I ordered an IWB Kydex holster for my .40S&W P229R DAK recently and it just came in today. The company I ordered it from (I don't want to mention their name, because on Tuesday I'm going to talk to them about this issue for the first time and I don't want anybody here forming any initial bad thoughts of this company (this company is great (I have done business with them for a while now, their top-notch)) and I'm sure it was an honest mistake/mix-up on either their end or mine) wrote only P229 on the invoice and also engraved P229 on the holster itself (not P229R or P229 Rail). On the phone when I ordered it, I told the lady it was the new production rail version of the P229 (P229R) in .40S&W (their website shows they make the holster for both the older non-rail version of the P229 (P229) and the new version with the rail (P229R)).
Okay, all you Sig Gurus out there: My question is: Does the new P229R use a wider/different slide than the older non-rail P229 does? I basically had to fully remove the new holster's two retention screws, down by the muzzle end of the holster, just to get the P229R in there. Even then, talk about an extremely super tight fit in and out of the holster after that (no way it can be considered a correct fit). I can tell by looking down the holster as I try to push the Sig down into the holster that it is the slide that is rubbing up tightly against the inside of the holster and not the frame rail part at all. What I'm assuming (yep, you should never assume
) is that they gave me a holster for the older non-railed version of the P229 (P229) and that the newer production P229Rs use a wider slide than the original P229's used. Is this correct? I always thought the main/only difference between a P229 and a P229R was the rail on the frame. Can somebody clarify that the newer P229R uses a wider slide than the non-rail P229 uses or not. I'm also wondering does the 9mm version of the P229R use a thinner slide than the .40S&W version does? Maybe that's the mix-up instead (they gave me a 9mm P229R holster instead of a .40 one). I guess I'll have to wait a little longer before I can carry my new Sig, oh well. Thanks.
Okay, all you Sig Gurus out there: My question is: Does the new P229R use a wider/different slide than the older non-rail P229 does? I basically had to fully remove the new holster's two retention screws, down by the muzzle end of the holster, just to get the P229R in there. Even then, talk about an extremely super tight fit in and out of the holster after that (no way it can be considered a correct fit). I can tell by looking down the holster as I try to push the Sig down into the holster that it is the slide that is rubbing up tightly against the inside of the holster and not the frame rail part at all. What I'm assuming (yep, you should never assume
) is that they gave me a holster for the older non-railed version of the P229 (P229) and that the newer production P229Rs use a wider slide than the original P229's used. Is this correct? I always thought the main/only difference between a P229 and a P229R was the rail on the frame. Can somebody clarify that the newer P229R uses a wider slide than the non-rail P229 uses or not. I'm also wondering does the 9mm version of the P229R use a thinner slide than the .40S&W version does? Maybe that's the mix-up instead (they gave me a 9mm P229R holster instead of a .40 one). I guess I'll have to wait a little longer before I can carry my new Sig, oh well. Thanks.
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