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First, who am I? I am a 53 year old FFL/SOT and enjoyer of all things firearms, but most specifically, various Sig Sauer products. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer back in 2018 and probably have 1-2 years left before it finally takes me out. Because of the treatment, I don't get to spend as much time at the range as I used to. (I used to spend 4-8h a week at the range, now it's more like 4-8h a month if I'm lucky.) I've lost a lot of strength and stamina, but can still shoot pretty darn well (if I do say so myself, breaking my arm, patting myself on the back).
Second, my opinion is worth just about the electrons that it takes to make this text appear. Which is to say, as much as any other enthusiast, but no more than anyone else's opinion that's for sure.
On with my thoughts:
I, overall, have really really really enjoyed shooting this gun. It has had some frustrations as I'll mention below and in the reply to this post, but it is a fun gun to shoot. It feels great in the hand. (And I have these weird mitts, big NFL sized palms with shorter, stubbier fingers, so if you measured my hand, it's like an average NFL player sized hand, but mostly because of my palm.) Anyway, fits great in my hand. The trigger shoe, like all Sig trigger shoes, (for me) leaves a bit to be desired. Just has some edge to it that I do not like. (Every single Sig I own has gotten a GrayGuns flat trigger and this one will be no different - NOTE: I just heard back on Instagram from GG and they said that the triggers work fine in the XTEN, so I ordered one today and will install it next week).
Upon receiving the gun a few months ago I installed the Romeo2 (full mailbox config) and an X300U. I find the Romeo2 to be an excellent optic. I'll write a separate post on that later because I now have that on both this firearm and my P320 AXG Scorpion. As noted in the reply to this post I ran into failures to chamber the next round.
Each time it was roughly the same, only thing different was the angle of the cartridge (and how stuck it was). No matter what, once a cartridge was stuck, I could not get it to run through again, no matter where I hid it in the magazine, or what other rounds I put around it. For my "testing" I shot Dutch loads (where the cartridges changes every 1 or 2 cartridges) and full mags of the same cartridge. That did not seem to matter. Obviously, from the data below, the Federal Syntech just simply is not reliable in my firearm. I can't speak for anyone else's firearm.
When it fails to load a new cartridge it IS stripped from the magazine, but it does NOT chamber properly, it's angled up (I really wish I could draw) at a not too severe angle. Each time, EXCEPT for the Fiocchi JHP it left a mark on the nose of the bullet (see next post).
Clearly this firearm likes certain types of ammo and does not like other types. I'd be curious to hear about other people's experience with various types of ammo.
When a new cartridge fails to chamber, this is what it looks like in my gun. The angle of the cartridge varies, but that round is ALWAYS dead and can never be loaded again:
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You can see the condition of the mags (as best as my camera photos will allow) after 1000+ rounds:
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and the other side:
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First, who am I? I am a 53 year old FFL/SOT and enjoyer of all things firearms, but most specifically, various Sig Sauer products. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer back in 2018 and probably have 1-2 years left before it finally takes me out. Because of the treatment, I don't get to spend as much time at the range as I used to. (I used to spend 4-8h a week at the range, now it's more like 4-8h a month if I'm lucky.) I've lost a lot of strength and stamina, but can still shoot pretty darn well (if I do say so myself, breaking my arm, patting myself on the back).
Second, my opinion is worth just about the electrons that it takes to make this text appear. Which is to say, as much as any other enthusiast, but no more than anyone else's opinion that's for sure.
On with my thoughts:
I, overall, have really really really enjoyed shooting this gun. It has had some frustrations as I'll mention below and in the reply to this post, but it is a fun gun to shoot. It feels great in the hand. (And I have these weird mitts, big NFL sized palms with shorter, stubbier fingers, so if you measured my hand, it's like an average NFL player sized hand, but mostly because of my palm.) Anyway, fits great in my hand. The trigger shoe, like all Sig trigger shoes, (for me) leaves a bit to be desired. Just has some edge to it that I do not like. (Every single Sig I own has gotten a GrayGuns flat trigger and this one will be no different - NOTE: I just heard back on Instagram from GG and they said that the triggers work fine in the XTEN, so I ordered one today and will install it next week).
Upon receiving the gun a few months ago I installed the Romeo2 (full mailbox config) and an X300U. I find the Romeo2 to be an excellent optic. I'll write a separate post on that later because I now have that on both this firearm and my P320 AXG Scorpion. As noted in the reply to this post I ran into failures to chamber the next round.
Each time it was roughly the same, only thing different was the angle of the cartridge (and how stuck it was). No matter what, once a cartridge was stuck, I could not get it to run through again, no matter where I hid it in the magazine, or what other rounds I put around it. For my "testing" I shot Dutch loads (where the cartridges changes every 1 or 2 cartridges) and full mags of the same cartridge. That did not seem to matter. Obviously, from the data below, the Federal Syntech just simply is not reliable in my firearm. I can't speak for anyone else's firearm.
When it fails to load a new cartridge it IS stripped from the magazine, but it does NOT chamber properly, it's angled up (I really wish I could draw) at a not too severe angle. Each time, EXCEPT for the Fiocchi JHP it left a mark on the nose of the bullet (see next post).
Clearly this firearm likes certain types of ammo and does not like other types. I'd be curious to hear about other people's experience with various types of ammo.
When a new cartridge fails to chamber, this is what it looks like in my gun. The angle of the cartridge varies, but that round is ALWAYS dead and can never be loaded again:
You can see the condition of the mags (as best as my camera photos will allow) after 1000+ rounds:
and the other side:
