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- From: pauly@netcom.com (Paul Yoshimune)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Glock vs. Sig!?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.233216.28456@netcom.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:52:06 GMT
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- In article <9301250428.AA28006@zippy.cs.UMD.EDU> kgk@martigny.ai.mit.edu (Kleanthes Koniaris) writes:
- #In fact, there seem to reasons to suspect that the Glock is *better*
- #built: I have heard that the Sig has welding, rivets, etc.; the Glock
- #has none. I have heard that the Sig slide is cast (almost to shape)
- #and then machined, while the Glock slide is cut from a solid piece of
- #steel.
-
- Actually, the SIG slide is stamped steel. It's cheap, but durable as hell so
- far as I can tell...
-
- #Of course, the Glock does have sloppy tooling marks, but the
- #actual method of construction seems superior.
-
- This may be true of the actual methods employed (cast vs. forged, etc.), but
- there is absolutely no lack of quality in the construction of the SIG. There
- is no slop, no funny tooling marks, etc.
-
- #I have heard that the
- #Sig coatings tend to wear, and that the weapon is easily prone to
- #rust. (In a Glock? Never!)
-
- I've holstered and drew my P226 probably a bizillion times (IPSC matches,
- practice, and dry-fire), and wear is just starting to show. The bluing isn't
- rubbed through, but you can tell it's seen some use. I use a concealed carry
- holster for all the matches and practice, and sweat all over the poor gun.
- I've not seen even an inkling of rust or other corrosion on the gun, and I
- don't tend to wipe down the outside of the gun at all...
-
- #So, Sig owners, please be so kind as to post *why* the Sig is so good,
- #and please be so kind, if possible, as to *compare* to the Glock.
-
- So far as I'm concerned, the SIG's best virtues are its simplicity of
- operation, ergonomic (probably the best) design, inherent accuracy, and most
- importantly, utter reliability. This gun cycles empty brass, extremely short
- JHPs (like the CorBon 115gr +P), and quite long ones (147gr lead flat points
- with an OAL of about 1.125). The gun has never jammed - EVER.
-
- I also don't like the fact that the Glock has a light trigger pull and no
- safety, but that's something else entirely...
-
- --
- DVC,
- Paul
-