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I picked up a Sig P238 yesterday at the Ft. Worth Gunshow, after giving up on the one I ordered from my lgs last march. I only saw 2 of these among the hundreds of, (thousands?) of other sigs there so they are hard to find. This one with night sights was $579 plus tax, steep, but so are all Sigs. Comes with only one mag but The lgs received the extra mag I ordered when I ordered the pistol that never came, so I'll have two. In keeping with Sig's habit of overcharging for everything, the extra mag was over $50, when taxes in the great state of TAXES are included.
Brought the gun home, drained the oil and headed for the range. I shot 150 rounds of Blazer brass fmj, Blazer aluminum fmj, WWB fmj, Independence fmj and finished off with 12 rounds of Cor Bon JHP. There was never a hiccup, it performed flawlessly. I punched one hole about an inch across at 7 yards about as fast as I could pull the trigger. I have NEVER fired ANY pistol other than a .22, that controls recoil as well! The gun just doesn't get off target like other small handguns I have fired. It is waaaaay ahead of any Kel Tec, LCP, Bersa thunder or others I own or have fired.
The trigger is great, easy to ride the reset, very little slack or overtravel.
I have no qualms about carrying it in my Nemesis pocket holster cocked and locked. The thumb safety is very solid and can't just be accidentally bumped off. You have to want to move it. IF... IF it did get bumped off safety, the Nemesis is as thick as an elephant hide so the trigger is not going to get "bumped" and cause an AD.
I can't find a single fault with the 238. There was an "upgrade", since Sig doesn't have recalls on some early models but I checked the serial number before I bought this one and it doesn't have the issue.
Another plus, well maybe not, is that my weakling wife, 5' and 104 lbs can rack the slide. The ONLY semi auto she has ever been able to do this with.
If these little guns cost a couple hundred less, I suspect there would be lots of other BUGs being traded in.
Brought the gun home, drained the oil and headed for the range. I shot 150 rounds of Blazer brass fmj, Blazer aluminum fmj, WWB fmj, Independence fmj and finished off with 12 rounds of Cor Bon JHP. There was never a hiccup, it performed flawlessly. I punched one hole about an inch across at 7 yards about as fast as I could pull the trigger. I have NEVER fired ANY pistol other than a .22, that controls recoil as well! The gun just doesn't get off target like other small handguns I have fired. It is waaaaay ahead of any Kel Tec, LCP, Bersa thunder or others I own or have fired.
The trigger is great, easy to ride the reset, very little slack or overtravel.
I have no qualms about carrying it in my Nemesis pocket holster cocked and locked. The thumb safety is very solid and can't just be accidentally bumped off. You have to want to move it. IF... IF it did get bumped off safety, the Nemesis is as thick as an elephant hide so the trigger is not going to get "bumped" and cause an AD.
I can't find a single fault with the 238. There was an "upgrade", since Sig doesn't have recalls on some early models but I checked the serial number before I bought this one and it doesn't have the issue.
Another plus, well maybe not, is that my weakling wife, 5' and 104 lbs can rack the slide. The ONLY semi auto she has ever been able to do this with.
If these little guns cost a couple hundred less, I suspect there would be lots of other BUGs being traded in.