local shop - they felt amazing in my hand, and I was very impressed with the trigger (this is from a guy that despises DAO). Price on either was $620 - not sure how this compares to other deals, but I'm likely to head back this weekend to pick up one of the tan models. I was hoping to get into a .45 straight away, but looks like I'll have to wait for the mods this summer. |
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According to the gunshop I went to, where my buddy bought his first gun, a SA XD45, the 250 is supposed to have two models, they said that the 9mm will take care of the smaller calibers: 9mm, 357sig, and the 40s&w will take care of the 40 and 45. That is not what I am gathering from Sig's website, but who knows? According to the website, the one single gun will take all four calibers. Pat ETA: The single tone 9mm was being sold down here in AL for ~550, and if it is going to take care of all calibers, and the 45 can be put into the most compact package, then I will end up buying one in a while more than likely. Coming from a 1911 guy, I also really liked the trigger, yet usually despise DAO also |
New slide and barrel? That's how I imagine it. I still can't find one to handle. From the great reviews, I might just pick one up soon. I trust Sig enough. |
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I handled one today and they showed me how to take it all apart, and let me put it back together. Frankly, I was impressed. It's a great solution. The gun is compact. I mean it was a small, efficient package. Even the 15round mag was about the size of a 13rd P228 mag. It fit my hand perfect, and I had a hard time NOT buying it. I will be buying one, I can tell you that, and ASAP. The grip was comfortable to me. I have normal hands, and I usually prefer normal or smaller types of grips. There was no wierd overhang of my pinky, or rubbing of the trigger guard, or anything. It was built for human hands. The slide was a simple rectangle of steel, as it should be. Nothing fancy, nothing to get caught or cut on, nothing to give problems and it does everything a slide should. The sights were siglites, the rear being a Novakish looking one. They were smooth, rounded, non-snag, and very easy to see and pick-up. There was no hammer protrusions, though you can see the hammer in it's slot in the slide. It's a DAO type that's actually a VERY nice trigger. I guess it's a "DAK" or whatever, I really stopped messing with Sigs long ago, and only recently got back into them, so I don't have any real experience with a DAK trigger. It was a fine trigger though, and better than any other DAO trigger I've tried. There are only two levers on the left side of the gun. There was no manual safety, and obviously it didn't need a hammer drop. There was a slide lock, and a takedown lever. Both work as you'd expect. Takedown was easy. Typical Sig, with the takedown lever and the top half is like any Sig. The frame has an extra step once the two halves are apart. You can further dissasemble it by pulling the takedown lever out the left side of the frame. It acts as the retenton pin for the trigger assy. Once that's out, the whole trigger unit comes out. That leaves you with the top half, a plastic frame, and the trigger unit, which is the actual gun. The trigger unit is the part that the serial number is engraved on. Reassembly was just the opposite, and easy as pie. There is a rail on the front of the frame just forward of the trigger guard. You will be able to buy frames of different sizes, and slides of different sizes/calibers. This allows you to use the same trigger pack (i.e. the actual serial numbered gun) in various frame/slide combinations. So if I buy the one I looked at. Once all the other stuff comes out for sale, I can basically turn that one gun (trigger pack) into any caliber/size P250 by just buying the proper frame/slide assy. They will be selling frames in different types (as in big calibers or small calibers) and in different sizings (for different hand sizes, or duty-type use). This is pretty cool in that it gives you only one gun to deal with paperwork wise, and you can basically assemble whatever type of gun in whatever type of caliber you want. I really am sold on the idea of the gun, and after handling one, I'm pretty much sold on the P250. |
| I just received my two tone P250 today, and I must say it is gorgeous. It fits like a glove, too. I haven't had a chance to fire it yet (rainy today), but I can already tell this thing is quality. The hardest thing for me was getting over the fact that the night sights are radioactive. :D |