SIG P225 / P6: the weirdest-looking, prettiest SIG pistol IMO

Like the OP, the P225 magazine baseplate length disturbed my grip on the pistol so I changed them - a member on the SigForum made the best I have seen and felt.
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.455_Hunter said:
Being a lefty, I really like my duty-worn "Montage Suisse" P225 with the heel-release. Despite having an "early" barrel, I have not succeeded in getting it to jam on anything yet- including Hornady Custom 147 gr XTPs.

Based on the above experience, there is a minty P225 in the safe with six new mags waiting on my 17 year old. Perhaps finishing his Eagle Scout or HS honors graduation would be a good opportunity for a nice gift.
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Mine also has the early barrel ramp, but Ive never found a HP it wouldn't feed.
 
bannockburn said:
Never did get a P225/P6 as I didn't really need or want a 9mm. with a single stack mag design. Had an early production P226 and ended up trading it for something else that caught my eye. I was impressed with the overall quality of the P226 and liked the ergos on it but couldn't reach the trigger consistently in DA mode. Used my brother's P228 which I really liked a lot (the gun was reliable and fed everything I could fit into the mag, with nary a problem). Eventually he wanted his gun back and I went looking for it's replacement. Found a LNIB P229 at a great price (thanks to an old high school classmate who worked behind the counter at the LGS).
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Those E2 grips on gun pictured is what makes it feel so great !
 
1KPerDay said:
I shot a video for any interested, or feel free to ignore
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Waait just a minute, you are that guy with the secret lair and underground shooting range?! Awesome!

Also, when you had your rifles flooded, did the flood fill the whole lair? That sounds like a goddamn catastrophe now. I thought it was just something like a toilet leak.
 
Back in 1998 I traded a good friend my Glock 21 for his 45 Sig P220. This was more a long term loan where we eventually traded back.
At the time both were $600+ guns.

Being left handed, I never found love for the Sig P22X guns. I can work the decocker and mag release just fine with my left hand index finger. However the slide stop is impossible to use and having to manually release the slide or switch hands to lock open the slide, gets old fast.

I should've grabbed a couple P225's when they came into the USA as surplus, cheap.

My closest gun to a Sig P22X is my Arex Rex Zero 1B from Slovenia. It looks like a Sig, has the Sig style frame mounted decocker. However, the decocker doubles as a slide release, which is far enough out from the grip to allow me to use my left index finger to operate it. It also has an unique ambi safety that allows for cocked and locked carry, hammer down safety on, and hammer down safety off carry.

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zaitcev said:
Waait just a minute, you are that guy with the secret lair and underground shooting range?! Awesome!

Also, when you had your rifles flooded, did the flood fill the whole lair? That sounds like a goddamn catastrophe now. I thought it was just something like a toilet leak.
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No it flooded the safe room where all the guns were stored and got about 18”-2 feet deep with salty chlorinated pool water. That sucked trying to clean all those guns. A couple cheap ones were damaged and I’ve had to refinish some stocks but overall it could have been way worse. Luckily we found it within a day
 
Have you been shooting black powder revolvers recently? Looked like you were shaking caps off to the right of your P225 there at around 10 minutes...:):):)
 
The Sig 225 is a quiet winner, sadly the single column rounds mags got into the past and its weight is a boat anchor for today uses. Sig re-surface it for a reason it is in my opinion one of Sig's overal best.
Nice videos keep it up.
 
Many old SIG Sauer pistols from the 1970s have the test target signed by a certain J. Rehr. He held a factory record with the P220 and another record with it in the German border guards, the BGS. We talked about the P220, 225, 226 and 228 and also shot the P225 in comparison to a SIG Sauer P220. He told me his verdict in simple words that the P6 was a failed design that was the result of the requirements of law enforcement "desk jockeys". I remember that the firearms commission in one of the German states had let officers of various firearm experience shoot the H&K PSP, the Walther P5, and SIG Sauer P6 and the Walther was liked best and the officers shot better scores with it.
 
9mmepiphany said:
It's place in history is based on the German LE change from the 9 x 17mm to the 9 x 19mm cartridge following the Munich Massacre during the 1972 Olympics. The collection would be the P5 (Walther), P6 (SIG), and P7 (H&K)

The 225 was the third SIG introduced to the American market, following the P210 and the P220
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Standard issue had been either the Walther/Manurhin PP in 7,65/.32 ACP or P1 in 9mm, the 9mm Kurz had not been standard issue to police.
 
PzGren said:
Many old SIG Sauer pistols from the 1970s have the test target signed by a certain J. Rehr. He held a factory record with the P220 and another record with it in the German border guards, the BGS. We talked about the P220, 225, 226 and 228 and also shot the P225 in comparison to a SIG Sauer P220. He told me his verdict in simple words that the P6 was a failed design that was the result of the requirements of law enforcement "desk jockeys". I remember that the firearms commission in one of the German states had let officers of various firearm experience shoot the H&K PSP, the Walther P5, and SIG Sauer P6 and the Walther was liked best and the officers shot better scores with it.
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Both my NW P6 and NDS P7 PSP came with the last issued Officer's name taped to the boxes. Both are outstanding pistols, but if I had to choose one to go into a gunfight with, it would be the Sig every time. Mr. Rehr is entitled to his informed opinion, but in no way would I consider it a failed design.

