Sig P220 short round KABOOM

[wedgehead30]

We had an officer with a short round in his Sig P-220 the other day. The gun held up well.

Details are here: http://wedgetv.blogspot.com/2010/11/...d-warrior.html

Scott

[Robb Jensen]

The SIG 220 is one tough gun.

[300WM]

Sheriff's deputy friend of mine been carrying the same Sig 220 for 19 yrs. Practices and qualifies with the same gun for the same amount of time. Says he has never had a failure of any kind. Gun is 100% out of the box. Stock grips, even. Never bought one since it is nearly identical to my Astra A-80.

[S-1]

I've seen the same thing happen to two .40 cal P226's. The dept. got a bad lot of practice ammo and squibs locked up the SIGs just like the one pictured. The barrel was bulged, but there was no other damage to the weapon. SIG fixed them at no cost IIRC.

[eternal24k]

Can't beat a good Sig...

but I have to say, not a fan of the linking to a blog thing

[The_Biased_Observer]

Unfortunately he will get a milled Sig for a replacement.

[scjbash]

I just had a year or so old HST 230gr +P squib, and the case looked the same - full of crud. Luckily I noticed it didn't sound right, and didn't send another round. Still slightly bulged the barrel in my M&P though.

And yeah, it definitely reinforced that having a back-up gun is a good thing.

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

Unfortunately he will get a milled Sig for a replacement.

I have a 220 I got in 01 new in the box what is a "milled sig"

[The_Biased_Observer]

Slide is milled from bar stock instead of folded steel. Folded steel slides have a removable breechblock and the milled one has it machined as part of the slide.

[Redhat]

Slide is milled from bar stock instead of folded steel. Folded steel slides have a removable breechblock and the milled one has it machined as part of the slide.

So why is one better than the other?