Sig P228 History and such
About an hour ago I was talking with one of My Neighbors Son.
He was visiting and cleaning out His Mother's garage. He was in
camo pants in a design I'd never seen before so I asked where He
got them He said they were issued to Him. He is in the Navy (CBs)
I sake him where He was stationed and he said He's Reserve with
his training in California. So I asked what were is issue weapons were
and He said A Sig Sauer pistol and an AR. So I aske is the pistol was a
P320 and He said he was not sure but he had a pic of it on his phone.
I looked and It said Sig Sauer P228 on the grips. I Told Him Sig No longer
was making it and that Sig had won a contract and will be shipping the
new p320 later this year.
I got curious and when I came in I Googled Sig Sauer P228.
Boy Did I hit the Jackpot
On the other Forum (we all do not care for) one of Their Members
12131 Oriental ******* Posted a Very Long History of the Sig P 228
including pictures of the Gun, Boxes and Cases and so on
It was posted on December 2 2014 but He recently updated it on
February 16 2017
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Hope it works
He was visiting and cleaning out His Mother's garage. He was in
camo pants in a design I'd never seen before so I asked where He
got them He said they were issued to Him. He is in the Navy (CBs)
I sake him where He was stationed and he said He's Reserve with
his training in California. So I asked what were is issue weapons were
and He said A Sig Sauer pistol and an AR. So I aske is the pistol was a
P320 and He said he was not sure but he had a pic of it on his phone.
I looked and It said Sig Sauer P228 on the grips. I Told Him Sig No longer
was making it and that Sig had won a contract and will be shipping the
new p320 later this year.
I got curious and when I came in I Googled Sig Sauer P228.
Boy Did I hit the Jackpot
On the other Forum (we all do not care for) one of Their Members
12131 Oriental ******* Posted a Very Long History of the Sig P 228
including pictures of the Gun, Boxes and Cases and so on
It was posted on December 2 2014 but He recently updated it on
February 16 2017
*************/eve/forums/a/tcp/f/430601935/m/3810077763
Hope it works
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Doesn't the M11 have "P228" on it's grips?
EDIT: Yep
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Did not know that.
The thing I posted at the end is what is shown as the article.
Our Forum put ****** For the other Forums Name.
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Our site blocks the green site. That's what I meant when I said "links to the green site do not show up."
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I agree but that explains how a current Navy Reserve has a P228 for his service weapon thoughIMHO those are 'faux' P228s.
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It is more likely he was issued an M11 (not an M11-A1) which is a real P228 since no U.S. military organization has adopted the M11-A1 yet as far as I know. The M11(P228) is what NCIS carries, or carried, as they are being phased out.
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I've never been in the military, my dad was in the early 60's but he NEVER spoke about it. Something, now that he is gone, I really regret not pushing him to talk about. But anyway, how does issuing a weapon work? Is that your gun just as long as you're in certain positions, when do they issue you a new one and do they take the gun you were initially issued and just keep reissuing it until it gets to a certain age or wear or ?
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I hope, pretty soon, SIG will put the P229-marked grip panel on it to make it right. Because they finally come clean and call it the P229. No more deception/gimmick BS.Doesn't the M11 have "P228" on it's grips?
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https://www.sigsauer.com/store/p229-m11-a1-compact.html
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http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-pistols/42585-p229-vs-m11-a1.htmlI hope, pretty soon, SIG will put the P229-marked grip panel on it to make it right. Because they finally come clean and call it the P229. No more deception/gimmick BS.
There are people on this Forum who would still adamantly argue with you that the M11-A1 isn't a latter - model P229... :lol:
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They should argue with SIG, not with me.
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I would not be one of those members. I replaced the "P228" emblazoned grips on my M11A1 and now there is no confusion in my mind. This is one sweet P229.
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You should see what I did to my M11-A1 :lol:
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I turned it into a proper P229.
I actually prefer the full - height serrations.
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-pistols/36359-my-whimsical-quest-plain-jane-sig-p226.html
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-pistols/41668-sig-p229-m11-a1-caliber-conversion.html
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-gunsmi...-all-diy-videos-tips-thread-2.html#post503980
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I converted my M11-A1 into a P229, the way I want it to be
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The dino's add a nice touch :lol:I turned it into a proper P229.
I actually prefer the full - height serrations.
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-pistols/36359-my-whimsical-quest-plain-jane-sig-p226.html
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-pistols/41668-sig-p229-m11-a1-caliber-conversion.html
http://sigtalk.com/sig-sauer-gunsmi...-all-diy-videos-tips-thread-2.html#post503980
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Like this :lol:
I'm in the process of building me one of these with a P228 slide and a german P229 frame and threaded barrel ^_^
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