I do wonder if the similarity of the P5 to the P1 may have had something to do with the officers' shooting scores, being what they were accustomed to shooting for years prior. That familiarity (and perhaps a bit of nostalgia) may have had something to do with their preference as well- case in point the resistance of US service members to giving up their 1911s when the Beretta appeared.

In any event, Ive owned and shot several P1s, (though not the P5) and would rate both the Sig and H&K far ahead of the Walther. Just my 2 pfennig.....

The P5 is damn sexy, though. Especially the Compact.:)
 
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PzGren said:
Standard issue had been either the Walther/Manurhin PP in 7,65/.32 ACP or P1 in 9mm, the 9mm Kurz had not been standard issue to police.
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Walther offered the PP Super in 9x18 Police* but the brass had their minds made up, the polizei were going to get 9mm P and that was that.
There were several trick bullets at the time, attempts to improve "stopping power" without the stigma of hollow points. They didn't amount to much, either.

*Internet nomenclature and even the Fiocchi catalog notwithstanding, the 1970s 9mm Police is not the same as the 1930s 9mm Ultra.

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Going back to ordering manufacturer catalogs, I too did this in the late 80's and early 90's. My favorite was the Interarms Catalog.
I still will search gunbroker by Interarms to see what is out there:
https://www.gunbroker.com/Guns-Firearms/search?Keywords=Interarms&PageSize=96&Sort=4&View=1

A side note, I went Iraq in 2009 as a civilian contractor. One of my hobbies while walking around base was checking out sidearms being carried by our US Military, security contractors, and foreign military. The Army CID had their offices near my office in Baghdad at Camp Victory. They carried the Sig M11 (P228) pistols. The Australians were also there carrying Hi Powers. I occasionally would spot a Soldier carrying a H&K Socom pistol - meaning he was special. Otherwise the most commonly seen sidearms were the Beretta M9's and all sizes of Glock 9mms.

Iraqi military carried S&W M&P 9mms. Which we all kind of laughed about...
 
czhen said:
The Sig 225 is a quiet winner, sadly the single column rounds mags got into the past and its weight is a boat anchor for today uses. Sig re-surface it for a reason it is in my opinion one of Sig's overal best.
Nice videos keep it up.
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When I get back home from vacation I was gonna pop my 225 on the scale, now that I have it back it feels lighter than I remebered.
 
drobs said:
Going back to ordering manufacturer catalogs, I too did this in the late 80's and early 90's. My favorite was the Interarms Catalog.
I still will search gunbroker by Interarms to see what is out there:
https://www.gunbroker.com/Guns-Firearms/search?Keywords=Interarms&PageSize=96&Sort=4&View=1

A side note, I went Iraq in 2009 as a civilian contractor. One of my hobbies while walking around base was checking out sidearms being carried by our US Military, security contractors, and foreign military. The Army CID had their offices near my office in Baghdad at Camp Victory. They carried the Sig M11 (P228) pistols. The Australians were also there carrying Hi Powers. I occasionally would spot a Soldier carrying a H&K Socom pistol - meaning he was special. Otherwise the most commonly seen sidearms were the Beretta M9's and all sizes of Glock 9mms.

Iraqi military carried S&W M&P 9mms. Which we all kind of laughed about...
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Those Interarms catalogs made my year when I was a kid. Boy, their art department sure could fancy up a page to make a plain old Helwan, Star or Astra pistol become something special! ;)

My last chief carried a P-225… when he carried a gun at all that is. :oops:

My last non-Glock duty gun was a West German P-228. It was, and still is, a great shooter for me so I still have that gun in the safe. :thumbup:

Stay safe.
 
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Back when the P6’s hit the market, I picked one up. $330 as I recall. Alway loved the gun. Shot it well.

Got a P239 in 9mm and another in .40/357 SIG. Both DAK. The P6 didn’t really serve a purpose for me.

it belongs to my oldest son now.
 
I really like the SIG 225 and it is probably my favorite SIG. I also had a P-6 which would not feed any JHP ammo except for COR BON Powerball ammo. So I sold it. I had the action slicked on the P-6 and it really was a great shooter, except for the not feeding any jhp part. I still have the 225 and will keep it. The trigger is not that smooth, about the same as any other SIG and inferior to my BERETTA 92 pistols, but that wonderful grip shape is perfect for me.
If I can find a good gunsmith to smooth the trigger, then it will be perfect. I carry it on occasion when I go CCW, but usually stick with a BERETTA 92 compact or STOEGER copy of the BERETTA 8000.
The 228 and 229 are better CCW guns, but the 225 is good enough and has the better grip. The 226 is too large to comfortabley carry when I ccw. I can no longer carry a personally owned pistol when on duty.

Jim
 
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