Hello Gary W., Back in the '80s I bought my first SIG P210, a new P210-2, based on what I'd heard about their extreme quality. I was not disappointed, to say the least, and that first P210 was soon followed by others. Fine as the Swiss guns were, I could not get around the hammer bite/bloodshed issue, and the bottom mag release. I'd been spoiled by the Hi Power and 1911, and eventually sold or traded my SIGs. I didn't buy another until the German Legends were near the end of their production. I know the Legend is looked upon with disdain by some, but I really liked them. No hammer bite/bloodshed, "American" style mag release, while maintaining what I thought was exemplary build quality. Shooting the German guns was such a pleasure for me, as compared to my Swiss versions.
So both Swiss and German 210s are very fine pistols IMHO. I had serious reservations though about the announced American version. I figured it would be reliable, but built to "relaxed" American tolerances. In short, acceptable to those who had never owned Swiss or German 210s because of the lower price, and the fact that is would still be labeled "P210", but a big disappointment to some of us who'd owned the earlier guns. But, I was very pleasantly surprised at the clean internal machine work, fit of component parts, finish and trigger of my American 210. At this point, I'm beginning to suspect that SIG put some serious effort into these new P210s prior to release, to maintain that image of superior quality enjoyed by the earlier guns. Possibly with some thought to YaHoos like me on forums, who were just waiting to pounce on the new gun, declare it trash, and bloviate far and wide on the deficiencies of an American version. I've had to eat some Humble Pie with this one. With the new 210, I think SIG is building a fine pistol, marketing it at fair price, and I don't regret my purchase.........ymmv