Most likely I know they used to come in a kit with some model 210’s.
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Sig p210 22lr kit serial number question
Hello good folks!
I am lucky to got 22lt kit to my collection,never been used in blue box.
I bought it with a Sig p210-6 minimal used, however maybe a little different.
This kit has a five numbered serial number on the barrel and slide, and on the left side the serial numbers match with the frame on p210-6 serial number (six figured). The serial on 22lr slide is stamped with silver and the measurements on the numbers is perfect with the original frame handgun.
So my question is, is this kit stamped from factory to my handgun?
I highly believe so, just want to ask you experts out there, since there is a few info about the 22lr kits.
You can find my video on YouTube posted there as "22lr kit never used"
Best regards
Camur
I am lucky to got 22lt kit to my collection,never been used in blue box.
I bought it with a Sig p210-6 minimal used, however maybe a little different.
This kit has a five numbered serial number on the barrel and slide, and on the left side the serial numbers match with the frame on p210-6 serial number (six figured). The serial on 22lr slide is stamped with silver and the measurements on the numbers is perfect with the original frame handgun.
So my question is, is this kit stamped from factory to my handgun?
I highly believe so, just want to ask you experts out there, since there is a few info about the 22lr kits.
You can find my video on YouTube posted there as "22lr kit never used"
Best regards
Camur
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I don’t think the P312295 serial number on the .22lr slide is original. Not the same font, size, spacing, and the original number on the other side is 48887
Is your test target dated ?
Is your test target dated ?
Thank you for your review, I appreciate it. The 22lr kit is dated august, 1982. While the p312295 is not dated on the target paper.I don’t think the P312295 serial number on the .22lr slide is original. Not the same font, size, spacing, and the original number on the other side is 48887
Is your test target dated ?
That’s the date of the ammo lot.Thank you for your review, I appreciate it. The 22lr kit is dated august, 1982. While the p312295 is not dated on the target paper.
SIG often matched numbers on extra slides and/or barrels for existing guns, on the customer’s or dealer’s request. Hence a good number of service surplus handguns seen with matching P210-5 and P210-6 slides, and such.I don’t think the P312295 serial number on the .22lr slide is original. Not the same font, size, spacing, and the original number on the other side is 48887
New member here but long time lurker. I have been studying the SIG P210 Small Caliber Conversion Units for a while.
There is not much published information available so a lot of what I think I know is from observation from online auctions and posts. Corrections and additional information is welcome.
I have observed the .22 kits with five digit serial numbers stamped on the right side of the slide and visible on the barrel through the ejection port interspersed among the low 40,000's up to the 49,000 S/N range. Reportedly these were made from circa 1980 up to as late as 1995 with total numbers around 5900 ?
The earliest kits did not have the lightening cut machined on the top of the slide forward of the rear sight and apparently it was added to improve reliability. The early kits had magazines that were either bright polished finished in the white, Nickel plated or stainless, I haven't figured out which is correct and have blued floorplates. Some will be marked 8 stk. 5,6 mm along the left rear edge. Late production magazines were fully blued. Kits in these serial number ranges were Swiss made. Early kits came in flimsy green boxes with English, French and German writing on the lids, later kits came in nicer fabric covered blue boxes with hinged lids and a gold SIG logo. And most of those will now be found with deteriorated foam inserts.
I understand that some very late kits were made by Hammerli ? and had some reliability problems but I am unsure about that.
Regarding the kits being marked with a six digit serial number with a P prefix to match a P210 and that also bore a five digit number, I assume that the .22 kits were serial numbered when produced as is standard manufacturing practice. If an order came in for a P210 with accessory .22 conversion kit, a kit was pulled off the shelf and the six digit serial number from the pistol was added. The kits didn't require hand fitting to a particular frame so having a matching serial number was most likely not necessary but SIG thought it would be proper to have them numbered identically. Kits I have observed with both a five digit number and a six digit, P prefix number to match a pistol have had the six digit number added to the left side which tells me that number was added to an existing numbered kit side.
I have an old Gun Digest from 1980 and it shows the .22 Conversion Kits sold separately with an MSRP of $650. That was fairly expensive at the time, around $1500 in 2022 dollars.
A P210-6 with a matching numbered .22 kit just sold on Gunbroker. The auction # was 960257398. Interestingly this is one of the SIGARMS Exeter NH marketed guns. The kit has the same S/N as the pistol (on the right side) but doesn't have a five digit number. I have observed other .22 kits with six digit serial numbers in the P310,000 range and assume that they were separated from a matching P210. The SIG P210 Small Caliber Conversion Units are now quite expensive when you find them in their original green or blue boxes.
I hope you gentlemen find this helpful and if I am incorrect in any of this data corrections would be welcome.
There is not much published information available so a lot of what I think I know is from observation from online auctions and posts. Corrections and additional information is welcome.
I have observed the .22 kits with five digit serial numbers stamped on the right side of the slide and visible on the barrel through the ejection port interspersed among the low 40,000's up to the 49,000 S/N range. Reportedly these were made from circa 1980 up to as late as 1995 with total numbers around 5900 ?
The earliest kits did not have the lightening cut machined on the top of the slide forward of the rear sight and apparently it was added to improve reliability. The early kits had magazines that were either bright polished finished in the white, Nickel plated or stainless, I haven't figured out which is correct and have blued floorplates. Some will be marked 8 stk. 5,6 mm along the left rear edge. Late production magazines were fully blued. Kits in these serial number ranges were Swiss made. Early kits came in flimsy green boxes with English, French and German writing on the lids, later kits came in nicer fabric covered blue boxes with hinged lids and a gold SIG logo. And most of those will now be found with deteriorated foam inserts.
