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What happened to the Sig P250 price?

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I will say that the P250 compact (9mm) I had felt great in my hands. Better than how my Glock 19 feels

But the mag issues (3 different mags would not lock the slide back) and having to have a long heavy pull 15 times per mag really sucked. I wouldn't mind a long heavy pull for a lower round count .45 or .357/.44 mag, but not for 9mm
 
But the mag issues (3 different mags would not lock the slide back) and having to have a long heavy pull 15 times per mag really sucked. I wouldn't mind a long heavy pull for a lower round count .45 or .357/.44 mag, but not for 9mm
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Are you sure youre not the issue with the slide not locking back? A number of people who have shot mine have had the same problem, and their grip was always the cause. Mine have always locked back when I shoot it, unless my thumb inadvertently hits the slide stop, which generally isnt a problem.

You must have had something wrong with your trigger if you think its "heavy". Every one I've handled or shot has had a very nice DA trigger, and were very smooth and easy to shoot with. Mine has one of the nicest DA triggers of any SIG I've owned or shot, second only to my P245's DAO trigger.

I agree with the feel of the grip. Its the most comfortable grip of any of the other SIG's I own, and a number of other pistols too.

If the price is dropping, I see that as a good thing. I dont think the conversion kits are really a good thing, but another complete gun at cheaper prices is. Having had other guns that had "conversion" kits, and knowing that most of the extras rarely, if ever get used, its not worth the bother.

I think SIG petty much screwed the pooch by not having the other calibers/sizes available sooner too (if at all). I'm still waiting on the 357SIG, but have yet to see anything but 9mm, and an occasional .40, and a single .45.
 
Can you use the longslide on the little frame?

What is that, a subcompact and a compact/fullsize mix frame?

These guns make Glocks look good to me.

Even the RTF ones.
 
Sig may have something weird going on with the 250 trigger. I dry fired one at my shop about a month ago. I like the way the gun looks and feels. The trigger on the one I held was awful. I told the sales person that the trigger was awful and he said he knew, but some of them had great triggers. He did not know what the deal was, but admitted that some of the 250s felt as if they had totally different springs or something in them.
 
AK103K said:
Are you sure youre not the issue with the slide not locking back? A number of people who have shot mine have had the same problem, and their grip was always the cause. Mine have always locked back when I shoot it, unless my thumb inadvertently hits the slide stop, which generally isnt a problem.

You must have had something wrong with your trigger if you think its "heavy". Every one I've handled or shot has had a very nice DA trigger, and were very smooth and easy to shoot with. Mine has one of the nicest DA triggers of any SIG I've owned or shot, second only to my P245's DAO trigger.

I think SIG petty much screwed the pooch by not having the other calibers/sizes available sooner too (if at all). I'm still waiting on the 357SIG, but have yet to see anything but 9mm, and an occasional .40, and a single .45
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Pretty sure it wasn't a shooter problem. I could take a new mag out of its box, put it in the gun, and it'll lock back no problem. Load the mag to its limit, let it sit for 5 minutes, then unload the mag. It would then not lock the slide any longer. I let one sit overnight without rounds in it, but the next morning it still would not lock the slide back. I guess stronger/taller springs could have fixed this though. But it's strange 3 mags from 3 different places (1 with the gun, 1 from MidwayUSA, one from SIG directly) would all do it

Well, for DA yeah it's pretty light. When I say heavy, I'm comparing it to other guns I'm used to (1911, 3.5# Glock, SA SIG). I'm not a good shot when I have a longer/heavier trigger than those

The local gun store I visit does have one P250 compact in .45 ACP, the other two are 9mm. I'd probably buy the .45 ACP if it were subcompact
 
Well, for DA yeah it's pretty light. When I say heavy, I'm comparing it to other guns I'm used to (1911, 3.5# Glock, SA SIG). I'm not a good shot when I have a longer/heavier trigger than those
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What DA pull? It's a Double Action Only pull.


All of these
(1911, 3.5# Glock, SA SIG).
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are very different.
 
I don't like it either. They should've branched out to a striker system instead of that retarded wannabe stick hammer. It looks like a popsicle stick, which makes contact on its widest face. Just looks wrong. It also appears as an amorphous blob in the general shape of a gun. I find the lines of the classic P22X series very aesthetically pleasing.

Now that I got my dumb personal argument out of the way, I also don't understand the idea of "modularity" they were trying to obtain. For the money they charge for a frame, slide, barrel, and mag for a size change, you could buy a better gun for less. The company addressed this problem with the "2sum" package, but it still doesn't offer more than 1 mag per frame. Still not cost effective.

They should stick to their classics for the time being and go back to the drawing board.
 
The P239 is 100% better than the P250.
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I have both, and cant really say one is better than the other. The P250 does offer a higher cap mag and a more comfortable grip, in a gun that is basically the same size, so that tends to give it the edge to me.

usually the feds upgrade their hardware, not downgrade.....
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Either SIG, like Glock, gave them a hell of a deal, or maybe they found that P250 isnt as bad as the internet experts say (many of whom dont even have any trigger time on one). The real answer is probably both.
 
Either SIG, like Glock, gave them a hell of a deal, or maybe they found that P250 isnt as bad as the internet experts say (many of whom dont even have any trigger time on one). The real answer is probably both.
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I suppose Sig would like to offload some the P250s they have in back stock too. Hence, great deals.;)
 
I don't think the P250 was ever designed for the civilian market. It makes the most sense in an armory scenario where you have a variaty of different needs and shooters. It's FCG design appears to be very easy to work on and maintain but still close enough to the traditional Sig design that 'smiths wouldn't require lots of training.

I fired a SIG employee's personal P250 last year at an IDPA match. I liked the trigger especially for a DAO design. I don't remember it being long or heavy. Granted, he may have worked over the trigger a little but we were firing Federal ammo right off the shelf from Wally World without a problem. If I had $450 burning a hole in my pocket and nothing else on my must have list (hahhh haaah) I'd buy one.
 
Delaware Dan said:
What DA pull? It's a Double Action Only pull.


All of these
(1911, 3.5# Glock, SA SIG).
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are very different.
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I'm talking about the DA pull when I pull the trigger. Yes, I know it's DAO (I used to own one). It's really not worth arguing over the fact that I left an O out

As for the others, sure there is a difference between them, but they are more similar to one another than to a P250, and that was my point. All of my handguns are around the 4# range and have a short break/travel to them. A P250, not so much
 
I like the ergonomics of the 250, but I dont like the trigger which is why one wont be in my safe or holsters anytime soon unless like someone else said, the prices drop more.
 
In my area I saw them for under $500 even when they first came out.

Full Metal Jacket said:
there is absolutely no love for the p250 in this thread LOL

(...and rightfully so)
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I will try to throw one positive comment out there...since the mechanism pulls right out of the frame, they are very easy to clean! :D
 
I guess I'm the odd man out! Mine has preformed excellent and I have one of the early 9mm compact models. It has functioned 100% with every brand of ammo I have put through it. Mine has a light trigger and has more than acceptable accuracy. Matter of Fact every Sig I own (11) has great accuracy. But of course thats a fluke to I imagine. I would take the 250 over a S&W M&P any day. And price wise M&P's sell for about the same as 250's in my Area. :scrutiny:
 
larry, I will say that the P250 is an accurate gun, and I have no doubts your others are as well. SIGs are well known for being very accurate
 
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