It looks like a nice find at a nice price.
Congrats.
Congrats.
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New to me 2008 P229
I had to go to Biloxi for a conference; first one since 2020 due to Covid. When I checked into the hotel, I thought it was a good omen that I was in room 229. I showed up the next morning at the conference and after the business meetings started, I had a break to run a couple of errands. Just a couple of miles from my hotel was a gun and pawn shop where I had previously found nice guns at reasonable prices. As I looked through the cases, I saw a number of new SIG P320s and P365s, even a Legion P226, and at the end of a row, a P229. I asked the clerk to see the P229 and he pulled out a .40 S&W no-rail version, in what I considered to be very good condition. There were the usual wear/handling marks on the dustcover, trigger guard, and front strap, as well as on the barrel hood, although the slide looked brand new. I field-stripped the pistol, and while there were normal wear marks on the barrel, the bore was clean and bright.
There was a paper tag on the trigger guard with the original price of $599 marked out and a reduced price of $549 written on it. Also on the tag was the note that it came with a box. I asked the clerk if I could see the box and he pulled out a blue plastic SIG case, original to the pistol, including all of the tags. Date on the box was 26-JAN-2008. Also in the box were two extra 12 round magazines (used in very good condition), a manual dated 9/2007, and a full-color SIGARMS 2007 Product Portfolio. Inserted in the manual was the warranty registration card, a blue oval SIG SAUER “To Hell and Back Reliability” decal, and a rectangular black & white “got sig?” decal.
I had already decided to buy the pistol but had to ask the clerk what the out-the-door cash price would be. He didn’t hesitate and said $550 as the pistol had already been marked down (the store wrote off the 7% sales tax -$38.50). I didn’t hesitate either and said I’d take it. After filling out the required paperwork and counting out the cash, I was the new owner of a 14-year-old pistol. I asked if this had been a police trade-in pistol and the clerk said that all he knew was that they had bought it from a customer.
I’ve decided that the worn hex head grip screws need to be replaced, and I’ve already ordered a set of Hogue G-10 black checkered grips. I’m not sure if I’ll keep the .40 barrel in it or get a .357 SIG barrel (I already have a P229R DAK with a .357 SIG barrel).
One last thing, what does the “G” in the SKU: E29-40-BSS-G denote?
There was a paper tag on the trigger guard with the original price of $599 marked out and a reduced price of $549 written on it. Also on the tag was the note that it came with a box. I asked the clerk if I could see the box and he pulled out a blue plastic SIG case, original to the pistol, including all of the tags. Date on the box was 26-JAN-2008. Also in the box were two extra 12 round magazines (used in very good condition), a manual dated 9/2007, and a full-color SIGARMS 2007 Product Portfolio. Inserted in the manual was the warranty registration card, a blue oval SIG SAUER “To Hell and Back Reliability” decal, and a rectangular black & white “got sig?” decal.
I had already decided to buy the pistol but had to ask the clerk what the out-the-door cash price would be. He didn’t hesitate and said $550 as the pistol had already been marked down (the store wrote off the 7% sales tax -$38.50). I didn’t hesitate either and said I’d take it. After filling out the required paperwork and counting out the cash, I was the new owner of a 14-year-old pistol. I asked if this had been a police trade-in pistol and the clerk said that all he knew was that they had bought it from a customer.
I’ve decided that the worn hex head grip screws need to be replaced, and I’ve already ordered a set of Hogue G-10 black checkered grips. I’m not sure if I’ll keep the .40 barrel in it or get a .357 SIG barrel (I already have a P229R DAK with a .357 SIG barrel).
One last thing, what does the “G” in the SKU: E29-40-BSS-G denote?
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