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Thinking of buying an s&w sigma 9mm

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i got the 9mm S&W sigma couple years ago with the same deal and got the extra magazines. Its a really nice gun, I highly recommend.
 
highland145 said:
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FWIW: My bro-in-law is in the FBI and they use the .40 speer gold dots. My guess would be that they know what's best.
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I thought the FBI used either 10mm or .45 now?

huberm said:
i got the 9mm S&W sigma couple years ago with the same deal and got the extra magazines. Its a really nice gun, I highly recommend.
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thanks, i'm pretty sure i will like it. From what I gather, the people who have it love it, and the people who don't have it bash it.
 
thepd7 said:
It's so annoying that people always bring this up. Do you call everything you wipe your nose with a Tissue or do you use the word "Kleenex"?
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Your analogy is broken. A Kleenex is a type of tissue, a clip is not a type of magazine. Try again.

And FWIW, I call it a tissue.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
I thought the FBI used either 10mm or .45 now?



thanks, i'm pretty sure i will like it. From what I gather, the people who have it love it, and the people who don't have it bash it.
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In N.Y. 165gr Speer HP for real and 165 gr JHP for practice +Glocks

Had a sigma, hated it but I was used to my Glock. Not saying the Glock was a better pistol but I was used to the Glock trigger.
 
highland145 said:
In N.Y. 165gr Speer HP for real and 165 gr JHP for practice +Glocks

Had a sigma, hated it but I was used to my Glock. Not saying the Glock was a better pistol but I was used to the Glock trigger.
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You can take off a spring on the sigma trigger, takes about 10 minutes, and it brings it down to a 7pound pull. Or you can send it to S&W and they will work on the trigger for you. Who knows though I will probably pull that spring out and see how it feels.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
You can take off a spring on the sigma trigger, takes about 10 minutes, and it brings it down to a 7pound pull. Or you can send it to S&W and they will work on the trigger for you. Who knows though I will probably pull that spring out and see how it feels.
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There were 3 if I remember right. One inside of the other on part of the mechanism. I did take one of those out for a while and it was better. But I didn't like messing with it for reliability fears. Sold it shortly after.
 
Sigma is a good gun and being that it's inexpensive it's also a good value. I probably wouldn't CC it due to the size and weight but if you were ok with that I don't see the problem with it.

I have close to 5k rounds through my .40 cal Sigma with no issues at all. If you find the trigger pull to be too heavy for you it's a simple spring swap, go to Wolfsprings and get the correct spring. With the spring swap and my gun being well broken in I'd say it has about a 3 pound trigger. Don't bother hacking up your OEM springs, just buy new ones, their like $3.

I run Winchester Ranger 180g SXT ammunition. Good stuff when you can find it (SXT is out of production). I have the 15 round mags for my gun. Watch gunbroker and you can pick them up used on the cheap.


I own a lot of guns and many are better than the Sigma in different ways. Would I trust my life to the Sigma? Absolutely yes I would.
 
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HybridSquirrel said:
You can take off a spring on the sigma trigger, takes about 10 minutes, and it brings it down to a 7pound pull. Or you can send it to S&W and they will work on the trigger for you. Who knows though I will probably pull that spring out and see how it feels.
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I personally wouldn't do any "modifications," send it to a "professional" if you want anything done to it. If you ever have to use it, it is just more ammunition (no pun intended) against you for the other side of the legal battle.

I don't really see all the hate on the sigmas. I don't want to say cheap, but they're economical guns. Based on the glocks and reliable, just with a crappy trigger. I'll agree with iFX, I would trust my life on a sigma if it came down to it, it just wouldn't be anywhere near my first choice.

I also hope the guys who are planning on using more than 1 magazine in a shooting are hitting what they're aiming at. Each extra should could be an innocent life you take.

Just a side note, but FBI swat uses a 45acp custom 1911 from springfield. One of my buddies shelled out the 3k for the "professional" and its the prize of his collection.
 
Kelvrick said:
I also hope the guys who are planning on using more than 1 magazine in a shooting are hitting what they're aiming at. Each extra should could be an innocent life you take.
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Read somewhere that only 10% of bad guys rounds hit what they are aiming for and only 19% of police. 😱
 
highland145 said:
Read somewhere that only 10% of bad guys rounds hit what they are aiming for and only 19% of police. 😱
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Yep, and since private citizens don't have a department's budget to defend themselves, it could get expensive, if you get unlucky with those stray rounds.

Its easy to talk without having been in one of those situations though, and I can imagine all of my usual IDPA 0 hits disappearing and me wondering what the heck I was aiming at.

Maybe eventually I'll decide that my mossy 590 should be a permanent fixture in the back of my car.
 
Kelvrick said:
I personally wouldn't do any "modifications," send it to a "professional" if you want anything done to it. If you ever have to use it, it is just more ammunition (no pun intended) against you for the other side of the legal battle.
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Even if its a s&w factory repair? Someone on GT said they will fix up the heavy trigger pull for you if you send it in...and they pay shipping both ways.

I was taught to never reload your self defense ammo for this same reason, unless you are using it for target practice.
 
Kadarin said:
You never know, the US could fall apart under its tremendous national debt or we could have a zombie apocalypse or something...
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Or as someone put it on GT forums....my state could pass legislation limiting High-Cap mags...and the ones i get would be Grand Fathered in.
 
Unheard said:
Your analogy is broken. A Kleenex is a type of tissue, a clip is not a type of magazine. Try again.

And FWIW, I call it a tissue.
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no it's not. The analogy is calling something by a name which is not technically correct. You fail at understanding analogies. Glad too see that you are completely anal about everything though.
 
thepd7 said:
no it's not. The analogy is calling something by a name which is not technically correct. You fail at understanding analogies. Glad too see that you are completely anal about everything though.
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But they are not even close.

It would be like calling a the machine that stuffs tissues in a tissue box a tissue. A clip is used to feed a magazine or revolving cylinder, while a magazine or a belt is used to load cartridges into the chamber of a firearm.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
Even if its a s&w factory repair? Someone on GT said they will fix up the heavy trigger pull for you if you send it in...and they pay shipping both ways.

I was taught to never reload your self defense ammo for this same reason, unless you are using it for target practice.
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I'd send it in to have S&W do it, just to be safe.
 
Kelvrick said:
I'd send it in to have S&W do it, just to be safe.
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I was kinda planning on sending it in to them if I utterly hate the trigger. I've heard its comparable to the Keltec PF-9 trigger, which isn't bad. IIRC the pf-9 has a 9lb DAO trigger. And also comparable to a Revolver trigger, which isn't terrible either.


My order shipped out this morning on 2nd day air, but they haven't updated me with tracking yet. =[
 
I picked it up today, and shot about 150 rounds through it. Don't have a problem with the trigger at all, it is actually pretty comfortable to shoot. Only problem is I don't know if it will shoot +p rounds. All I have for hollow points are speer gold dot. The user manual says don't use +p in older K Frame Revovlers...oh well, hopefully i'll never have to shoot the gold dots. I know most of the fuss was about the trigger, but it was really quite comfortable. I can't speak for its accuracy, since i've always been a terrible shot with a pistol.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
Honestly, I don't see why not. S&W has a great track record, the gun its self has a great track record, and according to the s&w website it can use a wider variety of ammo than a glock 19 which I was also considering. I've watched a side by side breakdown of the sigma 9mm and a g19 and the insides look 100% identical...look @ 5:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=civT56e5tAM
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can you please explain to me how the s&w can use a wider variety of 9mm ammo vs a glock 19?
 
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