Sig Sauer P229 .40 flawlessly shoots 150 consecutive rounds NO FAILURES!

[pgalioni]

I really don't want this to become a ford v chevy, PC v mac, Reminton v...well that's different - but honestly each manufacturer has it's own strong and weak products, I have a Steyr SSG-69 P-II (double trigger) with a Mark 4 TMR that I have -->*and you could* <-- put one hole in using 3 rounds at 250 meters. prone. no wind. no cowyboying. just being careful. Build a Log Cabin in the middle of Alaska -- Colt 1911-A1 hands down. Strip, clean, oil, assemble and start walking again -- older Sig.

[pgalioni]

MY UNBIASED ACCOUNT OF A P226 FRAME WITH VARIOUS CALS USED ON IT: the 20,000 (9mm) round count is very low to give an idea of bbl life. Here is what one country- cop said when he took it from my holster during a tail light stop: THIS is THE MOST filthy gun I've EVER touched! (to be fair he's prop right)

I have several sigs, my oldest (P226) 9mm was when the letter U was for USN issued sidearms, I've had it 15-20 years and well over 20,000 round through mine with ONE stove-pipe (my fault), The

[pgalioni]

The longest gone without cleaning was about 8 months when it was rotated into a back-pack I always carry, and to keep 'mussel memory' it shot 150 rounds/month (no cleaning) with the last set of ten 40 round extended mags putting down no more than a 3 inch circle at 70 feet slow fire. Given a match barrel/slide/ mags (illegal for CA (extended threaded barrel and five 20 rd extended mags)

[pgalioni]

thought I'd see what happened if I 'heated it up' - loaded up 25 boxes of 50 at +1/2P and while my arm was tired, not a hint of even coming CLOSE to a jam after 1250 rounds without stopping except to re-load and rest my arm or find a more interesting target - dropped mags on ground of small gravel/ fine sand also shot prone from that surface -- misfires =0, first target at 70 feet had (no practice) 4.5 inch group of 2 mags -- last 2 mags 4 inch group opening to the right.

[pgalioni]

For my money, give me my sig and ammo as a side arm. Have only had about 3K rounds of 257 sig through that barrel which was broken in correctly like my first sig 9mm slide bbl. Put 500 rounds through it in about an hour one day, first 2 mags at 1.755 inch grouping slow-fire, second grouping of 2 mags just over 3 inches slow fire at 70-75 feet. No jams -- same frame just different slide/bbl sitting on top. No factory work at all, just home cleaning and sometimes an overnight soak in kerosene.

[pgalioni]

Nope, not paid for by sig - though would someone tell them so they might THINK about their tricked out match P-226!!!! PLEASE!!!! CALIBER doesn't seem to matter, hand or UMC load doesn't seem to matter - the bluing looks like poop since I sanded it off to engrave it, changed my mind, and just use Pacmyer grips and have a pair of unmounted sig-night-lights. So you go figure what you want -- accuracy quick-swap-n-clean, and longevity with reliability, or the brand-(placement)-du jour.

[JOHNM3791]

When Someone Says Something Bad about a Sig, The Sentence Usually Ends with "My Glock"

[tnpataka]

People seem to want to gripe over anything. Good video with an even better pistol! I'm not going to make any negative comments about only shooting 150 rounds for this test, for two reasons. 1) Sig has already been proven to be among the most reliable handguns in the world. 2) Ammo isn't cheap!

A well maintained Sig should last nearly a lifetime. This is why the Navy Seals chose the P226 as one of their official firearms.

[pocat6]

Why do you readjust your grip after each shot : /

[netchemica]

Also, the Smith and Wesson M&P fired over 62,000 rounds with only 2 stoppages during the endurance test performed by pistol-training

[rangerdanger222]

My glock 19 has over 6000 rounds failure free with original springs. I had a usp 40 that had I don't know how many thousands thew it without failures of any kind. Unless you get an out of spec gun most modern firearms are incredibly reliable in my experience.

[ballenb17]

I'm so fucking annoyed right now, I will not watch another of this dude's vids. Ahhhhh freedom.

[Goodspittin]

Go for 15,000 and you've got a real test

[FrankeNoveske]

Try 5-600 a day in an average intermediate to advance level class and then get back to me about being impressed.

[netchemica]

150rds without a failure isn't much of an accomplishment. That's like being excited about your car not breaking down on your way to the grocery store.

[JoeDaddy40]

@netchemica U gotta start some were right dude!!!!! you can't reach 1,000 without hitting 150 first.

[Gladeator123]

@netchemica yeah but are you really going to need to fire 150 rounds in a gunfight?

[netchemica]

@Gladeator123 Are you serious with this comment? Would you really trust a gun that will have a failure once every 200 rounds? I'm not saying that the Sig will fail that often, but there's more to a firearms reliability than "successfully fire 24 rounds because that's all we'll possibly need in a defensive situation".

[Gladeator123]

@netchemica Fair enough, I see the point but its not like i'm going out with a hi-point loaded with weak-reloads, the Sig is extremely reliable, but I think the main point is to know your weapon and how it works, Cheers

[fieldx200]

That's a good day at the range.

[twhiteh3]

I have a P220 .45 & P229 .40 both flawless guns.

[ibanezkid07]

the worst part is using all your ammo :(

[fireline6]

i can shoot 500 of my reloads out of my S&W sigma, aslong as is not a hi-point everything will be ok.

[Kure997]

who dislike this is an ASSHOLE!!!!

[anthojoe]

i shoot the Sig .40 DAK as my service weapon - great gun.

try not resetting your grip after every shot.

[gforcewarrior]

I've put about 600 rounds through my 229R so far without an issue. Factory sights are dead on, recoil is super smooth for a .40, it's an amazing gun.

[dbi1036]

I have about 3,600 on the one I have and not once did it not go BANG, Amo was good to.

[GregandNancyW]

You may want to stop lifting your support hand/fingers from your grip.

[Ranger4321]

Ive got a Sig P250R 45 and am considering getting the 229R 40 because of round capacity.

[friskyrabbit]

I will attest to that. I've run about 600 rds in my own P229 since nov (I cycle through several pistols) and not a single reliability issue. I trust the P229 with my life. If things ever went wrong and I could chose only one gun to use to defend myself out of ANYTHING out there THIS would be the one.

[mdunn604]

Love the feel, reliability, balance and ergonomics of the sig. Sig Sauer FTW!

[Armed24seven]

I've shot 155 rounds out of my sig sauer p229 SCT .40 and have had no jams, no failure to feeds, no failure to loads... I own 3 sigs and neither of them have ever jammed yet. My 9mm p229 I have 550 rounds and no malfunctions at all... To hell and back reliability. What ammunition are you using btw?

[flagstamp]

This was Federal range ammo from Walmart. It was like $14.99 for a box of 50.

[Armed24seven]

yeah thats what I used to break in my gun too. same price too. I should have bought all them but I just bought 2 boxes for .40

[Sonnedude]

@flagstamp I love Walmart