Great gun at a great price....
A friend took the SIG build course at the factory that is only about 30 mines from here. I happened to be at the range while he was shooting the two guns he had built. One was a 229/.357 and don't recall what the other was. He had two rounds left that he gave me to shoot...both rounds went in an oblong hole at 25 yards...
Only reason I never bought a 229 in .357 is a) like ratsmaker I carry a .38 Super that runs the same velocity and b) I have three S&W 6906s leftover from my LE days that are the same size as the 229...
You will enjoy that one...
Bob
I believe the 357 sig can run a good bit faster than a 38 Super. The Underwood 125 grain 357 Sig is claimed 1450 FPS and often hut 1500+
No argument with you there... Biggest problem for me would be finding a 1911 that reliably runs .357 SIG. One of my friends had a custom built Combat Commander built by a big name smith in Florida.... .40 works most of the time but the .357 hardly at all. I brought the gun to the smith who built my carry Commander and he could not make it run either and said his prior attempts at making a .357/1911 run 100% all failed...
SIG brought their 1911s out in .357 a few years ago and from the reading I have done "most" work well enough to carry but many have gone back to the factory for "adjustment".
And if I want 1450 fps from my Commander I just drop in 9x23 Winchester that runs just fine in most of my Commanders and GMs.
That and reloading for the bottle neck .357 also has it own set of problems which is why I just shoot factory ammo in my G40 and G32.
GREAT round for most guns chambered for .40 S&W and is what I would want issued to me if I was back in LE...
Bob
