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All I'm wondering is what's the difference in all the different similar sig numbers? I have a p6 which is a p225, but it's in a 226 holster. So my question is what's the difference besides caliber?
the reason the number changed from 228 to 229 is because they are not the same gun really at all
Yeah, but that doesn't answer the OP's question now, does it?Pick any one of them and get one of the most accurate and reliable handguns in the world.
My 226 with the folded carbon steel slide. Maybe the best "car gun" in the world.
the reason the number changed from 228 to 229 is because they are not the same gun really at all, the 9mm 228 could take p226 magazines, the 9mm p229 does not
Yet you can put the P228 slide on the P229 9MM legacy frame and it works just fine - SIG even does it. I am thinking that the different look of the P229 slide may have been a factor for the rename along with the fact that initially SIG did not come out with the P229 in 9MM wanting to introduce the P229 as pistol designed for .40.
It was not the different look of the P229 slide it was the fact it was milled stainless vs stamped carbon steel and that the P229 was intended for the 40 S&W market and .357 market.
- just like the the P226 with the heavier milled stainless steel slide which also gave it capability for .40/.357 SIG and external extractor.along with the fact that initially SIG did not come out with the P229 in 9MM wanting to introduce the P229 as pistol designed for .40.
Also if you know your Sig history the P229 was a Exeter gun
just like the the P226 with the heavier milled stainless steel slide which also gave it capability for .40/.357 SIG and external extractor.
YEP - just like the P226 with the milled stainless steel slide is an Exeter pistol. Just came out a few years later.
The P229 was introduced as a completely different caliber from anything else ever offered in that caliber from Sig
SIG did not come out with the P229 in 9MM wanting to introduce the P229 as pistol designed for .40.
P220 - Full sized single stack .45 combat pistol. The original German P220 was carbon steel folded .slide was but since late 90s the milled satinless steel slide P220 has been available and most prevalent.
P225 - Compact single stack carbon steel folded slide 9MM only
Thank you for continuing to make my point.
Makes no sense.... You clearly do not know your Sig history.Interestingly SIG did not change the model designation like it did with the P228/P229
Makes no sense.... You clearly do not know your Sig history
P220 - Full sized single stack .45 combat pistol. The original German P220 was carbon steel folded slide was but since late 90s the milled satinless steel slide P220 has been available and most prevalent.
P229 - Compact double stack version of the milled stainless steel slide P226.