Reaching out for this one... Sigarms Mauser M2 .40 ... Anyone?

[dust_101]

Do you have one? Have an M2 in 45 not 40? How do you like the gun? Any issues to report? Hate it, why?

Just looking for some words on this cross-breed product, I picked it up and it felt nice in the hand like a Sig, but I guess I'm half right...

Here's a link with technical info: LINK

Considering one, trying to find honest words about it on the web has been less than fruitful. Any of you High Roaders have/had one?

Thanks!

 

[Storm]

For the longest time I wanted one in .45, and then one day one appeared at the local shop, and I recall that it was dirt cheap. I picked it up and I didn't want one anymore. To me it has the worst feel in hand of any gun that I had held to date. I understand this is subjective, but I tend to be very forgiving on this issue and there was no way this pistol could be forgiven. I was pretty bummed. The only way that I would ever consider it would be after holding one with aftermarket grips, but I haven't seen those offered. It felt like a poorly shaped brick, overly thick with absolutely no contouring that could have had the human hand in mind during the design. An absolute abomination To bad because I suspect that otherwise the gun is a winner.

Of course, if the ergonomics work for you you are the lucky one and I am the one that loses out

I am and have been a Sig shooter for 25 years. The M2 feels like no Sig I ever held. If it did I'd be telling you how it shoots.

 

[hksw]

I had an M2 in .45 ACP a few years ago. I had traded it in on another purchase, IIRC.

The gun felt nice in my hand and the wide grip helped distrubute the recoil significantly to make it a very nice gun to shoot. Accuracy was so-so and there were a few other features I did not like about it. The safety is in a very odd location at the top of the backsrap just under the slide (seemed like an afterthought). Cannot be reached with the shooting hand when the gun is held normally in the shooting position. The procesdure of the takedown is very slightly more complex in that the sldie stop has to be i nthe up position to remove it, not a big fan of rotating barrel actions, barrel has to be situated just right for re-assembly, the gun has excessive girth and it quite wide for a compact, the reflief cuts for the asthetic features of the sides of the slide are asymetrical for some reason, very very long trigger travel, trigger stacking, there are a couple odd features I don't recall. In short, it seemed to me that the gun was not engineered/designed wery well.

As I said beofre, though, it did shoot well enough never failing to fire and easy under recoil and inexpensive.

 

[51Cards]

A guy at our range has one in .40. No delicate way to put it --- it's sort of the "joke piece" in the group. The thing seems to have too many parts that move in too many directions. He's looking forward to getting rid of it.

I'll say this --- it's big and wide enough that it's not horrendous to shoot. But it is sort of awkward. Not on anyone's wish-list that I know of.

 

[Storm]

Has anyone seen aftermarket grips for this gun? If I could get past the grip I would still love to own one.

 

[dust_101]

I've only seen what I think are originals at Numrich:

http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=851150&chrSuperSKU=&MC=

 

[51Cards]

Not to step on anyone's M2 toes, but --- why do you (think you) want one???

There are so many great Sig Sauers to choose from. The M2 is IMHO more of a curiosity piece. In my not-so humble, a brick with multiple identity crises, weird ergonomics, and strange mechanics. Granted, I've only been acquainted with one example, but its owner spends an inordinate amount of time having to tinker with it, and hates the tiny little ledge that the recoil spring seats on.

If you want a range-what-the-heck-is-that item, go for it. Try getting hold of one to shoot and handle a bit. It may not make you smile --- but it'll get you laughing!

PS
And now, over to the "M2 Fan Club" members ...

 

[Storm]

Not to step on anyone's M2 toes, but --- why do you (think you) want one???

There are so many great Sig Sauers to choose from. The M2 is IMHO more of a curiosity piece.

That is exactly why, as a rather rare gun that is a curiosity. I have Sigs and will have more Sigs, but the M2 is unsual enough to warrant owning, if not more as a collector's piece. Plus, guns like that have a habit of someday coming to be worth more than their actual merit. Same with a gun like the Beretta 9000S (although I think the gun has merit).

But, if there are no aftermarket grips to deal with the "brick" issue, I'll most assuredly pass on the gun.

 

[Marko Kloos]

I used to have a Mauser M2 in .45ACP, and I liked it just fine. It fit my hand pretty well, hit where I pointed it, and cycled everything I put into it. Fit and finish are good, and the weird safety never was an issue for me, as I carry DA autos with the safety off anyway.

For the price, I think they're very decent guns.

 

[dust_101]

Well, I got my hands on some Mauser M2s today, both in 45ACP and 40S&W, it feels close to a Sig 229...kinda. Seems, well... odd. It functions well, really absorbs recoil and is heavy. The controls are a bit off, the slide stop is at an odd bevel where the pin looks like it is always creeping out but it isn't but it would lead me to think the finish would wear off there first. The magazines are a PAIN to load, I mean YOW. The safety is weird, it just looks like you aren't on S, like the lever doesn't slide all the way to the right. The trigger is a long pull, like it should be a 2-stage but it isn't, and when you finally get to where it should break, it doesn't quite break it more feels gravelly and like a soft break. It could be learned and would be accurate once you get used to it, but myself, if I put $$ at something I want it to be already good for me to shoot.

Overall a very interesting firearm. Not quite a Sig, but an interesting venture.