Sig Trailside Competition

[Sactown]

Well, picked up my new Sig Trailside Competition last week and finally got out to the range to give it a try. OTD price was $680. It was really easy to disassemble for cleaning. Pull down on the trigger guard and it released the slide. It looks to me like the chamber is isolated from the trigger mechanism to keep out powder residue and gunk. It was super easy to clean. The whole pistol was rock solid. The trigger guard appeared to have slight surface rust..must be a Sig thing, but it cleaned up. This is the newer trailside with the new extractor and magazine design. At the range, all I had with me were Winchester Dynapoints standard velocity. Dynapoints shoot great in my 10/22 and MkII's so I wanted to see how it would fair in the Sig. The pointability and balance of the trailside is much better than my MkIIs. The anatomical grips, which I was worried wouldn't fit right, seemed like they were made for my hand (sorta like my P225). The palm rest is adjustable for y'all with big'ol gorilla hands. The stock sights are excellent and clearly marked for elevation and windage (they were dead on for me). There is a 3/8 rail on the barrel for rings, but I'll be shooting with irons. I put about 300rnds this session. In the first 20 rnds I had 3 instances where there was a round in the chamber but when I pulled the trigger nothing happened. Since this was a new pistol I probably should have broken it in with some hi vel stuff. The next 280 rnds went off without a hitch. I was shooting this to break in so accuracy wasn't on the top of the list. Offhand at 10 yards I had a couple of 5 shot groups in 1.5 to 2 inches, which is pretty good for me (I drink a lot of Dewskies and play a lot of FPS like Call of Duty, so I'm sorta jittery sometimes) since I was excited to shoot my new toy. I'll try some slower paced shooting with better ammo in a coupla weeks. The verdict? a really really really suuuwwweeeet shooting pistol that feels like an extension of your hand. Good ergonomics, good reliability (after break in), ease of maintenance, and you can shoot .22 all day long for $10. The price tag may turn many off, but if you're going to get just one .22 I'd save the pennies and drop them down for a Sig Trailside in a heartbeat.

 

[45R]

The trigger how is the trigger nice pistol!!!!

 

[Telperion]

Thanks for the report! I'd like to get a 22 autoloader pistol sometime, though I'll start with a plinker like a MkII or a P22 first.

How's the trigger pull? Is that a factory test target in the first picture?

 

[Sactown]

heh, forgot to report on the trigger (see what mountain dew does to brain cells!!) The trigger is like a 2 stage military trigger. Take up slack, then reistence, and pow. Mine has a pretty crisp trigger. As far as lbs, I'm not too sure. I am pretty impressed with the trigger. No lawyer designed this trigger.

yep, that's the test target. my test target says "5 Schuss 25 Meter"

Pipsqueak,
All the trailside models are available for sale in Kali. You should check on the other trailside models before making your choice. I have 2 Rugers and I like this trailside much better.

 

[DragonRider]

I have the short version, not sure what it is called, but I love it!!!! The trigger is awesome in terms of typical Sig trigger.

John

 

[MoNsTeR]

I have a Competition model as well.

The trigger is... unconventional. To me, it feels like a two-stage revolver DA pull that's shorter than a Glock trigger and nearly as light as a revolver SA pull (clear as mud? ). I wouldn't describe it as "crisp", indeed I can't sense the break at all. I didn't like it at first, but I got used to it and now I love it. Regardless of how it works, it's quite light and gives a surprise break so it's conducive to good accuracy. And ACCURACY this gun has in spades, I've nearly duplicated the factory test target (<1" at 25m) with ultra-cheap ammo.

BTW, can you post close-up pics of the extractor and magazine? I've no idea if mine is "new" or "old".

 

[Sactown]

Monster,

Check here: old vs new trailside magazine and extractor

 

[MoNsTeR]

Perfect, thanks!
I appear to have new magazines, but an old extractor, hmmmmm...

 

[Shmackey]

Monster, I think we're in the same boat there.

The pointability and balance of the trailside is much better than my MkIIs.

Isn't that the truth. The Ruger ran like a top but it was SOOO heavy, and not in a good way. And the trigger could not compare to the Sig's.

The Trailside's trigger is not unlike a Bullseye pistol's "rolling" break. Very hard to describe (and harder to create). Where some good trigger jobs break like glass, a rolling trigger breaks like... nothing. However, it's not at all like a DA trigger. The trigger isn't "doing" anything until the break.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Steel magazines or the same old plastic?

 

[Shmackey]

More like the same new plastic. I've got split ones, but I don't even know which generation...