Afraid of the Sig P220

[MCMXI]

schmeky, I bought a P220 Combat TB and Carry this year but have owned SIGs for almost 20 years (still have all of them too). I bought a CPO P220 for the ex this year as well. As rellascout will happily tell you, neither of the new(er) P220s has a high round count at under 500 each, but so far I'm very pleased with both (with the exception of the short trigger which pinches my finger). My ex is pleased with hers too. None of our pistols has had a single issue with my reloads or three kinds of factory ammunition. No FTFd, FTF or FTE. This morning I installed Meprolight/Trijicon night sights on the Carry using the SIG (MGW) sight installation tool (couldn't get much easier). And yes, Trijicon front sight, Meprolight rear sight. All three P220s have external extractors and I'm sure that the Combat and Carry have MIM parts but the ex's Equinox has a steel trigger so I'm not sure about her model. Anyway, it seems that we're living on the edge and a catastrophic failure is surely imminent!

To make things worse, I bought a P239 SAS Gen 2 this month as well ... the horror!!

 

[9mmepiphany]

You're welcome...those are usually the best bet for reliability, balance and looks. I think the new external extractor models are just as reliable, but not as sleek.

My first 220 was an old folded slide model with the older mainspring strut and seat. It has run reliably through thousands of factory duty rounds. I've had it upgraded with the new strut and mainspring boot, action work, beveling and a new sight set.

I do have a pair of CPO 220STs with the internal extractor which I use for teaching. I bought them knowing about possible issues, but I got them for a good price and they have run well over 3-4 thousand rounds (mostly CCI Blazer)...but I wouldn't recommend them as a first choice

 

[WRGADog]

I have a Sig P220 Elite Dark. This is one of my favorite pistols as it is incredibly accurate, reliable, and a joy to shoot. I have put ~500 rounds through the gun without a failure of any kind.

 

[Prion]

My P220 Combat with external extractor has been flawless through several thousand rounds.

In fact, I need to order a couple thousand more bullets to load for it.

 

[Jeff_Johnson]

Prion-

When did you Purchase your P220 Combat? I bought mine in December of Last year, and It has the Internal Extractor, it has also preformed flawlessly, and I have over 2K rounds through it, I was just wondering when they made the switch to the external extractor

 

[MCMXI]

Jeff_Johnson, I'm not Prion obviously, but I bought my P220 Combat TB with an external extractor about three months ago. The G 513 221 serial number puts the build date somewhere between April and June 2010. See manufacture dates HERE.

 

[Jeff_Johnson]

1858-

Thanks! Looks like mine was anywhere between late 07 to early 08, Which isn't surprising, I got it from a little store in Montana, they probably sat on it for a while before I picked it up!

Also, I am diggin the Grips! I've got them on my P220 Combat! Between my P220 Combat, my Glock 21 SF, and my S&W329PD; the P220 is my favorite. I've been thinking about a set of the Crimson Trace Grips, but I'm not sure if they are worth it.

 

[Prion]

I picked mine up Dec of '09. It is undoubtedly my favorite handgun.

It wears standard black Sig grips but I'm thinking about some black G-10's.

I also own a P226 Combat that I bought a couple of months after the P220.