The Factory rep .....told the class that they were selling S&W Sigmas to the Afghanistan police forces by the boatload. This was about 2007 or so.
Laughin' here
and not surprised; they gotta sell them somewhere.
MM
I don't know what your experience with them is, but the ones made after 2005 are damn good guns for the money. If I were a cop, it's not what I would choose, but if I didn't have a choice, it wouldn't bother me; they work.
My experience with them is shooting them; yes, they seem to go bang, & if I had no other possible choice, I'd use it too.
But, thankfully, I am not in that position so I don't have to use one.
Friend of mine has one, & while he's not a great shooter, he's also not the worst either.
We were at the range a while back & he was shooting his 9mm Sigma, which I have shot on several occasions, & a couple other things akin to Saturday Night Specials.......as I remember, a Kel-Tec & some small S&W 380, a Bodyguard I think.
At 25 feet, some of his shots were completely missing an 8.5x11" piece of paper with any and all 3 guns.
I had a Beretta 92 with me & I let him shoot it even though his hands are a bit small for it.......he emptied 2 clips into about 4-5" & said he felt better about his shooting than with the junk stuff.
I can shoot the Sigma somewhat acceptably, but only at a relatively slow rate of fire & would use it only for what I would consider center of mass shots & at rather short ranges..........the trigger is so bad it pretty much precludes double taps or a head shot at much more that point blank range, IMO.
So though I'd take one if that's all there was, I wouldn't
CHOOSE to have one that I would want for defending myself.
One can easily buy a much better gun used for a comparable or maybe slightly higher price.
Piss poor guns may have their place, but I'll pass for now.
MM