Tell me about Sig P210
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I want to like the P210 more than anything.....but borrowed a friend's P210 a few years ago for a couple of months.
Hammer bite and couldn't shoot it as well as my Sig X5's. the X5's are just more accurate for me. I've held some of the American P210's and they seem better
but just disappointing overall.
By the way the Firearm Blog did a 2 part series on accurate pistols. They compared walther, pardini, S&W PPC-9's, Sig 210's and Sig X5's. The Sig X5's shot the tightest.
It's an interesting read.
Rich
Hammer bite and couldn't shoot it as well as my Sig X5's. the X5's are just more accurate for me. I've held some of the American P210's and they seem better
but just disappointing overall.
By the way the Firearm Blog did a 2 part series on accurate pistols. They compared walther, pardini, S&W PPC-9's, Sig 210's and Sig X5's. The Sig X5's shot the tightest.
It's an interesting read.
Rich
In fairness, the X5 in that review also had the advantage of an optic. But I have had the same experience. I love the feel and quality of the 210s, but I seem shoot the X5s and 6s and little better than the standard 4.7" P210s that I have owned.
No, it is not typo. Original P210s have uniquely made barrel. Special steel, special heat treatment. Do not remember details but steel was outsourced from GB not from Austria. P210 originated as military contract and it had to pass rigorous Swiss military QA requirements and series of tests. Only those units that could not pass series of tests and could not be fixed would end up on civilian market as dash 1s. The would receive special finish and prefix P + #.
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Those two are not comparable guns. P210 is military grade contract gun while X5 is SIG Custom Shop race gun. X5 is target gun that can not be used in military but P210 is only military gun that could be (is) used as target gun still today.
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so the "preferred" -1s are guns that did not pass spec? not too happy about that but then again ill never get to that round count. thanks for the info.
yeah its a very nice one !
LOL, don't worry, they are still superb pistols, I have one with Hämmerli built hammer unit that makes that trigger feels like glass.
That's a beauty. Did you stain the grips? I haven't seen ones that dark.
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One of the finest pistols ever made.
Had a chance to buy 8 (almost the whole series) from a German dealer as an investment. He pulled two of the pistols out of the deal at the last minute so I backed out as they were obviously the two most valuable. Wish it had gone through.
Had a chance to buy 8 (almost the whole series) from a German dealer as an investment. He pulled two of the pistols out of the deal at the last minute so I backed out as they were obviously the two most valuable. Wish it had gone through.
Both gloss finished and dull finished checkered grips were available for the P210 from factory. Early examples had gloss finished horizontal grooved grips while later models (early 60's if I remember correctly) had the possibility to order with both finishes and the horizontal grooves were replaced by a checkered pattern. Gloss finished checkered grips were considered "Premium" grips in later production pistols with the introduction of the dull finished ones.
Your P210-1 was manufactured in mid-late 1974, both grip styles were available at that time.
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No it isn't from what I understand. The Swiss / German versions have a series of locking lugs on the barrel and frame like a 1911. The American version locks up with a squared off chamber block, like a P22X and most others.
OK, let me clarify - polished wood finish and dull oil finish were available from the factory. High gloss lacquered finish was never delivered for the duration of army contract.
High gloss finished ones as we can observe lately on many recently imported P49 (A - army contract) are not original to the gun. Those are replacement arsenal grips that have been lacquered by supplier in order to make gun more appealing. Not even centennial civilian models would ever receive such finish.
Which is a major design flaw. Those slides seriously lacking metal + the geometry of ejection port and will be prone for cracking after only few thousands rounds.
Other vise I liked American version and would like to have one if price is right but with so many changes in design and quality I would not consider it replacement for classic P210. Not even by loooong stretch.
