Hawgleg44
Member
Marshall-
Have you ever worked as a machinist? Yes, it does take a LOT more cost in material, wear on tooling, finishing and time (labor costs, too) in order to produce an aluminum or steel frame than it does to mould a platic frame. And, there are more parts made of plastic (read less expensive to produce) in the Sigma than in the CS Series. Yes, I do own both.
Since we have now made it clear why the Sigma is so much less expensive to produce than your example of a CS Series, I'd like to go back to my original statement/question. Why does the Sigma (which is sooooo much of a Glock "knockoff" cost around $200 less than a Glock, even though they both are mostly plastic? I would have to say it has something to do with Glock's huge profit margin.
ABBOBERG-
If you sent your Sigma back, and got a barrel as a replacement with a loaded chamber indicator (peephole) in the barrel that you did not have before, you probably had an SW40V and not an SW40VE. The earlier model 40V had the Glock type loose tolerance striker system (which was improved with the VE model) and did not have a loaded chamber indicator. Do you still have this Sigma? If so, I'd like to see an Enhanced Series Sigma without the peephole. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
Have you ever worked as a machinist? Yes, it does take a LOT more cost in material, wear on tooling, finishing and time (labor costs, too) in order to produce an aluminum or steel frame than it does to mould a platic frame. And, there are more parts made of plastic (read less expensive to produce) in the Sigma than in the CS Series. Yes, I do own both.
Since we have now made it clear why the Sigma is so much less expensive to produce than your example of a CS Series, I'd like to go back to my original statement/question. Why does the Sigma (which is sooooo much of a Glock "knockoff" cost around $200 less than a Glock, even though they both are mostly plastic? I would have to say it has something to do with Glock's huge profit margin.
ABBOBERG-
If you sent your Sigma back, and got a barrel as a replacement with a loaded chamber indicator (peephole) in the barrel that you did not have before, you probably had an SW40V and not an SW40VE. The earlier model 40V had the Glock type loose tolerance striker system (which was improved with the VE model) and did not have a loaded chamber indicator. Do you still have this Sigma? If so, I'd like to see an Enhanced Series Sigma without the peephole. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.