One of My Holy Grail Pistols has Arrived

[Rinspeed]

It's been a long time coming but I was finally able to make it happen. It wasn't an easy decision either but sometimes you have to follow your gut instincts. Thank God I have an understanding wife. Full range report and some good pics to follow. I think I might have set some sort of record because the shipping was $190 from CA.

 

[W.E.G.]

I've seen those.

How did you manage to get gouged for $190 shipping?
That boggles my mind.

 

[scaatylobo]

Congradulations = I think

Unless it was shipped from europe,why a bill of $190.00?

Nice gun but that might add too much for me to spend,hope you LOVE it.

 

[crashbuell]

Brutal shipping... Nice gun though!

 

[Certaindeaf]

So what did you get?

 

[usp9]

The X-5 is very nice indeed. Enjoy. I also wonder why so much to ship it. USPS, FFL to FFL would be $20 or so with insurance. Common carrier overnight at $50 or so.

 

[LiveLife]

Nice! It's good to fulfill our dreams.

When I was a teenager, I dreamed of owning a Sig P226 and when I finally bought one years later, it was an emotional experience to range test it.

Look forward to your range report.

 

[holdencm9]

Dude that is pretty awesome, but I have to ask: can you really have more than one "holy grail gun?" Isn't that kind of sacrilegious?

Ah I am just jealous since I have zero HGG's.

 

[Rinspeed]

I was pretty upset about the shipping but I did get him to agree to pay half of it. He had told me $120 is what his dealer had quoted him but when he called from the dealers it was $190 UPS overnight with $2500 insurance. So I guess the dealer got a $100 transfer fee.

 

[Skylerbone]

Beautiful pistol. Not the sort of thing I dreamt of as a kid, I thought I'd have a bazooka and a bikini clad wife by now. Maybe I'll move to Texas some day and get that bazooka.

It's only money and yours seems well spent regardless of shipping cost. Congratulations and good hunting on the rest of your Grail quest.

 

[gunnutery]

I thought the transfer fee was supposed to be on the receiving end at YOUR dealer.

 

[tarosean]

I thought the transfer fee was supposed to be on the receiving end at YOUR dealer.

I *think* he meant the dealer charged 100.00 to transfer/ship as a fee on top of the actual shipping costs.

 

[Jed Carter]

Beautiful pistol, worth every penny I would think, I see it comes with 2-10 round magazines. I wonder how the X-5 would stack up to a 9mm 1911?

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

The seller should have had it mailed from a dealer in CA to your FFL. Would have been about $30-$40, even with the ins.

 

[bc1023]

Beautiful pistol, worth every penny I would think, I see it comes with 2-10 round magazines. I wonder how the X-5 would stack up to a 9mm 1911?

That would depend on which 1911 you're referring to.

The Sig X-Five is a specific model. The 1911 is a design.

 

[Jed Carter]

X-5 compared to a good 9mm 1911 like an STI or an STI 2011 9mm, I would think it a toss up. Just for availability of magazines and parts and ease of complete disassembly / reassembly I picked the 1911 platform over others. Still a good looking pistol and it would work well in USPSA Limited/Limited 10, most of the dealers that have them here are asking well over $2000. Now if SIG would like to sponsor a C shooter in IPSC and supply a couple of pistols...

 

[Ash]

Overnight carrier these days runs more like $70-$80. It is obscene and unnecessary as it does more to put focus on handguns in the system.

 

[Skylerbone]

I think the X-5 would best nearly any off the shelf 1911 offering in its price range. There are custom offerings that could tip the scales but not at the $2,000 price ceiling and the 9mm 1911 magazine offerings offer far more opportunity for failures than the Sig which can easily cost you a match.

That said, I can easily understand why the Sig made the OP's list. Perhaps the best of the best.

 

[bc1023]

X-5 compared to a good 9mm 1911 like an STI or an STI 2011 9mm, I would think it a toss up. Just for availability of magazines and parts and ease of complete disassembly / reassembly I picked the 1911 platform over others. Still a good looking pistol and it would work well in USPSA Limited/Limited 10, most of the dealers that have them here are asking well over $2000. Now if SIG would like to sponsor a C shooter in IPSC and supply a couple of pistols...

I'd put the X-Five's build quality above most STIs, if not all of them. Just talking accuracy, its close.

I'm not much for 9mm 1911s or 2011s though. I like my 1911s in 45ACP.

 

[Rinspeed]

I think the X-5 would best nearly any off the shelf 1911 offering in its price range. There are custom offerings that could tip the scales but not at the $2,000 price ceiling and the 9mm 1911 magazine offerings offer far more opportunity for failures than the Sig which can easily cost you a match.

That said, I can easily understand why the Sig made the OP's list. Perhaps the best of the best.

After feeling the trigger, which is unbelievably smooth, and the very tight lock up, I have no doubt this thing is going to do just fine. I don't have it in my hands yet because my stupid NICS gets held up every time. It's supposed to be nice this weekend so I might just wait until Sunday to shoot. Brian, have you done any adjusting of the trigger on yours.

 

[bc1023]

After feeling the trigger, which is unbelievably smooth, and the very tight lock up, I have no doubt this thing is going to do just fine. I don't have it in my hands yet because my stupid NICS gets held up every time. It's supposed to be nice this weekend so I might just wait until Sunday to shoot. Brian, have you done any adjusting of the trigger on yours.

Jeff, I left my trigger at the stock weight and reset. It feels about perfect to me.

I'm really looking forward to hearing your impressions.

 

[Oldnoob]

Congrats.

 

[Rinspeed]

 

[Rinspeed]

 

[SwampWolf]

How did you manage to get gouged for $190 shipping?

Via Pony Express driving a Budweiser horse.