DontTreadOnMe
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- Dec 10, 2016
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Yes, that’s what the Classic Carry TALO edition uses.
They have 13 round mags for the 229? All of mine were 12.
Must be a new thing.
The 13-round mags for the 229 Classic Carry are listed as “228/229.” Is that the older 228 that used the 13-round mags? Does the M11-A1 use 15-round mags?
Some of Sig’s numbering seems a little wonky.
I've had several Beretta M9 or 92FS pistols...always managed to sell them...I do have a 92A3 now. My complaint with the Beretta is the thick grip and it's a pretty large pistol for only a 9mm hole in the barrel. My Sig 220 and 226 both feel far more natural and comfortable in my hand...but the 92A3 seems better than the earlier models in how it fits in my hand. I sold the last 92FS to my bro-in-law and he loves it...so it worked out.
I also have to say that forty years of owning and shooting 1911 platform pistols makes nearly any other feel wrong in my hands...but a S&W M39 may well be the most comfortable pistol I've ever handled.
I fell in love with the M11 when I went through PSD school in the Army. I'd carried and fired the M9 for years and the M11 is so much nicer. When I finally retired in 2014 I looked for a P228 but they were hard to find and expensive. I picked up the M11A1 as a retirement gift to myself and couldn't be happier with it. The 15 round mags are marked as P229-1. My second favorite 9mm pistol in my collection after my Browning Hi-Power.
I bought an M11-A1 in FDE about 5 years ago, ended up selling it last year. Was a great gun that shot very well but just wasn’t one that I would usually take to the range.
The real reason for the P229 was to be capable of handling .40 ( and .357Sig ) , at which point making an otherwise identical stamped slide for 9mm was redundant .
My favorite 9mm pistol is my W.German P225 . ( Not P-6 , but civilian P225 ) Best DA pull of any DA auto I've fired , the expected Sig accuracy , and full length single stacks feel great in the hand .
But alas , with the great change over to milled slides, the P225 was discontinued instead .
I had always lacked confidence in my ability to land a first DA shot accurately until I attended Camp Blaster the week before last and I learned that with practice and the right pistol, that dreaded DA first shot can be just as good as all the SA shots that follow. The M11-A1 is definitely the right gun. Paired with an instructor who carried a P229 on-duty for several years, I was able to experience its full capability as a defensive sidearm. I was damn impressed. I like my CZ's and 1911's but, this new Sig has given me several reasons to re-think my preferences.
I hear you on the DA confidence, or lack thereof. What is it about the Sig that you prefer in the DA? I love my P229 but that first pull feels like a mile long while I’m moving the gun all over the place. I realize that’s on me, not the gun, and I need to dry fire, train, etc.
All this while I’ve been thinking I should be going the CZ route. Zzzzz_man, if we can’t count on you as the champion of CZ, what can we believe anymore?!?!