Sig P238 .380 AUTO
Posted: 28 Jul 2018 05:26
So I picked up one of these with the alloy frame a month or so ago.
I've been wanting a Colt .380 Government since I was in college and never managed to get one.
The Sig P238 is essentially a Colt Mustang with the trademark square cornered slide and a better guide rod.
(Due to Arnold's stupidity we also have a magazine disconnect and a loaded chamber indicator neither of which makes a firearm safer, more reliable or in any way better.)
In any event, the little Sig, with the exception that the grip and the barrel should both be 3/8" longer has been EXCELLENT. The gun with the six round flush magazine is ok although for any normal sized hand it is a two finger grip leaving the pinky no purchase at all. With the extended 7 round magazine with the grip extension it is darned near perfect. I've run probably a hundred and a half to two hundred ball rounds through it with 5 coworkers with zero malfunctions. Ammo has been Remington MC and 100 grain RNFP from Ammo Valley.
The gun comes with 1 six round magazine and extra magazines are around $35-$44 each depending on where you find them. Aftermarket ones are available for $20 from Metaform. I picked up 2 extra 6 round mags and 3 7 round ones with the grip extensions. The gun also comes with a snap on plastic trigger guard for carrying the gun in a pocket or maybe purse but I don't care for it. Unlike the Colt 1911 the safety can be engaged and the slide can still be manipulated and the gun loaded or unloaded.
The alloy frame makes it quite light but other than one newish shooter nobody else noticed the recoil at all.
Sig makes a steel framed HD model but as I assumed I might at some point want to use this as a carry option I figured the light weight would probably print less and be less intrusive making it more likely to be carried if I ever move out of LA county to somewhere I might be able to exercise such a right.
The shop I hang out at has sold several of these and they are a favorite among folks who have issues pulling back the slide on most semi autos.
I wish Sig had chosen to copy the Govt instead of the Mustang/Pocketlite but it's a good reliable package. I'm quite happy with it.
I've been wanting a Colt .380 Government since I was in college and never managed to get one.
The Sig P238 is essentially a Colt Mustang with the trademark square cornered slide and a better guide rod.
(Due to Arnold's stupidity we also have a magazine disconnect and a loaded chamber indicator neither of which makes a firearm safer, more reliable or in any way better.)
In any event, the little Sig, with the exception that the grip and the barrel should both be 3/8" longer has been EXCELLENT. The gun with the six round flush magazine is ok although for any normal sized hand it is a two finger grip leaving the pinky no purchase at all. With the extended 7 round magazine with the grip extension it is darned near perfect. I've run probably a hundred and a half to two hundred ball rounds through it with 5 coworkers with zero malfunctions. Ammo has been Remington MC and 100 grain RNFP from Ammo Valley.
The gun comes with 1 six round magazine and extra magazines are around $35-$44 each depending on where you find them. Aftermarket ones are available for $20 from Metaform. I picked up 2 extra 6 round mags and 3 7 round ones with the grip extensions. The gun also comes with a snap on plastic trigger guard for carrying the gun in a pocket or maybe purse but I don't care for it. Unlike the Colt 1911 the safety can be engaged and the slide can still be manipulated and the gun loaded or unloaded.
The alloy frame makes it quite light but other than one newish shooter nobody else noticed the recoil at all.
Sig makes a steel framed HD model but as I assumed I might at some point want to use this as a carry option I figured the light weight would probably print less and be less intrusive making it more likely to be carried if I ever move out of LA county to somewhere I might be able to exercise such a right.
The shop I hang out at has sold several of these and they are a favorite among folks who have issues pulling back the slide on most semi autos.
I wish Sig had chosen to copy the Govt instead of the Mustang/Pocketlite but it's a good reliable package. I'm quite happy with it.