SIG Talk

[Pathfinder]

On another thread, someone happened to mention they owned 8 (that is EIGHT ) SIGs!!!!!!

I was depressed. So, to cheer myself up, I decided to show you mine - all 2 of them.

The first is a little gently used 12-year old P220 I picked up for not a whole lot. The little bit of wear in the ejector is the only wear I can find. Here's a shot:



Shoots great, far better than I can. Here's the other side:



Now, for the newby - and MB, did you ever get yours? - the SIG 556, shown here with its plastic magazine and a Truglo red-dot I got for it:



This is a real, well, Swiss army knife of a rifle. Some of the goodies include:

Plastic mag, shown here with a Magpul Pmag I got for it:



Gas port adjustor for those days when you're getting fouled but gosh darn it, I just don't want to stop shooting, so flip the little silver knob with the hole in it in the next photo, and more gas gets ported keeping the rifle running:



The black thingee on the lower rail is a Magpul ladder-type rail cover to smooth things out a bit, shown here pulled down a bit to show it off. Back to the 556 - battery storage in the butt plate for your illuminated optics:



Two sling mounts built into the collapsible stock:



Showing here with the battery storage compartment open; the 2 sling mounts are (1) in front of the control for the stock, and (2) above the battery storage "tubes".

And last but not least, for those year-round shoots even with heavy winter gloves on, a swing-away trigger guard:



Shoots great, it was cold, snowing, wind about 20 from behind when I sighted it in with the red-dot. Easy to clean, and the piston makes it light recoil and no muzzle rise. Very nice.

[Hazcat]

I know this is heresy but I have one Sig and it is a POS.

The Mosquito.  Constant FTF and stove pipe.  Sent it back and though the slide feels like a race gun it still FTF and stove pipe.

No wonder they were 500 plus new and a year later you can get a used one for 239.

[Michael Bane]

I never got my 556, which sucks. I still think it has the potential to be a superior rifle. Until I get a chance to put it through its paces, it's hard to make a firm call.

I have two Sig pistols, my aging 225 9mm and a new 226 9mm that serves as my bedside gun (thought should tell you something!). The bedside 226 carries a Surefire X200 and 20-round mags. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a P250 for a long-term test.

Michael B

[sfmittel]

I'M THE GUY!!  Nice photos, Pathfinder.  That 556 is a work of art, and I don't have one!  Actually, I've purchased nine SIGs, all this year, but I sold one for a net of eight in the safe.  If you want an incredible rapid-fire experience, try one of the Elite models with the short reset trigger and beavertail.  I know a lot of people whine about the aesthetics of the beavertail, but it really helps control muzzle flip by spreading recoil over a wider area of your hand. 

My latest, a P220ST, is still at the gunsmith's getting a BarSto barrel fitted.  Once I get it back, I'll take a family photo and figure out how to get it posted.  Enjoy those SIGs: the heirloom that you shoot. 

[Pathfinder]

I never got my 556, which sucks. I still think it has the potential to be a superior rifle. Until I get a chance to put it through its paces, it's hard to make a firm call.

I have two Sig pistols, my aging 225 9mm and a new 226 9mm that serves as my bedside gun (thought should tell you something!). The bedside 226 carries a Surefire X200 and 20-round mags. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a P250 for a long-term test.

Michael B

The bedside 226 was the one you stood down the lion with, wasn't it? I remember someone - Don? - commending you for being so brave as to stand your ground against a big cat with a 9mm side arm.

The P220 (.45 ACP of course) is the one I pinged you about earlier this year, checking its sale price. I was not disappointed, it now rides in an Uncle Mike's Kydex holster with Fobus double mag holder. It is a brick though, need to wear suspenders when wearing these.

Sorry you haven't gotten your 556 yet - I waited 8 long months, which is why I ordered it in the snow and shot it in a different snow, with summer in between. Well, it is ND after all. 

Thanks M'ette for the little yellow Santas.

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[hodman]

I have two Sig pistols, my aging 225 9mm and a new 226 9mm that serves as my bedside gun (thought should tell you something!). The bedside 226 carries a Surefire X200 and 20-round mags. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a P250 for a long-term test.

Michael B[/color]

OK now this too much my bed side gun is a Sig 226 9mm ST that Ernie Langdon did for me with a Surefire X200 and 20-round mags

Jon

[Bill Stryker]

Hey HAZCAT,

Mosquito's are ammo sensitive. 

I have had good luck with some very old CCI mini mags I think they call them and the Remington golden bullet stuff that comes bulk packed with either HP or solids at 525 rounds or so for around 10 bucks.

Also, I have noticed that after shooting several hundred plus rounds through mine, it seems to do better -- but not perfect by far -- with the Federal and Winchester stuff -- biggest problem with these is failure to eject.

But I have settled on the bulk pack Remington as the best for my Mosquito. I need to confess that since I put the SIG red dot on it last year sometime, I have not bothered to clean it! but I do squirt some oil in there on occasion and pull a gun snake through once in a while. I shoot about 60 rounds a week through it.

I like that the controls are the same as the other SIGs, but the heavy DA trigger sucks big time. With Win and Federal ammo I know I am going to get practice clearing various stoppages. Tap, Turn it over, Rack it, etc drill as taught at SIG. With Remington ammo I can practice the league course of fire with the .22 and then with another center fire SIG and save some pennys.

[Hazcat]

Bill,

I have over 2500 rounds through it and have tried every ammo there is.  When it shoots it is accurate but you never know if it will.

[jaybet]

Coming from the southern swamps of New Jersey, anything called a Mosquito can't be good. 

[Hazcat]

Jaybeth,

Living in FL as I do, I should have picked up on that myself.