Interesting... Got the following notice by email, but the message referenced isn't on the forum in this exact form. Edited after posting? Try not to offend?
JTQ said:
I don't think it could be accurately stated the "original SIGMA had a lot of problems", forum member *mljdeckard*'s pistol notwithstanding. The knock against the SIGMA has always centered around the trigger being very heavy...
You're right: I overstated the "problems" a bit -- as there weren't really any BIG technical/production problems that I can recall. The problems were of a different nature:
1) the triggers sucked, as everyone understood,
2) there little or no after-market support,
3) a number of unfounded rumors about the gun's short projected service life, especially for the small 9mm model;
4) the fact that it quacked like a Glock, waddled like a Glock, and looked like a Glock, without the Glock's magic marketing machine behind it, and
5) it just didn't appeal to many folks (except a few folks looking for a low-cost handgun who didn't understand what they were getting). The S&W brand name probably convinced most buyers that the guns couldn't be that bad -- but you could later find the guns dirt cheap, seemingly ANIB.
Of course there was the major Glock lawsuit, which S&W apparently lost and paid for big time. (Hard to get details, however, but that may have been a bigger problem than the trigger.)
At the time, one guy familiar with the guns me the the early S&W slides would fit and function on a Glock frame. He may have been pulling my leg, but if not, you gotta wonder...
With a much better trigger, the SD might suit more folks than does a Glock, as the grip angle seems better for many shooters. As noted, what I've read here and on other forums is that if you send the guns back to S&W, they'll do a very nice (free) trigger job, and your costs are one-way shipping. (Try to get a good trigger job done locally for that little money.)
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