Recent content by oldironsights

Personally, I would leave it at the LGS. With luck, patience & persistence, you can find a better specimen for less. Earlier this year I bought a matching 1942 HSc with original grips, two correct magazines in a repaired holster. Mine has the more common commercial proofs with no military...

WoW! Very professional! I like it. How many hours were required to complete this beauty?

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dogmush, choosing a pistol is intensely personal; just like choosing a woman to date. Recommendations from others won't matter. It is what floats your goat that matters. Pyro suggested a Zastava CZ999; Same as a Zastava EZ9. I have one of these. It is a SIG 226 knock off with some features not...

Aren't hollow pointed bullets disallowed on the battlefields according to treaty? FMJ's only?

Can't comment on the preference of pistols I never owned, but the best five 45Auto pistols I currently own are as follows; SpringField 1911-A1 SS CZ97B Blued Smith & Wesson 4506-1 SS Sig Sauer P220R FN FNP-45 FDE

Damn! Borica9, your "C" grade looks better than my "B"! You are correct about the bluing. Standard Brownells 300 degree bluing did not achieve the dark blue/black finish. The hard slide is more of a dark plum/bronze color. The frame took the darker blue/black just fine.

Float Pilot, grade "A" has more original finish than a grade "B". I bought a grade "B" a few years ago that had much holster wear on the slide & frame, plus some minor pitting on the frame near the muzzle and pitting on the outside of the striker collar. There was also a small nick on the...

Thanks for the positive reply SigArms228! :) After just ordering a new Steyr L9-A1, a 22LR version of the PPQ may be just the way to get one of these. The 9mm is scarce & the high price reflects that. I am only interested in the 5" barrel with long slide. I just shoot at paper targets & I...

I am getting an itch for a Walther PPQ 5" barrel model. I see the 9mm is very scarce & is priced over $600 when found. The 22LR version is priced less than $400. Is the 22LR version of the PPQ the same quality as the 9mm version? Both say made in Germany. Isn't the little Walther P22 made...

Gotta love Scandinavian firearms. I have yet to obtain any Scandinavian handguns. I can buy five to ten Scandinavian rifles for the price of one handgun. Got Finns, Swedes & one Danish. Gotta get a Lahti.

snooperman asked "Anyone have any experience with this pistol? Opinions?" Depends on what you want to spend. I have shot one of each & both performed well at close range. Valmet commercial versions are expensive. Husqvarna versions will cost less. I have only shot the postwar commercial...

Glad the frame will be stainless steel. I may pursue one when released. The 10mm platform should receive a big boost when these SIG's are released.

herrwalther, perhaps that is so with double stack magazines, but the 220 is single stack. My 1977 9mm P220 holds 9 rounds in magazine while my later P220 pistols chambered in 45auto hold 8 rounds in magazine. One would speculate the new 10mm 220 would possibly hold 9 or ten rounds. Would depend...

10mm chambering on an aluminum frame? Is that wise? I can see a polymer framed 10mm from SIG Sauer.