SIG gutting their classic 226/229 product lines

[BehindBlueI's]

Coserman just called the ball.

If your flagship product isn't slaying the competition the way you'd hoped, or the way it used to, just paint it up and make it shiny!

Their marketing and executive teams know a small sliver of the gun owning population buys most of the guns, especially higher up on the price scale. Few people are going to buy three identical P226s...but they'll buy a Nitro Big Game Hunter Bronze P226, a Stainless Hello Kitty Elite P226, a Molon Labe Desert Star Wars special edition P226, etc.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Just my luck...I didn't even know they had a Molon Labe Desert Star Wars special edition P226 and now it's discontinued?!?!?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Just my luck...I didn't even know they had a Molon Labe Desert Star Wars special edition P226 and now it's discontinued?!?!?

Yeah, but it was in .40 so....

 

[Expat]

I think you're right. The marketing people were trying to push more guns out the door with mostly cosmetic differences. I have no idea he ow that worked for them.

I do know the Legion series of guns are selling well enough that they keep extending the concept. You can now get a P220 Legion in 10mm and a P229 Legion SAO 9mm. I doubt if they would make the investment in the tooling necessary to do a SAO P229 (their first for that model) if the market wasn't showing signs of being hungry for it. I will get one as soon as availability and a good checkbook balance meet at the same time. I'm actually hoping to get a used one, but that could take a while longer. Finding used P226 SAO guns for much less than new gun prices is a challenge right now and it's been out for years.

Well I got the egg carton case and coin, so there is that.

 

[shootersix]

Well I got the egg carton case and coin, so there is that.

I’m waiting for the “double secret probation” legion that comes with a ladder and an invitation to the toga party!

 

[Doublehelix]

Well I got the egg carton case and coin, so there is that.

Yeah, how could you *not* love the Legion??? I am an SAO guy as well, so maybe I need to get my P226 Legion a buddy with the P229 Legion SAO. Not sure what Mrs. Helix will say about that, but hey, it's only money, right?

For me, the Legion is a fine gun right out of the box, but I have heard others say that they could take add on parts and make a standard P-series into a "Legion" minus the finish. I think the price works out better to buy the Legion pre-made from SIG.

 

[Butch627]

I am a sig fan who feels that all the silly models they were putting out tarnished the value of their marque and probably took focus away from more serious engineering. If I feel the need I can always search for a diamond plated purple gun with pink accents on the used market or pay to have my own made to look like a clowns prop. I doubt that the classic pistols are going anywhere but hope that sigs will get their dignity back including the 238 and 938.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

but I have heard others say that they could take add on parts and make a standard P-series into a "Legion" minus the finish.

Not without machining the frame, they can't. Unique beaver tail, at least.

 

[rhino]

Well I got the egg carton case and coin, so there is that.

I’m waiting for the “double secret probation” legion that comes with a ladder and an invitation to the toga party!

Don't forget that the coin is actually a key to your local Legion chapter's vomitorium. Bring your own Legion feather.

Yeah, how could you *not* love the Legion??? I am an SAO guy as well, so maybe I need to get my P226 Legion a buddy with the P229 Legion SAO. Not sure what Mrs. Helix will say about that, but hey, it's only money, right?

Dooo eet!

 

[Hohn]

Just my luck...I didn't even know they had a Molon Labe Desert Star Wars special edition P226 and now it's discontinued?!?!?

Make me an offer.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Make me an offer.

 

[Doublehelix]

Not without machining the frame, they can't. Unique beaver tail, at least.

Yep, and I also think they trigger guard is undercut differently than the standard P226.

 

[223 Gunner]

Thankfully, I think we're on the downslope of that trend with SIG. Their "discontinued" pages are FULL of models with silly cosmetics that they made for like a week, then dropped. Diamondplate, Spartan, Mastershop Series, oh my!

Don't forget the Zombie series of 1911's and P238.

 

[Hohn]

I’m really missing the stainless-frame models and those with the larger Elite beavertail.

Very few Stainless framed 229s on offer.