Sig 250 in .380acp??

[Redcoat3340]

Anyone familiar with a Sig p250 in .380? I've got my eye on one and am curious if anyone has shot one.

I have a p250 in 9mm and it shoots just fine if I take my time, work the DAO trigger (it's a smooth 6 lbs) concentrate on sight picture and let the gun do it's job.

I picked up my first .380 (Beretta 84F) and it like it a bunch, so I thought I get another as long as I'm buying ammo for it.

Of course, like all blowbacks the slide is a bit stiff to rack. As the Sig is a locked breech I've read it's easier to rack and as it's DAO I'm thinking it might make a good pistol for my wife -- safe with DAO, easy to use, low recoil, and the round is acceptable. Sort of like a revolver but with more bullets.

The asking price is $270 and I'm thinking even if I don't shoot it in .380 I've got a spare 9mm subcompact frame and barrel/slide/mags and I can always do the exchange thing and make it another 9mm for a pretty good price.

Thoughts? Comments?

 

[JTQ]

I have no experience with it, but here is a culmination of a long term review from the "View From the Porch" blog http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2016/03/p250-two-thousand-round-wrapup-pic-heavy.html

You should be able to find the rest of the blog posts in the series through that article.

 

[cc-hangfire]

As a mild addict to the P250, I'd say get it. I haven't seen the .380 often, & when I have they've been more expensive.

For your wife, though, it will depend on her hand size - even the subcompact/small is still fairly wide - & if she likes and shoots the long DAO trigger well enough. Given its recoil with 9mm, the .380 should be very light. Best of luck with it.

 

[Redcoat3340]

I got it. It's in great shape and it will be to the range Wednesday afternoon I hope.

cc: thanks for the hint on the frame. I'd forgotten I had a compact/small frame in the gun cabinet so I switched grip modules from the compact/medium to compact/small and there's just a little "excess" frame on the front end that a nice Dremel tool should take care of. Hopefully it won't be too wide for her and it had Talons....which I'd also forgotten.

When I inspected the gun it had a bright shiny stainless looking guide rod in it and the plastic one in the case. Asked the owner and he explained he's a machinist (for a local aero-space company here in the Seattle area) and he made one from titanium. Weighs a bunch more than the plastic, looks identical and I'll give it a try.

 

[Redcoat3340]

Just to end the thread....had it to the range today and it shot great. Superior. Everything I'd hoped it would be....

and it shot the pants off a Beretta 84f I just got. Nothing wrong with the Beretta, just a lot snappier than the Sig; sights not as good, SA trigger was very good, DA trigger...ugh...and the whole experience simply superior with the Sig.

 

[cc-hangfire]

The only thing I can add is:

I'm jealous.

Enjoy shooting!!