Sig 220 reliability

[xj4play]

Went to the range and decided to rent one of thses. sweetest shooting gun i ever shot compared to my glocks and cz's. However, the one i shot started to have some slight problems. The slide started hanging up and locking half way open, a couple light primer strikes, failure to feed, falure to extract. All sorts of fun things after about 85 rds. Anyone else have probelms with them? Id like to get a 45 before i leave on vacation in 3 weeks but never had much experience with anything except 1911's, which in not too intrested in.

[C.G.]

Rental guns are usually not maintained very well, and usually the range wants you to buy their re-loads. Don't judge the reliability of a gun by a rental.

[GTKrockeTT]

i currently own only one firearm chambered in .45ACP, and that's a P220. pick up one of these in confidence. and, now that gudel is no longer around, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone with something negative to say about it.

[JiminCA]

P220'S are pretty legendary for reliability. I would imagine the one you shot was pretty fouled up.

[tay]

I have a SIG P220 and never had any problems given the fact that I cleaned it after ever trip to the range. As mentioned, don't judge a gun reliability on a rental gun.

[TannerBoyl]

I have a P220ST. Between my brother (the previous owner) and I, we have 2,000 - 3,000 rounds with no failures. I keep my pistol clean and well oiled for heavy shooting days. I also feed it a steady suppy of quality ammo (WWB, UMC, American Eagle, Fiocchi), but haven't had any issue with Wolf. I don't dare put reloads into my pistol (#1, because I don't reload and #2, the reloads that I've seen haven't been of the best quality).

Here is a decent article about a 10,000 round torture test run with the SIG P220.

[WokMaster1]

sounds like a gun maintenance/ammo problem. Sig 220 are known for their reliability if maintained well. It seems true that rentals tend to be "more abused" with cheaper reloads, etc.

[xj4play]

It was firing line in so cal. They have always done good maintance on their rentals. The gun was clean when i got it. So i doubt that it being dirty was the probelm. Well now it look like i have to save some money to get one, unless someone would like to buy my sister. Shipping from germany not included.

[kick Z tail out]

Sig P220 reliability: A++



Love my 220. I've actually never had a single jam of any type in 5000+ rounds. My Dad's 220 is now older than time, and I've only seen it jam once, on some crappy ammo.

[bear308]

most of the rentals get abused like a mother more than anything else. Even if they are kept immaculate (sp?) they will wear down and have issues. Think about it, we can put 20,000 rounds thru a gun in a year easily. That's a lot of wear on the guns. My personal 220 has never had a problem along with most of my other guns, but rentals can and do break wear all the time due to the high round count. We actually have a Glock 35 that needs to go back soon because the barrel is worn out. Only got the damn thing a year and a half ago, thats a huge number of rounds.

[Ryan HBC]

Pics of sister?

[EricCartmanR1]

Sig P220 is the greatest .45 ever. I had a used one that supposedly had 10k rounds through it and it shoots just as straight as my current P220 that has less then 500 rounds through her. Only reason I got rid of the used one cause I am trying to limit the firearms I own and for the fact that the 10k one looked worn.

Here is my Sig P220 with it's little brother the P229







Here are the Sig Brothers with the rest of the family.

[Left Coast DJ]

Pics of sister?

+1 for quick humor. I'm cracking up here at work.

DJ

[xj4play]

Pics of sister?

Sorry I cant post them on here. Id most likely get banned. I can send BC, btw shes 22 and loves shooting and a pretty good shot at that.

[GTKrockeTT]

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