for a while, our County sheriffs carried Sig's in that chamber... they also had interchangeable barrels for 'em to go to .40's ... not sure what they have now ..
It's just not a common round and options aren't great, just like any other boutique round. So, I offloaded it years ago. Favorite thing to do was hand it to someone right about dusk and see the reaction to the insane fireball it emmited. Unreal.
I have always been a bit surprised that it didn't catch on more at least with LE. I remember seeing a "windshield test" several years ago, a LE agency tested several different calibers on how well they would go through a sloped windshield rather than deflect off of it. .357 Sig was hands down the winner (just 9mm, .40, and .357 Sig was tested). If I remember right, 9mm glanced off quite often, .40 was around 50%, and .357 Sig was in the 90's percentile to go through. Seeing that made me curious and I looked up the ballistics on it, definitely pretty impressive when compared to 9mm and .40. I've since thought about having one to carry when archery elk hunting. While I mainly think about a sow black bear with cubs or a cougar being the reason I pack a sidearm, in reality the main possibility of needing to defend oneself is more likely to be a cow moose with a calf. In all my time in the woods that is the only animal I've had an encounter with where I was pretty darn nervous how it was going to play out there for a minute. I'd feel a bit better having something like a .357 Sig, 10mm, or even a .357 mag with something as big as a moose.
Only real difference I saw in the Glock 9mm vs the Glock 45acp was the recoil. 9mm stayed on target better due to less recoil.
Thanks we are buying our retirement place and she’ll be up there alone at times, she wanted some protection. Takes her CPL class here soon. I have a .22 ruger that was my grandfathers, I love that little pistol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Finally got my defender back from being ported and polished, new trigger and a Kimber spring in it. Sweet shooting little pistol.
It is stainless and stainless tends to gall when it rubs like a bolt in a nut, had to open the clearances a little.
Lots of choices. If and a big if, I was to buy a handgun, one thing would be availability of ammo and reloading components.
I went to the shop and put my hands on this one. Originally I thought I wanted it but just to big for my needs.
The SIG 229 D/S in .357 SIG was standard issue for USSS for many years. I believe they went to Glock 9mm back in 2015-ish. ^ leaving this for full disclosure. Of course, AI knew the exact date:
Someone just 'liked' one of my posts on this thread from a few months back; just seeing this. If I were to own a handgun, or over 10 handguns, not that I do or ever would, I would never be without a Gen 3 Glock 19. I was told by a guy I know, real Paul Harrell-type dude, that they never fail to go bang, no matter how many thousands of rounds I he put through them, nor how infrequently I he cleaned them, it always went bang. No FTFs, no stovepipes, no mag issues. Just insert and press play. Eject, insert, and press play. Put it on loop. ...so I was told. By I guy I knew. From the internet.
I have a friend that works in an ER that sees a lot of gunshot wounds and says he would rather get shot with a 9mm. It would depend on the bullet used. I have a couple 45s and several 9mm. Personally, my EDC is a 45 S&W Shield M2.0 out of the Performance Center because it's easy to conceal, great trigger, shoots well and is light on the belt. In a Real World SHTF or Zombie scenario I'll be packing one of my 9mm for the simple reason with 2 mags and a loaded pistol =27 extra rounds, plus ammo for it would be a lot easier to pick up these days for a 9mm.
