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 02-07-2010, 03:04 AM | #1 | Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40 |  Need Opinions Sig 220 or 229 - Which to Keep
Long story short.....I inherited a Sig 229 in .40 S&W and a Sig 220 in .45 ACP, but it looks like one of them is going to go to a relative.
Which one should I try to keep? Why?
BTW...I don't carry, so the smaller size of the 229 is not really a factor. | 
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| 02-07-2010, 03:16 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Las Cruces Posts: 417 |
My friend owns both of those handguns (he's a sig guy)
I've fired them numerous times, I found the P229 to be more accurate (probably because its .40 smith and wesson)
If I was in your shoes, I'd buy my relative a hi-point and keep the sigs 
all joking aside, I'd probably go with the P229 .40 sw, ammo is a little bit cheaper and its got good accuracy | |
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| 02-07-2010, 07:05 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 381 |
If you plan on doing a lot of shooting I'd check on availabilty of ammo, if it's anything like here in S. W. Oregon I don't see a lot of 45 ACP but 40 S&W seems to be always available in abundence. | |
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| 02-07-2010, 01:48 PM | #4 | Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40 |
I have a fair amount of .45 ammo already, and I do like the feel of the 220 in my hand. Hmmm, so maybe I just answered my own question.
I guess I was wondering if there was anything fundamentally better about one or the other. But I think they are both pretty darn nice guns
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Originally Posted by indyfan
If I was in your shoes, I'd buy my relative a hi-point and keep the sigs |
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| 02-07-2010, 02:02 PM | #5 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,190 Liked 5 Times on 5 Posts
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You have your pick between .40 S&W and .45 ACP?
What's your question???????
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| 02-07-2010, 02:22 PM | #6 | Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40 |
Cane, forgive my ignorance, but can you explain why the choice should be obvious? | |
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| 02-07-2010, 02:22 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 663 |
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Originally Posted by Elemental
I have a fair amount of .45 ammo already, and I do like the feel of the 220 in my hand. Hmmm, so maybe I just answered my own question.
I guess I was wondering if there was anything fundamentally better about one or the other. But I think they are both pretty darn nice guns
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Like you said you have answered your own question. Me I have both and carried the Sig P229 in 9mm. never was a big fan of the .40. Now I carry a Springfield XD45C. | |
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| 02-07-2010, 04:33 PM | #8 | Sic Semper Tyrannis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: , The Mother Lode Posts: 18,437 |
Ahem, cough, cough....
45 ACP/Sig P220....what's the question?  __________________
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| 02-07-2010, 05:05 PM | #9 | Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40 |
Well lookie there, I guess there IS such a thing as a stupid question after all.
I'm still not sure why the answer to the question is obvious to everyone but me, but I'll keep trying to yank my head out of my a$$ until I see the light. | |
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| 02-07-2010, 05:23 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 130 |
I think the general consensus around here is that .45 is better than .40. I really want to get a P220 Equinox. __________________
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