Whats up guys,
I am proud new owner of a P220 Carry and I had a few questions regarding this firearm that I cant find out via the SEARCH.
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I was wondering if this would fit in a P229 holster?, I did a search online and found alot of regular P220 holsters but because this one has a 3.9 in. barrel I was wondring if it would fit the 229, I was looking at picking up one of the new DSG Arms kydex holsters and they dont make one for the carry version of my gun but they do make one for the 229.
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This was a police trade in (so I got if for a great price…$425) and it was freekin’ dirty when I got it and the barrel shows some decent ware so it may have quite a few rounds down range. I went on Sig’s website and saw that they offer the " Sig Service Plan" which includes the following:
•Full disassembly of pistols down to frame and slide
•Complete detailed cleaning
•Expert factory inspection of all critical components
•Replacement of springs (recoil, slide catch lever, trigger bar, decocking lever)
•Reassembly and lubrication to factory specifications
•Installation of SIGLITE® Factory Night Sights (excluding P232®)
•Function test
I was wondering if anyone has had this done and if its worth it/ something I should do considering it was as used gun.
Thanks guys and any other input on this firearm would be appriciated. I did research on it prior to the purchase but I know there are alot of you Sig experts out there that know WAY more than I do and are where I am aspiring to be.
My 220 wouldn’t fit in a SF ALS 229 holster, ymmv.
Also, the Sig shop service is a more expensive version of a regular gunsmith tune-up with a longer turn around time, but ymmv.
The 229 is a wider gun than the 220 and the gun will fit loose in the holster but should work okay but all holsters are a bit different.(In a crossbreed I know you are good) I wouldn’t send it in personally but with out pics its hard to judge it. Most cop guns get worn and not shot that much. Sigs seem to show a lot of barrel ware with only a few thousand rounds, but it is only the finish.
Sigs aren’t that bad to take all the way down and reassemble, but if it intimidates you, take the grips off, use some gun scrubber and blow everything out real well. After wards make sure the gun is pretty wet and use greese where suggested by sig. They like to be run wet!
JMO
Great gun too…
Thanks for the replies and advise gents. I think I may call sig and see how much it will cost for them to send me the parts and just do it myself, I dont know why I did not think of that:suicide:
I will get some pics up of the barrel and tell me what you think
My 220 Carry will fit my 229 Safariland ALS, my 229 leather holsters, and my Crossbreed ST.
As for cleaning, once or twice a year I remove the grips, field strip them, and put some mineral spirits in a pan & go to work scrubbing them with a paint brush. A gallon of paint thinner or mineral spirits will run you about $7 at Home Depot & will last a long time. Just be sure to relube everything, because the mineral spirits will strip all the oil & grease from the gun.
It’s been a while, but I took the SIG armorer’s course back in the day–they haven’t changed all that much. I don’t think detailed stripping and reassembly are exactly a slam-dunk. Complete disassembly of the frame is “interesting”, and the slide assembly isn’t a lot of fun either. :rolleyes: A good blast with aerosol cleaner followed by clean air and a relube will suffice.
Replacing the recoil spring is simple and worthwhile, and the decocker spring can be replaced with care without disassembly. The other springs are coils and not subject to all that much wear. The mag catch assembly can be particularly fiendish to mess with. :cray:
Carry on.