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- From: callison@kittyhawk.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: SIG Sauer P226: I now understand the cult
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:51:30 GMT
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- In article <9301201657.AA07226@optilink.com> cramer@optilink.com (Clayton Cramer) writes:
- #My last encounter with the P226 left me underwhelmed. I have one in stock
- #for a customer at the moment, and I am beginning to understand the cult of
- #the SIG. It's esthetically hopeless, but ergonomically beautiful.
-
- Oh, no, no, no, it's aesthetically beatiful, as well. It's no P210, but it's
- no Colt 2000, either... :-)
-
- #Every
- #control comes to position perfectly. The lack of ambidextrous controls
- #causes me no suffering whatsoever, because I can manipulate EVERYTHING
- #with the left hand. The double action trigger is the first that I can recall
- #that doesn't make me feel like I'm being punished for having double action.
-
- It doesn't have the DA trigger of my S&W Model 29 or a Colt Python, but
- it has an excellent DA trigger for a combat auto--the best I've ever
- tried.
-
- #Now, if only it wasn't almost twice as expensive as most of its competitors...
-
- Don't think of it like that--think of it as a short-barreled, stockless
- CAR with superior fit, finish, and reliability without the legal hassles. :-)
-
- James
-
- James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library
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- DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
- "God didn't make men and women equal. Colonel Colt did."
- --Maggie Zombro, "Reasonable Doubts"
-