Original S&W Sigma: am I crazy for wanting it back?

[greyling22]

I sympathize. I feel that way about my sks I sold for 2x what I had in it. kinda wish I had it back. I like the cheap sturdiness of it. and the manual of arms. not so much the sights. or short LOP. I know where a norinco paratrooper version is, and I periodically wonder if he would part with it......

but yeah, if you can spare the change, track one down. Nothing wrong with buying nostalgia. at least I hope not. otherwise my transformers t-shirt was a poor purchase

 

[1KPerDay]

The original Sigma's made prior to about 2000 were junk.

Mine wasn't

 

[Mike J]

1KPerDay - I don't think there is anything crazy about wanting that pistol back. I know I had owned a couple of other handguns prior to getting my Ruger P94 in .40. But the Ruger was what I owned when I got serious about wanting to learn to shoot a handgun well. I spent a lot of time working with that gun & a lot of money in ammunition trying to get good with it.
I wound up buying a XD-40 & discovered it was easier to shoot well for me. The Ruger got out less & less. I still keep it though because in truth it taught me a lot.
A couple of weeks ago after reading a thread here about DA/SA pistols I got a wild hair & dug it out for the first time in a while. I shot it about as well as I did anything else. I was taking turns with my 12 year old daughter letting her shoot a .22 rifle & me shooting pistols. When it was my turn I told her I was going to shoot a funky looking weed that was about 1" diameter in half. I did it on the first shot with the double action trigger from somewhere between 7-10 yards. It really surprised me. If it wasn't for the backwards slide mounted safety I would be tempted to carry it. If you got it back I'm pretty sure it would still work & you could look at it from time to time & think about what you learned with it.

 

[PabloJ]

No reason not to buy one if one has about $250 to throw away.

 

[rsrocket1]

No reason not to buy one if one has about $250 to throw away.

You might be disappointed with the newer triggers if your original Sigma had a good one.
Most likely, anyone with an original Sigma with the good trigger will not part with it unless someone offered way more money than what he thinks it's worth. Then you're buying on emotion and anything goes.

Its worth what it is worth to you when you buy for sentimental reasons. Like guys buying orignial Camaros, Chargers and other muscle cars that seemed better back then than they really were. Otherwise enjoy your M&P.

 

[d2wing]

If you remove the stupid extra trigger weight springs they actually are very good guns. I recently won a match with one. I like my H&K better but I can't complain about the Sigma after a little work on the trigger.

 

[PabloJ]

Looking at very small trigger guard, huge magazine base plate, no rail tells me buying the original S&W Sigma is total waste of money.

 

[Zendude]

The danger with buying it is that it will seem inferior to your current gun and ruin a happy memory.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I take it your friend doesn't have YOUR original gun anymore, otherwise you'd have offered to buy it back.

I get the nostalgia thing. My first handgun was an SP101 in 357, which I still have. If I'd ever gotten rid of it, I know I'd miss it and end up buying another.

But a Sigma? I don't know.

The bottom line is that nostalgia doesn't necessarily follow sound logic. It just is, and sometimes scratching the itch is all that will cure it, logical or not, wise or not.

Every gun I've ever gotten rid of was for good reason, as in I decided I didn't really care about it. I miss one of them only, but it was associated with a horrible memory and time in my life.

If you miss it, and have the money, I say go for it.

 

[entropy]

Looking at very small trigger guard, huge magazine base plate, no rail tells me buying the original S&W Sigma is total waste of money.

OK, we get it, you don't like Smegmas-and it's obvious you don't get the idea of this thread.

 

[mljdeckard]

Worst gun I ever owned. My story reads very close to yours. But you be you man, if you want one get one.

The absurd thing is the price. That is a bad price for a new one. I will hold back on the snide jokes about the difference between a fired and an unfired Sigma, but I would try to find an old one listed for $150, and bid $100.