Yesterday's Weapons Forums

the OGCA show took place last month and it is usually a great opportunity to find odd things you don't see at most shows. Chris LaPlant ( nice guy who deals in surplus goodies) was there and among his selections was a few of the 600 SIG 220 pistols in 9mm imported from Switzerland by Dan's Ammo recently. These are drying up quickly so naturally I had to get one. These are Swiss police pistols and thus far all I have seen have the Geneva crest on them. All all I have seen are very early with the pinched nose slide and rather than a lanyard at the bottom, a metal projection I assume is to help protect the magazine release from being bumped.


The SIG 220 in 9mm was adopted to replace the excellent but expensive SIG 210 in 1975. This model with its small magazine capacity and heel release for the magazine is looking a bit dated but nevertheless remains in service as such in Switzerland and in Japan. This one shows a fair amount of carry wear but was mechanically fine. Earlier today I shot some walnuts sitting on the ground in my back yard with it (it was raining and I really did not want to set targets) to my pleasure I nailed all but one, coming very close to it. This was shooting at roughly 12-15 yards. I was using Winchester white box 115 gr.

Right now these can be found, with just one magazine, for just shy of $400.

I saw you posted that over on the sigforum. Nice looking weapon!!

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

very nice , i have never seen one that i am aware of ,

The noticeable difference being the euro mag release at the heel of the grip. And the rarity of 9mm magazines for the P220

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

And while we're talking SIGs - wifey's seester gave me a full box of Federal 357 SIG that was her son's. He kids have thrown her under the bus so it's mine & I do not own a SIG.

EllieC, if you have a 357 SIG, it's yours for free. No postage or anything! SW

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Slava Ukraini!!

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

The only SIG I fancy is a P210 and those are out oof my pay grade. I wouldn't mind a SIG AMT or PE-57, either. Me & kaintuck hashed over making a semi PE-57 a while back when somebody in the shotgun news advertised parts kits.

I blew the $ on something else - Italian stuff no doubt. SW

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so - at the gun show last weekend i saw a dozen 357 sigs for sale , is there a problem with these ? or are folks just starting tom trade ?

Prolly Glocks or XD's right?

You won't see too many Sigs up for sale in that caliber.

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

no it was a sig dealer , stinkpot and walnuthead were with me ,

Well if'n they were new Sig they are pricey & with the economy being what it is......

The 357 Sig is a hell of a round. It's a 40 S&W necked down to 9mm. Supposed to come real close to the 357 mag but in a semi-auto package

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

they were not new , but near new , they were part of his closeout of business sale according to the narative ,