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I handled on in a gun store today. If you've shot one what your experience and opinion?
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I have one. I bought one of the early ones. Trigger feels gritty and it has a heavy pull. Even with that it is real accurate for a small pistol. 3 of my friends bought one because of mine. Theirs all have better triggers. When the NRA convention was in Houston I talked with the sig people and they said to send it in, but I never have. Hasbeen
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Mine had a bunch of key surfaces that were left too rough (like say, the breech face) And it would start jamming after only 20-30 shots. I polished all the stuff that needed it, and strengthened the recoil spring. It now runs fine. But I also need to do the trigger. It's a good pistol, but may need work to get it to run well. Other members here have them, and say they run fine. YMMV
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I had a very early 3 digit serial number P938 that the factory replaced after 2 trips to Sig. The replacement has been 100% for about 700 rounds, using 124 grain Blazer and Gold Dots and 115 grain handloads. I recommend a recent production gun and to be sure to keep it lubed well.
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I have handled and shot a recent production one and it worked just fine.
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...But I also need to do the trigger. You can make them break crisp, but not real light. About 4lbs is about as good as you can get. But you'll never really get rid of the gritty take-up to get to the crisp trigger; that's inherent in the design. The trigger bar design is borrowed from the Astra A70 (actually the whole pistol is a slightly downsized Astra A70), which was borrowed from the Star Model B, which was borrowed from the Colt 1903. That trigger bar system is really slick, but a gritty take-up is the side effect.
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You are right about the slight amount of grit.
Mine scales at about 5lb.3oz.. I messed around with lubes and the transfer bar. Brownell's Action Magic helped a lot, just didn't last long. Strangely a couple of squirts of CorrosionX seems to last longer.
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I put a polished SS trigger in my Sig P238 and it helped plus just shooting the thing it smoothed out 50% better....
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I surprised my wife with a 938 for Anniversary/Valentines Day this year (she'd been "eyeballing" one for a while), and she loves it. The trigger was/is a bit heavy, and a little rough. I spent quite a bit of time dry firing (snap caps) and running the slide. The trigger is much smoother and feels lighter(probably from the smoother feel). Some of the early models had "growing pains", broken extractors,fail to feeds/rejects,and other problems which I can'recall! However, we've had no issues shooting a variety of different brands and weights of "hardball" ammo. I hope that your happy if you get one! Oh - Sig has just offered a .22rd. conversion, we're on the waiting list! memtb,
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Checked one of these out earlier today at the LGS and I think one may be in my future.
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I bought one for my wife because she was supposed to go through CCW classes. Well I now carry it almost exclusively. I absolutely love it. Accurate and reliable with a good hold. I have used 115's of several varieties and the first few mags had a few jams. After some use it slicked up and has been flawless. I think I've put as many 124's and 147's through it as 115's at this point and have bet my life on it.
Testing has me believing 124's and 147's will be more effective for defense.
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I wanted something smaller than my M&P 9C and it is. The gunstore dude told me his was best with 124-147 grainers and to keep 'em hot. I promptly went home and shot 115 grain LRN's through it and it went without a hiccup. They were some handloads of mine that I had on hand. More extensive work is needed but thus far the only complaint I have is that I can't get six rounds in the magazine. I like it much better than the Kel-Tec 9 that I owned a few years back.
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STA, mentioned these things have a plastic trigger. I just changed mine to a SS replacement. I also changed the hammer spring. These changes made a big improvement in the trigger pull. Hasbeen
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