Sig Design Question

[Plan2Live]

I have no point to make here, just seeing if I can settle my curiosity. How/why did Sig design the P239 with the rounded front trigger guard that sweeps into the frame similar to a P232 rather than flat fronted like the P225 (P6)? Is there a practical element to this design that escapes me? As best I can determine the 239 came after the 225 so it seems reasonable that the 239 would more closely resemble the 225. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Don't know -- and am guessing, but suspect that most of the other SIGs in the P-series are based on service weapon standards (police, military), even though they're used by civilians. If so, they might need large trigger guards that will accommodate gloved hands in cold climes, etc. The P239 seems less cut from that mold, and may have been intended to be a slimmer weapon for concealed carry by civilians.

 

[rcmodel]

The square front trigger guard was a big 'thing' in the 1970's & 80's.

Two hand hold with the left index finger hooked in front of the trigger guard.

As it turned out, it was a passing fad proven not to be effective in combat shooting, and has sense faded into obscurity again on most modern gun designs.

Glock continues it to this day, because without it, it wouldn't look like a Glock.

rc

 

[9mmepiphany]

Is there a practical element to this design that escapes me? As best I can determine the 239 came after the 225 so it seems reasonable that the 239 would more closely resemble the 225. Can anyone enlighten me?

The trigger guard of the 239 doesn't resemble that of the 225, because the 239 is a completely new frame design and didn't need to retain the useless hooked trigger guard of it's predecessor.

The practical element is that it doesn't tempt less knowledgeable shooters to weaken their grip by adopting an obsolescent gripping style

 

[1911 guy]

RC nailed this one. It was a fad of putting the left index finger on the front of the trigger guard. Fell into obscurity because it was a useless affectation.

 

[Longhorn 76]

I shoot much more accurately using the trigger guard, as does Jerry M and a couple of other IDPA masters.

 

[RustyShackelford]

Round style....

I prefer the rounded format. It holsters better & smoother and doesn't jab my fingers.
I've shot and used both types. The larger trigger guard does help with winter gloves. That seems to be the influence of NATO-western Europe nations like Germany & Italy.

 

[rskent]

I believe it also came after the P228, with a round trigger guard.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Every picture and every example I've seen of the P6, the military contract version of the P225, the next gun after the P220, has that square trigger guard, too. (Maybe early ones had round trigger guards?) That gun may have come out in the mid-late '70s... I can't find when they were first put in service.