JeeperCreeper
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HELP!!! SIG SAUER P250 dirt or not dirt??
So I'm in the market for a medium-ish sized pistol and I have been seeing alot of sales for SIG P250s. I was never a huge fan of DAO on a non-pocket pistol, but I know the SIGs fit nicely in my hand so I headed to my LGS to check them out in person again.
Upon handing the 250, I really liked the feel of it and the trigger was acceptable for a carry gun... but the issue came up when the clerk and I were cycling the action. It seems on the compact 250s (the medium ones) that if you didn't slam the slide home, it would hang up on itself and remain about 3 or 4mm out of battery. I understand on many guns, you can't be gentle with it, however, I have never had an issue with any modern semi auto where if I did not rack it rough, it would not go fully into battery. It also made racking the slide back to the rear extremely difficult.
The clerk was guessing it needed breaking in and a good cleaning, but looking at the clearances, it seems there may be some minor rubbing and/or binding between the frame, slide, and modular fire controls. It also concerns me that the two or three compact 250s had this issue when the full size did not.
Is this type of issue on SIG 250s normal?? Anyone have first hand experience on this?? I'm just trying to find out if I should cross the 250 off my list.
So I'm in the market for a medium-ish sized pistol and I have been seeing alot of sales for SIG P250s. I was never a huge fan of DAO on a non-pocket pistol, but I know the SIGs fit nicely in my hand so I headed to my LGS to check them out in person again.
Upon handing the 250, I really liked the feel of it and the trigger was acceptable for a carry gun... but the issue came up when the clerk and I were cycling the action. It seems on the compact 250s (the medium ones) that if you didn't slam the slide home, it would hang up on itself and remain about 3 or 4mm out of battery. I understand on many guns, you can't be gentle with it, however, I have never had an issue with any modern semi auto where if I did not rack it rough, it would not go fully into battery. It also made racking the slide back to the rear extremely difficult.
The clerk was guessing it needed breaking in and a good cleaning, but looking at the clearances, it seems there may be some minor rubbing and/or binding between the frame, slide, and modular fire controls. It also concerns me that the two or three compact 250s had this issue when the full size did not.
Is this type of issue on SIG 250s normal?? Anyone have first hand experience on this?? I'm just trying to find out if I should cross the 250 off my list.
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