I understand that some very late kits were made by Hammerli ? and had some reliability problems but I am unsure about that.
Regarding the kits being marked with a six digit serial number with a P prefix to match a P210 and that also bore a five digit number, I assume that the .22 kits were serial numbered when produced as is standard manufacturing practice. If an order came in for a P210 with accessory .22 conversion kit, a kit was pulled off the shelf and the six digit serial number from the pistol was added. The kits didn't require hand fitting to a particular frame so having a matching serial number was most likely not necessary but SIG thought it would be proper to have them numbered identically. Kits I have observed with both a five digit number and a six digit, P prefix number to match a pistol have had the six digit number added to the left side which tells me that number was added to an existing numbered kit side.
I have an old Gun Digest from 1980 and it shows the .22 Conversion Kits sold separately with an MSRP of $650. That was fairly expensive at the time, around $1500 in 2022 dollars.
A P210-6 with a matching numbered .22 kit just sold on Gunbroker. The auction # was 960257398. Interestingly this is one of the SIGARMS Exeter NH marketed guns. The kit has the same S/N as the pistol (on the right side) but doesn't have a five digit number. I have observed other .22 kits with six digit serial numbers in the P310,000 range and assume that they were separated from a matching P210. The SIG P210 Small Caliber Conversion Units are now quite expensive when you find them in their original green or blue boxes.
I hope you gentlemen find this helpful and if I am incorrect in any of this data corrections would be welcome.
Great source of information, any idea how many matching 22 slides are in existence?
I saw the Gun Broker listing which was the same combination of pistol and conversion kit that was left to me years ago.
Everyone I spoke with told me that it was serialized by others then Sig.
I saw the Gun Broker listing which was the same combination of pistol and conversion kit that was left to me years ago.
Everyone I spoke with told me that it was serialized by others then Sig.
New member here but long time lurker. I have been studying the SIG P210 Small Caliber Conversion Units for a while.
There is not much published information available so a lot of what I think I know is from observation from online auctions and posts. Corrections and additional information is welcome.
I have observed the .22 kits with five digit serial numbers stamped on the right side of the slide and visible on the barrel through the ejection port interspersed among the low 40,000's up to the 49,000 S/N range. Reportedly these were made from circa 1980 up to as late as 1995 with total numbers around 5900 ?
The earliest kits did not have the lightening cut machined on the top of the slide forward of the rear sight and apparently it was added to improve reliability. The early kits had magazines that were either bright polished finished in the white, Nickel plated or stainless, I haven't figured out which is correct and have blued floorplates. Some will be marked 8 stk. 5,6 mm along the left rear edge. Late production magazines were fully blued. Kits in these serial number ranges were Swiss made. Early kits came in flimsy green boxes with English, French and German writing on the lids, later kits came in nicer fabric covered blue boxes with hinged lids and a gold SIG logo. And most of those will now be found with deteriorated foam inserts.
I understand that some very late kits were made by Hammerli ? and had some reliability problems but I am unsure about that.
Regarding the kits being marked with a six digit serial number with a P prefix to match a P210 and that also bore a five digit number, I assume that the .22 kits were serial numbered when produced as is standard manufacturing practice. If an order came in for a P210 with accessory .22 conversion kit, a kit was pulled off the shelf and the six digit serial number from the pistol was added. The kits didn't require hand fitting to a particular frame so having a matching serial number was most likely not necessary but SIG thought it would be proper to have them numbered identically. Kits I have observed with both a five digit number and a six digit, P prefix number to match a pistol have had the six digit number added to the left side which tells me that number was added to an existing numbered kit side.
I have an old Gun Digest from 1980 and it shows the .22 Conversion Kits sold separately with an MSRP of $650. That was fairly expensive at the time, around $1500 in 2022 dollars.
A P210-6 with a matching numbered .22 kit just sold on Gunbroker. The auction # was 960257398. Interestingly this is one of the SIGARMS Exeter NH marketed guns. The kit has the same S/N as the pistol (on the right side) but doesn't have a five digit number. I have observed other .22 kits with six digit serial numbers in the P310,000 range and assume that they were separated from a matching P210. The SIG P210 Small Caliber Conversion Units are now quite expensive when you find them in their original green or blue boxes.
I hope you gentlemen find this helpful and if I am incorrect in any of this data corrections would be welcome.
really great information! thanks
this one with serial number around 41000, without the lightening dig, they told me it was for high-velocity ammunition, instead I learned that it was simply the first version
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It’s both, actually. All SIG P210 rimfire pistols and kits require high velocity ammunition, all the more so the early ones with straight top slides.this one with serial number around 41000, without the lightening dig, they told me it was for high-velocity ammunition, instead I learned that it was simply the first version
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I tried to do a quick search to understand above all the year in which these conversions were introduced.
I collected some serial numbers of the earliest kits (without the lightening cut machined on the top) and I found 40702, 40740, 40865, 41035, 41206..... they were probably already on sale in the 60s. I try to find some catalogue.
I collected some serial numbers of the earliest kits (without the lightening cut machined on the top) and I found 40702, 40740, 40865, 41035, 41206..... they were probably already on sale in the 60s. I try to find some catalogue.
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