The P250 was Sigs attempt at launching a new "have it your way" gun platform. As a Sig collector I was turned off immediately. If I "want it my way" I'll go to Burger King. Sig makes exceptional weapons...modular change out parts aren't required IMHO. The Sigpro's on the other hand got an undeserved bad rap...they are excellent shooters and a real value in today's market!
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Pros/cons of Sig p250
- Thread starter Troutbum18
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+1 on the Sig 2022.....I have one in 9mm and it's a very accurate gun....feels great too!
You can't go wrong with it in that price range.......Just my personal opinion but I think
the 2022 is a little closer to Sig quality than the 250 for a polymer Sig....
You can't go wrong with it in that price range.......Just my personal opinion but I think
the 2022 is a little closer to Sig quality than the 250 for a polymer Sig....
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Go for the 2022. much better gun at the same price. The F.A.M gave them up for a reason.
They are P.O.S. guns , and yes I am a Sig. guy.
They are P.O.S. guns , and yes I am a Sig. guy.
the SR9's are amazing weapons as well. As soon as they produce an SR45C I will be all over it.
Like many others, I owned a P250, shot it, liked everything about it but the trigger, and sold it shortly after. Just not the gun for me.
I was going to post about this statement this morning but I thought "no it is not worth it" someone will say something but since nobody did I just had to. I want to see some Sig P250's with over 100,000 rounds though them still in service with nothing more then spring replacements because there are a butt load of Glock 19s out there over the 100K mark. Kelly McCann a pretty well known instructor bought his Glock 19 new in 1989. Since then he has been averaging between 3,000 and 5,000 rounds a month for the past 20 years. The result is a gun that he claims has over 750K rounds though it. I don't doubt it. http://www.kellymccanncombatives.com/?itemCategory=34163&siteid=314&priorId=0 The highest round count Glock 19 that I have personally shot belonged to a friend of mine up in Alaska. It was a Gen 2 with over 200K though it. All that had been replaced was the recoil spring assembly, new trigger spring and a new extractor. Not because the extractor broke or because it was worn but just in case. My old "go to" third gen Glock 19 had around 23K rounds though it and was still going strong. I had an 8lb trigger spring and an upgraded recoil spring. My new go to Glock 19 the Glock 19 RTF2 with the straight slide serrations is already on it's way with around 6K rounds. A Glock 19 is just getting broken in a 10K rounds IMO.
The P250 I owned didn't make it past 4,000 before problems started. It was as if someone flipped a switch and the gun just morphed on me. It stopped extracting right. The extractions when they did happen were erratic. I had light primer strikes. This bugged the piss out of me. The ammo I use to train with is NATO spec and the primers are not hard. I ran a batch of JHP ammo though the gun to see if I still got the light primer strikes but admittedly I did not run a large enough batch. I used this to shoot with. http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produ...-9mm-aguila-124gr-fmj-ammo/cName/9mm-fmj-ammo I had multiple light primer strikes with the P250 using it as well as switching out to the Winchester NATO 124gr 9mm. The JHP I tried was 200 rounds of Winchester 127gr +P+ JHP and 100 rounds of Speed 124gr +P JHP. I have a feeling if I had ran a larger batch of JHP ammo though it the light primer strikes would have continued with JHP ammo like they were with the FMJ ammo. I was averaging around 12 LPS out of 500 rounds with the NATO spec FMJ it was unacceptable. I sent the gun back to Sig and after waiting for what seemed like forever they sent me back what was pretty much a completely new gun internally. The internals were replaced, I know I had a new hammer the extractor, recoil spring assembly and some of the FCG parts had been replaced. The gun worked again. I sold it after that. A gun that functions for 4,000-5,000 rounds has no place in my home. It seems to me after my experience and after reading the experience of others Sig made a throw away pistol in the P250. There is a reason the price is $300 and you can get two frames, slides and a barrel for $450. That is the only way Sig can sucker people into buying them. Remember when S&W was packaging a bunch of crap with the S&W Sigma a couple of years ago and giving away mags with the gun so they could try to sell it? Yeah it is kind of like that.
Comparing them head to head I could point out things like how I know the Glock 19 can function in any environment, even under water I know that sounds cliche but I said it. The Glock 19 has been over sees in combat. It has been sandblasted and when soldiers rotate back they leave the Glock 19 behind for the next unit. That Glock 19 sees some rough treatment that I am certain the P250 couldn't. The Glock 19 shoots dry. The P250 likes grease. Not a good mix for sand. Unlike a hammer fired gun the Glock 19 doesn't matter if it is caked in mud it will still fire. A P250 with a hammer caked in mud doesn't work. I have always thought though the trigger is something that a shooter with enough range time can learn to over come. But the P250 trigger is bad even for a Sig trigger. So bad it makes the Glock 19's trigger feel like a enchanted unicorns ass merged with an 1911's trigger. I don't know what that means but it is good. Really the Glock trigger isn't that bad and for a combat pistol it is good to go. The Sig P250 doesn't seem to have that luxury. It is a "combat pistol" with a long DAO trigger pull and no reset. It is all the way to the rear, then all the way to the front before you can go bang again. The Govt agencies that asked for the P250 walked for good reason. The pistol is just not up to standard.
Don't let the price or even the name sucker you in. Owners of the P250 like Sigma owners are the same. They try to justify their purchases and make statements like how the Sigma or the P250 are just as good as the Glock. I have always wondered if they are just as good as the Glock then why not just buy a Glock? Obviously the P250 is not as good as the Glock 19 because with the number of competition shooters and instructors in this country T&Eing firearms like the P250 in their free time combined with the internet gun blogs covering these tests and the very low price point of the Sig P250 you would see them all over the place and their popularity would soar and their price would go up and instructors would carry them almost as much as 1911's. That hasn't happened though. Not in all the years the P250 has came out. The Glock 19 on the other hand..Come over to the dark side, Luke.
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Just to add my two cents in here, I have owned the 250 in 9mm. Thought it was pretty cool to be able to have multiple calibers and just swap out the trigger but the trigger is the issue for me. Just like dragracer said, its a long trigger pull and not fun to shoot. Also thought it might have been due to the fact that I had the compact frame, but I had the opportunity to shoot a buddies full size .45 acp and it was worse. If your looking for a first time purchase and something that is usually reasonable, I would recomend looking for a Sig 225 9mm. It was my first purchase and it was only about $300. Its older but it is still one of my best shooting 9mm's other than my Hi Power. Good luck with whatever you get and any questions I or anyone on here would be glad to help im sure.
Do yourself a favor.... for about the same money, Buy a CZ75 in 9mm. You will thank me later.
I've had a 250 9mm sub-compact for bout a year now and have enjoyed it. I paid $350 for it with night sights and 3 mags and have found it to be a great gun overall. I learned after shooting about 400 rounds through it that the gun was one of the earlier models when I started having light primer strikes with almost every shot. To that extent it was certainly not reliable. However, I called Sig about the issue to which they sent me a service claim number to send in to them with the gun. I paid $11 shipping, and two weeks later I had the gun back. They replaced the trigger group and firing pin with the newest version and sent it right back to my door at no charge aside from the initial cost of me shipping it to them. It has run like a champ since! Can't say enough about their customer service (as well as Hi Point's). Yes, the trigger has a longer pull than the DA pull on my 229, but its consistent and easy to learn. Go for a test drive with whichever guns you're looking into though and get the one that fits you best, then go out and enjoy it!
