Dudedog
Contributing Member
1. I like the pistol overall.
2. The SRT trigger is nice
3. IMO California loaded chamber indicator is ugly
4. The magazine safety looks like something that might break at a bad time
5. Night sights are cool (my first set)
6. The adjustable sights, are, well, not really adjustable
(Pics here http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=768450)
For me the sights were about 6" low and 2" left 10 yards. I like the POI to be the top of the front sight blade when the sights are lined up. Some say Sig adjusts thier sights for a "combat" sight alignment, the middle of the front blade on the POI, anyway I thought no problem I will just adjust them, that's why I wanted adjustable sights in the first place. Since it has an "adjustable" sight the low (elevation) part part was easy to fix at the range. A little allen screw with click adjustments.
However......
The screws for the windage adjustment (tiny allen screws)to move the rear sight will not come loose.
I talked to Sig.
(Fairly quick getting a Customer service rep on the line, not like holding a hour+ for Taraus.)
They said they used locktite on them. I was informed that you will almost certainly have to apply heat to loosen the screws to adjust the sight and after adjustment they need locktite put on them again. (Think I will try purple if I ever get them out, The first Sig person I talked to said use RED, the second one said use Blue....so Red and Blue togather = Purple ) I have not had time to heat it up and see if I can get them loose. I am very disappointed, this is not my idea of an adjustable sight if it requires a blow dryer/heat gun to adjust. My fault, I guess I should have called Sig before buying it to find out what was necessary to adjust thier "adjustable" sight. To me adjustable means it can be done in the field with simple hand tools, no sight pusher, heat gun etc. required.
Maybe other people managed to do thier's without heat but mine won't turn even when you twist enough to bend the tiny allen wrench provided for the task. :banghead:
OK, now that that's out of my system
I come to the other issue. About two hundred rounds in to my first range trip and I start getting some failures to hold open after the last round is fired. (using Sig mags included with the pistol) Maybe this is just due to it being new (hopefully) or maybe it just won't go that many rounds without cleaning?. Will just have to try again and find out if this is the case. Both my Taraus and Springfield 9s do 500 rounds) easy without being cleaned. (did 500 rounds of flaming dirt Bullseye with cast lead bulllets in the Taraus once) Is this a common problem on new Sigs or Sigs in general?
More break in time needed?
Improper lube?
Don't misunderstand me I do like the pistol overall. One of the reasons I bought it was because of the adjustable sight.
The Sig was one of the few 9mms offered in CA with factory adjustable sights, and I had heard good things about them. (Both P226 and Beretta 92 passed military trials)
I just hope the failure to hold open issue will go away after another couple hundred rounds and it dosen''t have to go back to SIG. (note: I also have heard rumors that for a while SIG was not honoring the warrany on CA pistols, but I don't know this for a fact) Also no mention in the documentation about the loaded chamber indicator, magazine safety or adjustable sights. No big deal but you would think they could provide accurate documentation even if it is a seperate little paper from the little manual that is already included.
I suppose I could tell it I am going to trade it in on a (insert most hated 9mm pistol here) and maybe it will behave, but that's no way to start a new relationship.
This sort of sounds more negative than I intended but I will let it stand as is and hope none of the mods zing me for straying to far from The High Road.
PS: Mods, I started a new thread if you feel it would be better on the end of my other thread http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=768450 please move it for me. Thanks.
2. The SRT trigger is nice
3. IMO California loaded chamber indicator is ugly
4. The magazine safety looks like something that might break at a bad time
5. Night sights are cool (my first set)
6. The adjustable sights, are, well, not really adjustable
(Pics here http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=768450)
For me the sights were about 6" low and 2" left 10 yards. I like the POI to be the top of the front sight blade when the sights are lined up. Some say Sig adjusts thier sights for a "combat" sight alignment, the middle of the front blade on the POI, anyway I thought no problem I will just adjust them, that's why I wanted adjustable sights in the first place. Since it has an "adjustable" sight the low (elevation) part part was easy to fix at the range. A little allen screw with click adjustments.
However......
The screws for the windage adjustment (tiny allen screws)to move the rear sight will not come loose.
I talked to Sig.
(Fairly quick getting a Customer service rep on the line, not like holding a hour+ for Taraus.)
They said they used locktite on them. I was informed that you will almost certainly have to apply heat to loosen the screws to adjust the sight and after adjustment they need locktite put on them again. (Think I will try purple if I ever get them out, The first Sig person I talked to said use RED, the second one said use Blue....so Red and Blue togather = Purple ) I have not had time to heat it up and see if I can get them loose. I am very disappointed, this is not my idea of an adjustable sight if it requires a blow dryer/heat gun to adjust. My fault, I guess I should have called Sig before buying it to find out what was necessary to adjust thier "adjustable" sight. To me adjustable means it can be done in the field with simple hand tools, no sight pusher, heat gun etc. required.
Maybe other people managed to do thier's without heat but mine won't turn even when you twist enough to bend the tiny allen wrench provided for the task. :banghead:
OK, now that that's out of my system
I come to the other issue. About two hundred rounds in to my first range trip and I start getting some failures to hold open after the last round is fired. (using Sig mags included with the pistol) Maybe this is just due to it being new (hopefully) or maybe it just won't go that many rounds without cleaning?. Will just have to try again and find out if this is the case. Both my Taraus and Springfield 9s do 500 rounds) easy without being cleaned. (did 500 rounds of flaming dirt Bullseye with cast lead bulllets in the Taraus once) Is this a common problem on new Sigs or Sigs in general?
More break in time needed?
Improper lube?
Don't misunderstand me I do like the pistol overall. One of the reasons I bought it was because of the adjustable sight.
The Sig was one of the few 9mms offered in CA with factory adjustable sights, and I had heard good things about them. (Both P226 and Beretta 92 passed military trials)
I just hope the failure to hold open issue will go away after another couple hundred rounds and it dosen''t have to go back to SIG. (note: I also have heard rumors that for a while SIG was not honoring the warrany on CA pistols, but I don't know this for a fact) Also no mention in the documentation about the loaded chamber indicator, magazine safety or adjustable sights. No big deal but you would think they could provide accurate documentation even if it is a seperate little paper from the little manual that is already included.
I suppose I could tell it I am going to trade it in on a (insert most hated 9mm pistol here) and maybe it will behave, but that's no way to start a new relationship.
This sort of sounds more negative than I intended but I will let it stand as is and hope none of the mods zing me for straying to far from The High Road.
PS: Mods, I started a new thread if you feel it would be better on the end of my other thread http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=768450 please move it for me. Thanks.
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