My New German Sig P220

[GregP220]

FWIW my 220 is a freaking laser with 230 gr. Speer Gold Dots.

Anything outside of the ragged hole is my fault.

[brickboy240]

Nice find!

I have a 1977 made Browning BDA 45, which is basically a SIG P220 with the heel mag release.

People will tell you that the P220 is the problem child of the old W. German P-Series guns, but honestly, mine has shot 100% reliable since I bought it used back about 8 years ago. I have also found the old P220 to be pretty accurate and easy to carry.

Enjoy it...I love the old German and Swiss P-Seried SIGS. These are the guns that BUILT SIG's reputation if you ask me.

[Dionysusigma]

I think they're just trying to drive the asking price down because they sold theirs off after someone else told them the same thing...

[brickboy240]

People SAY that their P220 was troublesome and I don't doubt them. However, I have found my P220 to be as reliable as my P228 and P225. Boring. Load, shoot, repeat.

Since it is relatively flat and light, I always found the P220 to be a very easy pistol to carry for a full size 45.

[awdxtc]

I own a JJ date code ( 1988 ) P220...the quality is outstanding.

[signal4l]

Make sure to change your recoil spring often. I have seen broken locking inserts, broken take down levers on the 220s. My departmental armorer was not very diligent. Our guns experienced many failures because of this.

[Dionysusigma]

A year (!) later...

I've changed out every spring (save for the magazine release button spring and magazine release retainer spring) and swapped the Hogues for original Sig Slim grips - and it's essentially a new gun. Over 2016 I re-standardized on Glock 9mms, but have kept the P220 as a safe queen. And, since it didn't come with its original box, I decided to do something about that:

A Pelican iM2050 case - a little larger than most use, but more on that later:


... with the "pick and pluck" (more like tweeze and X-Acto) foam topside cut to fit the P220, three extra 8rd magazines all loaded with Federal HST 230gr +P, and the +1 for the chamber ...


... and the underside cut to fit two more boxes of HST, and a complete set of replacement springs and pins.


It's essentially an "In Case of {X}" kit, and couldn't be happier. The only other thing I've thought about doing is installing an SRT kit, but it's not a priority.

[awdxtc]

Very nice. I'm thinking of sending mine to Robar to have the slide, controls and internals done in np3 plus and the frame done in roguard.

[nutnless220]

Obviously I approve of your new acquisition. I have a P220 Combat TB and a P220 Carry SAS.
I run Hogue's on both. Congrats on a fine purchase.