Les Jones

Guns > SIG P Pistol Definitions and Differences

I just saw this on The High Road and wanted to blog it for future reference.

• P220 is the original single stack full size. 9mm, .38 Super, .45ACP
• P226 is the double column full size brought out for US military trials vs Beretta. 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 SIG
• P225* is the single stack compact originating as the P6 to German police specifications. 9mm
• P228* is the P225 slide on a short double column frame. 9mm
• P229 is the P228 frame with a heavy milled slide to handle .40 cal. 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 SIG
• P239 is an even more compact single stack gun. 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 SIG

* Models not in regular commercial channels right now. Still findable but not as common as others.

And then there's the itty-bitty P232 in .380 ACP.

I've never owned a SIG, but I've liked every one I've shot. In the past SIGs were DA/SA, which I don't care for. Now SIG has a pre-cocked, Glock-style, DOA trigger that they call their DAK trigger. When Countertop was in town he and Uncle and I rented a DAK trigger SIG at Coal Creek Armory. I liked it. Pull weight is advertised as seven pounds, which is probably about right for a pistol without a thumb safety.