We keep hearing the never-ending “1911 vs. Glock” argument. The two guns are as different as apples and oranges. It’s time to step it up and compare apples to badass apples with the REAL argument: which is better, the 1911 or the Sig Sauer P220? Posted on 09/05/2017 5:37:05 AM PDT by w1n1
We keep hearing the never-ending “1911 vs. Glock” argument. The two guns are as different as apples and oranges. It’s time to step it up and compare apples to badass apples with the REAL argument: which is better, the 1911 or the Sig Sauer P220?
I've always been a Sig Sauer fanboy and it all started when I got my first Sig Sauer P226 then wandered over to the P220 in .45 ACP years ago. At the time, I was sporting a Colt M1991A1 that I had spent hours working on, lovingly going through and modifying, upgrading to suit my needs so it would run reliably.
I had used the Colt in many tactics and self defense courses, and was comfortable with it. I grew to like it more and was carrying it lots until that fateful Sig Sauer fell in my lap courtesy of a friend.
‘Yep, was lust at first sight. The Sig P220 was the same basic concept as my Colt: a single-stack .45 ACP full sized combat pistol.
However, the Sig Sauer P220 benefited from another 65 years of pistol evolution and got almost everything right from the start. The P220 felt superb, was stunningly accurate, and—get THIS—I didn’t have to do anything to it. It was perfect, straight out of the box. I immediately relegated the Colt to the safe (archives), and haven’t looked back.
Ok, lets get to the meat of this here's the 4 reasons why that makes the Sig P220 better than the 1911.
Reliablity
This first reason a Sig P220 is better than a 1911 is a no-brainer. If you were in a situation where you knew people would be shooting back at you, and you could only choose between a Sig P220 or a 1911, both loaded with modern hollowpoint defense ammo, which would you grab? I know that P220 would be in my hand faster than you could say, “tap-rack-bang.”
Simplicity in operation Some might argue that a 1911 is as simple as it gets, with one trigger pull to master. I see your one trigger pull, and I raise you the the two separate external safeties (grip and thumb) that must be correctly actuated for a 1911 to go off, plus the need to carry “cocked and locked” (hammer back on a loaded chamber, thumb safety engaged) for the pistol to be truly combat-ready (argue all you want on condition one/two/three, but this is a generally accepted statement.). Read the rest of the Sig Sauer P220 vs 1911 here.
I’ll take both please. And throw in a Browning Hi Power and a suppressed Mk III Ruger for good measure.
...and of course a Bowers Can:
Nice.
How much was the silencer?
I have a 22/45 lite just like that.
I carried a 1911 as a sidearm in the Navy. Couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn with it.
Nevermind. Found ‘em.
http://www.bowersgroup.com/product/paradigm-22-lr/
After owning a Sig and having its trigger system fail under range conditions for reasons which were never fully explained, I will NEVER own another Sig.
I’m weird. I can carry a Glock all day with one in the chamber and never even think twice about it, but I just cannot carry a 1911 cocked and locked. I know it’s a psychological thing, but there it is.
Were I to carry a hammer-fired .45 ACP, my choice would be the Sig P220 decocker only.
Now, for the range ...
It’s the Indian, not the arrow.
Colt 1911 has been around for 106 years and stronger than ever. Will the story be the same for Sig?
I’ve always found Hi-Powers a little bit short in the handle for my big hands. In all other respects they are super.
I feel your pain.
The Colt 1911 was a good gun for its time. But it has long been superseded by many other guns.
I’ve had significantly more issues with my p220 that either of my 1911s. Broken parts in particular, I’ve worn out parts on a 1911 but never have had anything outright break.
In addition, my p220 never liked cast, the 1911s are agnostic and will place then on the paper time after time, cast or jacketed.
I’ve fired Navy issue 45s, never picked one up that didn’t rattle. Your experience might have been better with a newer weapon.
bfl
i bet I have over 10k rounds in my p220. only time it ever stove piped is because of poor ammo. same with my 1911 (actually a combat commander)
I like both weapons. both are solid.
Yep, I’ve got the Sig P220 SAO Carry.
I put my Colt MkIV, Series 70 Gold Cup in storage.
It was tricked out for competition and after 10’s of thousands of rounds, the little things started to break.
While it’s all fixed now, it will stay in storage.
Just a bunch of juvenile opinion.
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