1986 FBI Miami Shootout

....QUOTE :

....We talked about the .40 S&W cartridge and the pistols that chambered this cartridge on the Handgun Review Forum, over 11 years ago. The Pistols that could chamber the .40 S&W Cartridge would be the same size as most lightweight duty pistols in the 9mm pistols, and the Sig Sauer Pistols was offering Drop-In Conversion Barrels for their 357sig cartridge, with the P-239, P-229, and P-226. The new changes that happened with the design of the pistols, was thicker frame slide rails and machined stainless steel slide.





....I can not say enough how much CNC had changed the manufacturing industries and the world we now live in; This especially holds true with the firearm industry. The terms "Pre-Fit" and "Close Tolerances", no longer applies to justify the variants of the American standard ,with "Thats Close Enough". The process of using computer technology, has drastically removed the human error from the equation from the manufacturing industry forever.

At no time in history have seen the global exchange of bringing goods and services to the table of finished goods. Where in history have you seen frames produced in another part of in world, slides in a another, barrels another, and components transported by air in over night for next day delivery, and assembled for the customer in just a few hours, while maintaining a strict level of quality standards. Welcome to the world of CNC manufacturing, where "Sloppy" just don't fit in.


This slide came with a .40 S&W barrel, and I installed a factory Sig Sauer 357 sig barrel in the same slide.



.....While holding the barrel and slide up to four 48" inch fluorescent tubes, I inspected the light around the hood and the chamber area and port. Perfect Fit.