You guys might laugh at me for this, but... is it possible that SIG got some of their ideas for the P250 from the little Walther P22? That is the only other gun I know of where the serial number is on the the receiver and there is a little window in the frame to see it. On the P22, if you take out the two main roll pins the whole guts of the gun just lifts right out and the grip that is left is just a piece of plastic which has no metal attached to it and no moving parts except the disassembly catch at the front. Here is a picture of mine.
The window/serial number thing is on the other side:
Despite it's early bad press, IMHO the P22 is a really awesome little design. I've got about 15,000 rounds (in a year) through mine now and it is working better than ever. If someone made a 9mm based on the same design (I have a P99 9mm too, and that is a completely different design, it just has some of the same styling) I would buy it in a minute. The "same design" would be (roughly) a small, SA/DA hammer-fired gun with a similarly tiny trigger travel and 4 pound pull, and with a fixed barrel. The disassembly thing would be a bonus too.
The Steyr M-A1 series pistols have a system where you can lift the receiver "box" out of the gun, just leaving the grip, although I have never tried this on mine. I guess the theory is that you can pop that out and put in another one and get back out in "the field" while somebody fixes whatever the issue is with the receiver. SIG seems to be doing the "pop out" thing on the P250 more for the interchangeable grip than maintenance, but it will serve both functions on the P250. The P250 looks dead simple to get super clean and working perfectly.
For the kind of gun I'm wanting, a "big P22", (other than the removable "box" issue) people have told me I should try a P7M8 or P7M13, and believe me I want one. Fixed barrel, nice single action trigger pull, small size... Reliable Gun just sold out all of what they say is the last shipment they will ever get.
I'm still not sold on the idea of $2,000 9mm pistol though, when there are a number of other firearms also on my list. Some other options might be one of the .380 guns with a fixed barrel, like a PPK or a SIG P230/232, etc. I would need a restricted one though, unfortunately.
Anyway, just some thoughts. I've read the full article on the SIG P250 now, and I am quite intrigued by it. The DAO 9 pound trigger sounds kind of stale for target shooting though. Good for cops, bad for picking your spots on paper.
If we could finally get some 9mm P229 with factory 106mm SIG barrels in Canada would be nice too. Maybe I'll take the plunge on one of the remaining P229 .40S&W's that are around. Perhaps that is all we will be able to get anytime soon (other than the ubiquitous P226).
The window/serial number thing is on the other side:
Despite it's early bad press, IMHO the P22 is a really awesome little design. I've got about 15,000 rounds (in a year) through mine now and it is working better than ever. If someone made a 9mm based on the same design (I have a P99 9mm too, and that is a completely different design, it just has some of the same styling) I would buy it in a minute. The "same design" would be (roughly) a small, SA/DA hammer-fired gun with a similarly tiny trigger travel and 4 pound pull, and with a fixed barrel. The disassembly thing would be a bonus too.
The Steyr M-A1 series pistols have a system where you can lift the receiver "box" out of the gun, just leaving the grip, although I have never tried this on mine. I guess the theory is that you can pop that out and put in another one and get back out in "the field" while somebody fixes whatever the issue is with the receiver. SIG seems to be doing the "pop out" thing on the P250 more for the interchangeable grip than maintenance, but it will serve both functions on the P250. The P250 looks dead simple to get super clean and working perfectly.
For the kind of gun I'm wanting, a "big P22", (other than the removable "box" issue) people have told me I should try a P7M8 or P7M13, and believe me I want one. Fixed barrel, nice single action trigger pull, small size... Reliable Gun just sold out all of what they say is the last shipment they will ever get.
I'm still not sold on the idea of $2,000 9mm pistol though, when there are a number of other firearms also on my list. Some other options might be one of the .380 guns with a fixed barrel, like a PPK or a SIG P230/232, etc. I would need a restricted one though, unfortunately.Anyway, just some thoughts. I've read the full article on the SIG P250 now, and I am quite intrigued by it. The DAO 9 pound trigger sounds kind of stale for target shooting though. Good for cops, bad for picking your spots on paper.
If we could finally get some 9mm P229 with factory 106mm SIG barrels in Canada would be nice too. Maybe I'll take the plunge on one of the remaining P229 .40S&W's that are around. Perhaps that is all we will be able to get anytime soon (other than the ubiquitous P226).
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