My new P220 Tactical: This is the two tone, black slide and stainless steel frame with adjustable sights (three dot) and a 4.5" barrel. Mag well is bevelled and a tac rail on the underside of the frame. Front strap and trigger guard are checkered. Price: $1495.00.
First impresions - nice piece of engineering. Fit and finish were both excellent. DA trigger pull was rather heavy (probably 8-9lbs) but single action was really smooth and silky and better than my 1911 with a trigger job. Maybe 3.5lbs. I moved the mag release to the right side as my small hands have a problem reaching it on the left side but otherwise the fit is perfect for me.
Just got back from the range where I fired 200 rounds. This would be my second trip out. First time out I went through 200 rounds with several FTFeed and near the end of the session several FT fire. The feed problem was excess lube from the factory which caused the mag to drop down out of the frame a 1/4" due to recoil so as a result it wouldn't feed the next round. After slapping it back in place I got it to feed but I also got the same thing every third round. After I removed the excess lube and dried the area and the problem stopped. I also suspect the mag needed some breaking in. This was the standard 7 round mag. The 8 round mags worked perfectly regardless of the amout of lube.
The FT fire was gunk on the bolt which appears to hold the case a few thous. out from the bolt face and hence a very light hit or possibly gunk between the bolt face and the breach face not allowing 100% lock up. I'm not 100% sure but after a strip down and clean I was back for my second time and both the feed and fire problem was gone. The FT fire did re-occurr again but only near the end of the session (actually at round 195 out of 200). Same build up on the bolt face. Cleaned it up and eveything was fine again.
With regard to accuracy, I was pleasently surprise. The test target included with the gun from SIG was a 1.25" group at 25m. With my reloads (4.5g Bullseye, 200g cast SWC) I shot a 2" group from the bench at 20m. My group was spread left to right which is propably due to my poor eyes.
I suspect this gun could do a 1" to 1 1/4" group if I could see well enough and keep it steady. As long as it can out shoot me I've got something to work towards.
All in all I am very please with the gun. In my view, accuracy is outstanding. The only draw back is the FT fire after it gets dirty. I will just have to make sure it gets a good cleaning every 150 rounds to avoid any light hits or missfires. I will be using it for IPDA and PPC.
On the more subjective side of things, this sure is a pretty gun and once I get my new wood grips on it, it will be truly ###y.
First impresions - nice piece of engineering. Fit and finish were both excellent. DA trigger pull was rather heavy (probably 8-9lbs) but single action was really smooth and silky and better than my 1911 with a trigger job. Maybe 3.5lbs. I moved the mag release to the right side as my small hands have a problem reaching it on the left side but otherwise the fit is perfect for me.
Just got back from the range where I fired 200 rounds. This would be my second trip out. First time out I went through 200 rounds with several FTFeed and near the end of the session several FT fire. The feed problem was excess lube from the factory which caused the mag to drop down out of the frame a 1/4" due to recoil so as a result it wouldn't feed the next round. After slapping it back in place I got it to feed but I also got the same thing every third round. After I removed the excess lube and dried the area and the problem stopped. I also suspect the mag needed some breaking in. This was the standard 7 round mag. The 8 round mags worked perfectly regardless of the amout of lube.
The FT fire was gunk on the bolt which appears to hold the case a few thous. out from the bolt face and hence a very light hit or possibly gunk between the bolt face and the breach face not allowing 100% lock up. I'm not 100% sure but after a strip down and clean I was back for my second time and both the feed and fire problem was gone. The FT fire did re-occurr again but only near the end of the session (actually at round 195 out of 200). Same build up on the bolt face. Cleaned it up and eveything was fine again.
With regard to accuracy, I was pleasently surprise. The test target included with the gun from SIG was a 1.25" group at 25m. With my reloads (4.5g Bullseye, 200g cast SWC) I shot a 2" group from the bench at 20m. My group was spread left to right which is propably due to my poor eyes.
I suspect this gun could do a 1" to 1 1/4" group if I could see well enough and keep it steady. As long as it can out shoot me I've got something to work towards.All in all I am very please with the gun.
In my view, accuracy is outstanding. The only draw back is the FT fire after it gets dirty. I will just have to make sure it gets a good cleaning every 150 rounds to avoid any light hits or missfires. I will be using it for IPDA and PPC. On the more subjective side of things, this sure is a pretty gun and once I get my new wood grips on it, it will be truly ###y.
