I’ll take both please. And throw in a Browning Hi Power and a suppressed Mk III Ruger for good measure.
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 ...
Colt 1911 has been around for 106 years and stronger than ever. Will the story be the same for Sig?
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.
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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.
One thing that surprised me was how difficult the 1911 is to disassemble/reassemble. The Sig is a snap. Maybe I'll check out a Sig in .45 now.
I have three Sig 1911s, a Springfield 1911 RO Compact in 9mm AND a 220 SAS and I love ‘em all. Don’t give a nanosecond of thought to which is “best”.
Bkmk
Great guns. Personal opinions... well we know what comes next.
I carried many side arms for many years, some directed by my organization, others at my discretion. SIGs were the least useful to me. Why? Because I am a left handed shooter. A really good one ( used to be anyway, now I am over 55 and eyes are not the same). Maybe the new ones are ambi- but I won’t be looking at them anytime soon- I have learned the ones I have and they aren’t wearing out, so....
For the life of me I hated SIG M11s- how could I decock? Safely? I never figured it out, so I carried an M9 instead ( hate that one too BTW). Picked up an M1911A1, added an ambi safety lock and had lots of useful experiences with that one. A USMC issue gun BTW.
If you like the SIG, great, but don’t think any specific sidearm or long arm is any “better” compared to another well proven model.
Ford vs Chevy deja vu