Sig Pro vs. Sig P-Series

[BNoll]

Can anyone tell me why the Sig Pro's cost so much less than the original P-Series guns?

A specific example I can think of is a buddy of mine bought a Sig Pro 2009 9mm for something like $400 brand new. A brand new P229 in 9mm runs at least $600.

[Mikolev]

I was wondering the same thing. I saw one for just over $400 near me. I thought about buying it, because I've been wanting to jump into the world of Sigs for a while now. But, from what I've heard, it sounds like many Sig aficionados consider it a red headed step child ( I'm not sure why).

[RogerC]

Red headed step child? Maybe.

It's designed as an "entry level" Sig.

Sig purists (including me) consider them something else, and not REAL Sigs.

But that doesn't mean they are bad guns.

I'm just "set" in my ways

[BNoll]

Could you go into more detail about what you mean by "entry level"?

Thanks

[RogerC]

Price sensitive.

Budget.

Not as expensive as the "regular" Sigs.

[BNoll]

OK....but what about items such as quality, durability, craftsmanship, accuracy, etc? If all of these are the same, and the only thing that differs is the price, then I would call someone buying a Sig Pro instead of a Sig P-XXX an intelligent consumer.

["DoubleAction"]

BNoll; Although they might be an intellegent consumer, they might not be looking for anything more than what the Sig Pro costs. The Sig Pro is a better choice than the S&W Sigma, but it's accuracy falls short of that with the other polymer offerings from Glock and HK; and I would probably look at a comparison test between it and the Walther P-99. A 10 lb double action trigger is not the end of the world for any pistol, but a 6 lb. single action pull is a little heavier than the 4 to 4 1/2 lbs found from the P-Series Sigs. True, the Sig Pro offers alot for the money, but a little more will get closer groupings, lighter triggers, high tensil strength aluminum alloy frames, and over two decades of esteme service records from a design that leaves one to wonder why a polymer frame version is really necessary. Marketing? Maybe, How about a cased colored Colt Single Action Army ? You can have that one for half the cost of the original cased hardened, it's called "The Cowboy", or you can forget about Colt and get a cased hardened frame Uberti. It's all about production cost, how the gun is manufactured, and a molded frame versus the very strong alloy frame. The good news is if anyone wants a Sig for less than the cost of of a new P-Series, they have the option of looking into this one, or they can look at the pre-owned markets; I just purchased a new condition P-226 in .40S&W, and the optional .357sig drop in barrel, for the grand total of $600. How much does the Sig Pro go for out the door?

[BNoll]

DA....

Thanks. Exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

[Mikolev]

So from what I can tell, it's not a bad buy, or bad gun. From what I'm hearing though, it would be hard to justify it when that money could be saved a little longer and get a P series.