The 228 would be the closest to what you are looking for if you want a size comparable double stack 9mm. However if you are looking for a double-wide feel in your hand, the 228 won't feel much wider...the grips of a 225/P6 are much thicker than those on a 228
Really? I'll definitely concede to your experience 9mmepiphany, but the P6/P225 are single stack 9mm pistols with the same barrel length as the P228/P229. Wouldn't the single stack quality of the P225/P6 make them thinner?
It wouldn't be double wide, per se, but the P228 is thicker. If you have big hands like me (6'2", a solid 260, extra large hands) the thickness of a double stack pistol in 9mm is very much welcomed. In single stack 9s, I feel that I can reach too far over the trigger.
A gander mountain in my area seems to have several of the new P228s which are dubbed the M11. Another shop not too far from there has one as well. If I were in the market for a P228, I think I would try to find one of the actual P228s with the folded slide/breechblock insert. Those are the actual pistols that were issued to our military and built the reputation that the P228 was known for. Used SIGs are an excellent value, and as long as it shows no obvious abuse, a used folded slide SIG still has more life than you and I. I find it hard to justify the beefiness of the P229 without having it in the larger chamberings .40 or 357 SIG. Not that the 9mm P229 is a bad gun. In fact, it's actually fantastic. I'm just being a purist I guess. My P229 is a .40, which I've tried out as a 357. It was cheaper for me to reload 357s than .40s, and I actually used it as a 357 SIG in IDPA. What I determined was that it was too much muzzle blast and noise for even semi-enclosed areas with earmuffs on (inside a vehicle, between barricades, etc.) and the recoil was very strange to me. I had faster splits with the .40 barrel with ammo at a greater power factor no less. The sheer blast of the 357 affected me more than I expected.
At any rate, keep in mind that the new "M11" is actually just a 9mm P229 with the new long extractor. I don't know about the 9mm variants, but I have heard from reliable sources that the long extractor P229 .40s/357s have been iffy in reliability. Mine is a short extractor .40 version purchased several years ago, and 6000 rounds in I have not seen it choke, except for when it was time for a new recoil spring at around 3k. I am a SIG advocate, but I'm not entirely sold on the long extractors. I don't think the design was thought out too well.