Thankyou sir - this is exactly what I was looking for.Many people use them without issue and I've not heard of anything negative to the pistol in terms of damage, etc.
Personally it doesn't bother me that much, but you should be fine if you want to use them.
I'm not sure how "clearly stated" it is! Here's the narrative from Sig's websiteSig Sauer clearly states there is no 'hold-open' slide feature on the .22 conversion kits, so you shouldn't have been surprised.
I have two .22 conversions for P220's. They've both been shot a lot. Squeezing the trigger on the empty chamber has not hurt either of them.I saw that follower - but I would much prefer to have mags that lock open like they would on 9mm (my carry load). I am buying this conversion kit for cheap training - and also silenced 22, so I want it to function as normally as possible.
I have two .22 conversions for P220's. They've both been shot a lot. Squeezing the trigger on the empty chamber has not hurt either of them.
I did pick up the 3-pak of followers to try out. I took them back out of the mags. Waste of money IMO. They do hold the slide open, but they do NOT "lock" the slide open. It's an interrupt system that simply blocks the slide from closing on the empty chamber. You still must lock it open to remove the magazine - which is a pain in the butt to manipulate at that point. It's easier to simply manually lock it open and not worry about the FP on an empty chamber.
I'm not familiar with what Sig has "said" regarding why they don't hold open but to me - it's not an issue since no damage has occurred thus far.
That's correct. Since I have a couple minutes, I took some photos [not too great from phone but better than nothing] so you can see the issue. I have one mag that still has the follower in it.
With the slide properly locked open, there's more than 1/4 inch between the follower and the breechface.
Check it out here.
May work ok for some but not for me.
Hmm. Looks like someone didn't clean the slide last time out...![]()