Sig P229 First Shoot

[amprecon]

I rented and shot my first Sig ever today. It was the P229 DAK in .40S&W. I was born and bred on Glocks and after years and years of hearing about the legendary Sig line of firearms, I decided to take the dive and at least see what everyone was raving about.
Granted it was a well made gun, however a completely different animal than the Glocks. It seemed that every time I brought the gun up to bear I had to look for the sights, it was like they were sitting on a look-out tower way up there. I had to intentionally find the sight picture, but once on target it shot accurately albeit to the right slightly.
I am not a fan of long double action trigger pulls except for DAO revolvers and only then because of ease and simplicity of use for those that aren't as gun-savvy.
Overall it was a satisfying shoot and I was actually surprised at how much smoother the recoil seemed with it in .40 than my G23.

 

[hagar]

I own both Glocks and Sigs. For self defence I will choose the Glock every time. If I had to go batter a door down with some hostiles on the other side, I would pick my SIG 229 in 357 SIG, but mine is not double action only. Actually I take that back, I will take my AR15 and a couple of 30 round magazines loaded with 60 grain VMax's!

I far prefer striker fired pistols to these double action only abominations. I think the only reason they exist is to make it through the selection process of politically correct police department that mandates dao pistols.

 

[10-Ring]

SIGs have a huge following & their reputation for quality seems well earned. But the one I purchased was a lemon & I have yet to find one I liked to shoot.