Sig P227

read the article in the Rifleman this month and had to check to be sure it's on the list. Looks like a good pistol.

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Same as P220, but double stack with 2 more shots. Grip may be a little different. Have the 220 and really like it, good heavy frame.
 
I held one about three weeks ago. Felt good in my hand, close to P220 size with slightly bigger grip. However I do not like the new Sig grip texture, too much like sandpaper to me.
 
My brother has one and loves it. I was thinking about it too, since they're going to come out with a 14 round mag.
 
P227 feels smaller in my hand than the P220, due to the E2 style grips on the P227. The P227 grip is more rounded in the back, and has a shorter reach to the trigger. The Carry is only a half inch shorter than the fullsize, and has the same length, fat grip.

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The grips are a bit abrasive, but seem less tacky (to fabric) than rubber grips. They say a holster designed to fit a P226 w/rail will work for the P227. Mine is for HD, so I have not yet carried my Carry.

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Martlet said:
I'll have to take one for a walk to see if it would be a suitable replacement for my G30 as a carry piece.
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If you would be comfortable carrying a226, you would be fine If you make it to my neck of the woods, give mine a go.
 
I just picked up a P220, in Elite configuration. The P227 feels good in hand, and the P220 feels better when its slab sides are gripped with both hands. The P227 grips are definitely fatter, but the more ergonomic grips fill my hand in a better way than those of the P220. The P227 feels more stable to me with a single-handed grip. There seems to be reduced girth near the top of the grips on the P227, vs. the P220. I can get a bit too much finger on the trigger of the P227, but the mag release is quite a bit easier to reach.

The P227 magazine sits almost flush with the grips, and the mag well has a nice bevel. The P220's magazine protrudes a bit more, and doesn't have much of a bevel going on in the well.

Without their slides, the P227 feels a bit lighter. Swapping top ends on them (the slides of the P220/P227 are interchangeable), the P227 feels better balanced with the shorter, Carry slide (the P220 top end does have the longer, threaded barrel).
 
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pupchow said:
I just picked up a P220, in Elite configuration. The P227 feels good in hand, and the P220 feels better when its slab sides are gripped with both hands. The P227 grips are definitely fatter, but the more ergonomic grips fill my hand in a better way than those of the P220. The P227 feels more stable to me with a single-handed grip. There seems to be reduced girth near the top of the grips on the P227, vs. the P220. I can get a bit too much finger on the trigger of the P227, but the mag release is quite a bit easier to reach.

The P227 magazine sits almost flush with the grips, and the mag well has a nice bevel. The P220's magazine protrudes a bit more, and doesn't have much of a bevel going on in the well.

Without their slides, the P227 feels a bit lighter. Swapping top ends on them (the slides of the P220/P227 are interchangeable), the P227 feels better balanced with the shorter, Carry slide (the P220 top end does have the longer, threaded barrel).
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How does the Carry match up in size to the P220?
 
Martlet said:
I'll have to take one for a walk to see if it would be a suitable replacement for my G30 as a carry piece.
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The G30 is on the edge of being big but carrying a doublestack sig is like packing a school bus.

The only way you could get me to choose a P227 over a G30(any derivative) is if the G30 was broken.

-Mike
 
Martlet said:
How does the Carry match up in size to the P220?
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The top ends of the P220/P227 have the same dimensions, with the Carry version getting a 1/2" shorter barrel & slide.

The P227 is wider, but rounder, to grip, even with its thin grips. Having 10+1 rounds is nice, but the P220 does seem like it'd be easier to CCW. I carry a Shield though, so they both feel fat.
 
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I love my 226, I also love my 1911. Thread is making me itch for a 227...

Anybody know WHEN they will "Mass B*ll Sh*t commiepliant." [Internet Middle finger]
 
Spoke to the Sig pro shop. the 227 has been submitted to ma, now the waiting. they have no idea when they will find out. They also mentioned that the"lab" they have to send their guns to for testing is run by S&W so that may effect the speed of the results
 
drgrant said:
The G30 is on the edge of being big but carrying a doublestack sig is like packing a school bus.

The only way you could get me to choose a P227 over a G30(any derivative) is if the G30 was broken.

-Mike
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Two very different guns. Sig 227 vs. a 30. I have a gen4 30 and its very easy to carry. Then theres the whole single double action thing.

I would not expect a 227 to be any better than most of the other sigs.
Which to me are owb guns. My opinion...im sure many carry them iwb with success.


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I had a great experience with a 227 at the range, today. My thanks to "Nick" from NH for letting me try it. I have a 229 .40 S&W, with around 5,000 rounds through it. I like it, but after trying the 227, I'm ready to make the switch in a heart beat. Unlike the snappy recoil of the 229, the 227 is more of a "push" which for me, resulted in faster follow-up shots and improved accuracy over the 229. I chose the 229 because the 220's grips were too fat for my hands. Though the 227 has a double stack, the shape of the grip, combined with the undercut below the trigger guard made grip very comfortable. I'm sold, as soon as they're available in MA. Stay tuned for a 229 in the classifieds in the near future.
 
When I asked the good people at Four Seasons, they said "about six months." That would put it somewhere around June 2015.

I'm waiting, patiently...
 
the only people worth asking is Sig.
as much as i respect four seasons, why would their staff know anything more than the rest of us?
call and ask Sig or even better, ask a sig rep next time one's around at a promotional event....they usually know the skinny on which guns are being submitted for the EOPS MA bullshit testing.

keep in mind sig has backed off on getting things on the EOPS list. for example, look at all the varying models of p238 vs. p938 - the former they submitted them all then said screw it and just submitted one version of the P938. because obviously changing a stupid grip would require the entire gun to be re-certified. MA-logic
 

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