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sig! sig! sig!
Sig or Beretta?
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allanderoo
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- land of dissappointment
SIG all the way, get a p226, i treat it like crap and it still puts out, over a 1000 rounds minimal cleaning and ZERO stoppages. plus it feels amazing
Reliability is about the same in both handguns, from what I've experienced; I've owned both, I've shot both quite a bit, used all sorts of cheap ammo and never had any failures, from any of the two. They both look ###y; the Beretta seems to fit my hands better, but that is shooters prefference.
The .357 Sig is the only Sig that has a machined metal slide,all the others are bent like an ak-47 over a jig ,then the bolt reciever group is pinned in with a roll pin. Just how long do you think that kind of an action will last?
Im don't think much of Berretta either(thier lock up is like the P-38) but of the two I would take the 92.
You should have put the S&W 4566 in the mix ,then you would have a good made ,durable azz kicker in the mix!
Bo
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Im don't think much of Berretta either(thier lock up is like the P-38) but of the two I would take the 92.
You should have put the S&W 4566 in the mix ,then you would have a good made ,durable azz kicker in the mix!
Bo
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The .357 Sig is the only Sig that has a machined metal slide,all the others are bent like an ak-47 over a jig ,then the bolt reciever group is pinned in with a roll pin. Just how long do you think that kind of an action will last?
Bo
Huuu, not really....No longer like that.
You are right that many years ago, the slide was made the way you described it.
Right now, every new Sig comes with a machined stainless slide. It's been like that since at least, in my knowledge, 5 years.
I bought a 226ST in 9mm in 2006 and it was a machined slide.
Sig slides are machined for a long time now.
Sig all the way.
I se it that way, the U.S. Army may have chosen the Beretta over the Sig, but they did so only because of a dollar less than the Sig, and I think it was a political and military move.
The Beretta failed where the Sig didn't. The Navy seals use the P226 for a reason, the Beretta blew up (I think the slide cracked) in someones face during the testings, the Sig never blew up.
Sig all the way.
I se it that way, the U.S. Army may have chosen the Beretta over the Sig, but they did so only because of a dollar less than the Sig, and I think it was a political and military move.
The Beretta failed where the Sig didn't. The Navy seals use the P226 for a reason, the Beretta blew up (I think the slide cracked) in someones face during the testings, the Sig never blew up.
I was not at there personally, but they have the best prices and nice people so thats who get my hard earned cash. I might make a trip to Lethbridge to visit my sis and I will probably stop at WSS to get some stuff and fondle the M9 they have, I did a while back but was in a rush and could not have a good look. The local pawn shop here in town is getting a 228 so i might ask to have a look see at it first.
1riot1ranger
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Sig.
Get a 226 in .40 S&W and you can convert to 9mm, .357 Sig, or .22 LR.
Get a 226 in .40 S&W and you can convert to 9mm, .357 Sig, or .22 LR.
Wolfstrack
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- Lower Mainland BC
both are good guns, but I'll go first for SIG 226 and second Beretta92 !
Starscream
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- Southern Alberta
**Facepalm**
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/true_story_m9.htm
It wasn't the bloody pistol's fault, it was the steel that they used that had metallurgical problems at the time because they had to agree to use French supplied steel until GIAT could take over licensed production for the French army version of the M9.
^^ I couldn't remember where the "true story about the M9 vs P226" was, thanks.
Anyway, both are combat proven pistols, at this point it's just a matter of which one fits better your hand, I know the P226 fits my mitts like a glove, I didn't handle the M9/92 yet, but people say the grip on the Beretta is bigger/wider than the Sig.
Anyway, both are combat proven pistols, at this point it's just a matter of which one fits better your hand, I know the P226 fits my mitts like a glove, I didn't handle the M9/92 yet, but people say the grip on the Beretta is bigger/wider than the Sig.
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I have owned both at one point. I let the 92FS go and kept the sig 226. My issue with the 92FS was that it was too large for what it was doing. But it was doing it well nonetheless. In fact, i found the 92FS to be easier to shoot acurately without practice than the 226. Everytime I took a friend to shoot, he/she was doing better with the 92FS.
