johnny_galtanni
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Long time lurker....for some reason I decided to register today. Good community you guys have got here.
I actually joined to post about some issues with another gun, but thought I would post about this new sigma while I was here....
Here's the background:
On impulse last week, I picked up a new S&W Sigma 9mm (SW9VE). I had traded some stuff I didn't need anymore, had a big store credit, and after running a couple of boxes through one at the store range, I picked up this gun and 800 rounds of 9mm.
Why:
I saw it among the rentals a couple of weeks ago when I was putting in some range time with my M&P 9mm. I had heard so much about the Sigmas guns....all bad. It was word-of-mouth that soured me on them and contributed to my purchasing my M&P a few years ago for my first gun.
The Sigma felt good...really good in the hand. The trigger was notably stiffer than the M&P, but not excessively long and definitely not rough. I realize the gun had a shaky start 15 years ago, but I failed to see why people dog it out so much now.
So, at a price of $279 new, I got one last week.
My first range trip with mine:
I brought the new SW9VE to the range with my M&P and a Kel-Tec P3AT. I planned to put 8 boxes through it.
The trigger was stiffer than the range gun I had tried a couple of weeks ago. I guess this was to be expected with a new gun. It seemed not quite twice as hard of a pull pull as the M&P, about the same length pull. It was just a little bit harder (but shorter) than the Kel-Tec P3AT.
Accuracy: After 400 rounds I was completely missing a softball sized hole from the target at the center-of-mass aim point at 10 yards. My accuracy with this gun (after an adjustment period) was no different than the M&P.
Reliability: No malfunctions of any kind on 420 rounds. (400 Federal Factory seconds of some sort, and 20 Gold Dot JHPs).
Summary: Had I not listened to the internet, I probably would've bought one of these in 2006 when I bought my M&P. With proper grip & sighting, I can shoot the sigma just as accurately as the M&P after just 400 rounds (vs ~7k on the M&P), perhaps not as quickly but not much slower either.
Don't get me wrong, I like the M&P better, but I was surprised that it wasn't night-and-day. My trigger finger was tired after 400 pulls on the Sigma. But, for $279 new with 2 mags, I think it's a bargain. She's loaded up with gold dots and in a new Barska safe I picked up for the home office now.
The moral of the story: Don't listen to me. Don't listen to the internet. GO SHOOT SOME GUNS AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. I'm happy with my other guns, but now regret talking others out of what may have been a good gun because of stuff I had read on the internet.
I actually joined to post about some issues with another gun, but thought I would post about this new sigma while I was here....
Here's the background:
On impulse last week, I picked up a new S&W Sigma 9mm (SW9VE). I had traded some stuff I didn't need anymore, had a big store credit, and after running a couple of boxes through one at the store range, I picked up this gun and 800 rounds of 9mm.
Why:
I saw it among the rentals a couple of weeks ago when I was putting in some range time with my M&P 9mm. I had heard so much about the Sigmas guns....all bad. It was word-of-mouth that soured me on them and contributed to my purchasing my M&P a few years ago for my first gun.
The Sigma felt good...really good in the hand. The trigger was notably stiffer than the M&P, but not excessively long and definitely not rough. I realize the gun had a shaky start 15 years ago, but I failed to see why people dog it out so much now.
So, at a price of $279 new, I got one last week.
My first range trip with mine:
I brought the new SW9VE to the range with my M&P and a Kel-Tec P3AT. I planned to put 8 boxes through it.
The trigger was stiffer than the range gun I had tried a couple of weeks ago. I guess this was to be expected with a new gun. It seemed not quite twice as hard of a pull pull as the M&P, about the same length pull. It was just a little bit harder (but shorter) than the Kel-Tec P3AT.
Accuracy: After 400 rounds I was completely missing a softball sized hole from the target at the center-of-mass aim point at 10 yards. My accuracy with this gun (after an adjustment period) was no different than the M&P.
Reliability: No malfunctions of any kind on 420 rounds. (400 Federal Factory seconds of some sort, and 20 Gold Dot JHPs).
Summary: Had I not listened to the internet, I probably would've bought one of these in 2006 when I bought my M&P. With proper grip & sighting, I can shoot the sigma just as accurately as the M&P after just 400 rounds (vs ~7k on the M&P), perhaps not as quickly but not much slower either.
Don't get me wrong, I like the M&P better, but I was surprised that it wasn't night-and-day. My trigger finger was tired after 400 pulls on the Sigma. But, for $279 new with 2 mags, I think it's a bargain. She's loaded up with gold dots and in a new Barska safe I picked up for the home office now.
The moral of the story: Don't listen to me. Don't listen to the internet. GO SHOOT SOME GUNS AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. I'm happy with my other guns, but now regret talking others out of what may have been a good gun because of stuff I had read on the internet.
