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Whitedogone · 01-23-2005, 03:26 PM

Well ,I've been lurking here for a couple of months and checking out all the gun shops in my area for my first handgun. Thanks mainly to this forum, I had pretty much decided on a XD40. Well, I went to sight my sluggun in today at a range (and gunshop) in a town about 30 miles away and was looking at a few XD's. As I was looking, in walks a guy who teaches a handgun class. Now, this is no normal joe. He has trained LE's all over the U.S. and in many other countries. Well we get to talking and he asked me if I had looked at the Sig 226. They had a couple of used ones that we started looking at. And I ended up taking one over to the range and giving it a try. What can I say. I fell in love. Ended up buying the thing! WHAT HAVE I DONE? Where's the new XD that I've been craving so long? I feel so dirty. I hope that I do not regret my hasty decision. Please, tell me that I'm not a bad person. Can I live with myself? WDO

RIKOSHEY · 01-23-2005, 03:32 PM

Bad boy..

My guess is that you will eventually (soon) end up with an XD in your stockpile.. once you had one in your hands and fired it, you can't get over it....till then you'll have

to suffer with the Sig (also an awesome gun) :P

Rikoshey

Engineer · 01-23-2005, 03:33 PM

Did you get a chance to shoot the XD-40? If you did and ended up choosing the SIG because it shot better, then more power to you - that's the way it should work. If not, well, I guess you just don't know what you are missing.

Whitedogone · 01-23-2005, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Engineer

Did you get a chance to shoot the XD-40? If you did and ended up choosing the SIG because it shot better, then more power to you - that's the way it should work. If not, well, I guess you just don't know what you are missing.

I did not. I did shoot the sig well. The first DA shot was 4" low to the left and the next 9 were center of target and within 1" of each other. All in all a very nice group for someone that has only shot a handgun a couple of times. Felt nice!

1of2 · 01-23-2005, 04:05 PM

Don't feel too bad, the Sig is an excellent gun.

MrTuffPaws · 01-23-2005, 04:15 PM

No worries. A gun that works for you is the right gun. Just don't expect to be asking any questions around here from now on

NExd · 01-23-2005, 04:31 PM

I am picking up a sig 229 tutone in .357 tomorrow. You can go wrong with sig

Whitedogone · 01-23-2005, 04:56 PM

Thanks, I'm feeling a LITTLE better. Anybody need some trijicons? It has those on there and I'm going to have some Millet adjustables put on . After shooting it a few times it's going to the Sig custom shop to have those put on and gone through. Are there any sites just like this one for the Sig guns?

c22m22c · 01-23-2005, 05:11 PM

i think you've gone from simply paying for quality...which you would have done with EITHER gun...to paying for the quality and NAME.

sig's, hk's, walther's...i don't think anyone can really call them cheap. but you get what you pay for. and you just bought a name. and some quality.

i say good purchase. just save room for your XD. the sig fills a void...but not the same one the XD will.

congrats to you!!

Suppo · 01-23-2005, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NExd

... You can go wrong with sig...

Exactly right, just like any other gun. I was firing a 228 and the trigger just stopped working. The instructor told me to rotate the pistol almost upside down to see if it would still fire. It did. Something must have re-engaged, but I typically don't fire pistols upside down.

I'm sure you meant to say "..You can't go wrong with sig..." I only wish they had stainless steel frames instead of alloy. My understanding is that they all have alloy frames.

01-23-2005, 03:26 PM	#1
Whitedogone XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 45	OH NO...WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!! Well ,I've been lurking here for a couple of months and checking out all the gun shops in my area for my first handgun. Thanks mainly to this forum, I had pretty much decided on a XD40. Well, I went to sight my sluggun in today at a range (and gunshop) in a town about 30 miles away and was looking at a few XD's. As I was looking, in walks a guy who teaches a handgun class. Now, this is no normal joe. He has trained LE's all over the U.S. and in many other countries. Well we get to talking and he asked me if I had looked at the Sig 226. They had a couple of used ones that we started looking at. And I ended up taking one over to the range and giving it a try. What can I say. I fell in love. Ended up buying the thing! WHAT HAVE I DONE? Where's the new XD that I've been craving so long? I feel so dirty. I hope that I do not regret my hasty decision. Please, tell me that I'm not a bad person. Can I live with myself? WDO __________________ Beretta S686 Sporting 12g 30\" Beretta Silver Pigeon Sporting 20g 28\" Ithaca (SKB) Model 500 Skeet 28g 28\" Browning BPS Syn. 12g 3.5\" 26\" NEF Handi rifle in .223 Mossberg 500 MOBU 24\"rifled/ported Sig 226

01-23-2005, 03:32 PM	#2
RIKOSHEY XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: N/W Indiana Posts: 163	suffer Bad boy.. My guess is that you will eventually (soon) end up with an XD in your stockpile.. once you had one in your hands and fired it, you can't get over it....till then you'll have to suffer with the Sig (also an awesome gun) :P Rikoshey __________________ \"KEEP HONKING: I\'M RELOADING\" XD45ACP SVC XD-40 SVC, Dons GR w #22, /TFO\'s (EFK 9mm) XD9 SC / Heine Trit Slant Pro Strait 8\'s SA 1911A1 Blk SS Loaded Beretta Tomcat 32 Browning Buckmark Target 22 Colt Trooper Mk III 357 mag

01-23-2005, 03:33 PM	#3
Engineer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 269	Did you get a chance to shoot the XD-40? If you did and ended up choosing the SIG because it shot better, then more power to you - that's the way it should work. If not, well, I guess you just don't know what you are missing. __________________ I likes guns.

01-23-2005, 04:05 PM	#5
1of2 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Goodyear, Arizona Posts: 332	Don't feel too bad, the Sig is an excellent gun. __________________ XD-9 Service XD-9 Sub Compact Smith & Wesson 642 Remington 870 Express

01-23-2005, 04:31 PM	#7
NExd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Land of pretentious, viperous, rancorous little, little men Posts: 1,553	Re: OH NO...WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!! I am picking up a sig 229 tutone in .357 tomorrow. You can go wrong with sig

01-23-2005, 04:15 PM	#6
MrTuffPaws XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: NorCal Posts: 759	No worries. A gun that works for you is the right gun. Just don't expect to be asking any questions around here from now on

01-23-2005, 04:56 PM	#8
Whitedogone XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 45	Thanks, I'm feeling a LITTLE better. Anybody need some trijicons? It has those on there and I'm going to have some Millet adjustables put on . After shooting it a few times it's going to the Sig custom shop to have those put on and gone through. Are there any sites just like this one for the Sig guns? __________________ Beretta S686 Sporting 12g 30\" Beretta Silver Pigeon Sporting 20g 28\" Ithaca (SKB) Model 500 Skeet 28g 28\" Browning BPS Syn. 12g 3.5\" 26\" NEF Handi rifle in .223 Mossberg 500 MOBU 24\"rifled/ported Sig 226

01-23-2005, 05:11 PM	#9
c22m22c XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: east coast Posts: 582	i think you've gone from simply paying for quality...which you would have done with EITHER gun...to paying for the quality and NAME. sig's, hk's, walther's...i don't think anyone can really call them cheap. but you get what you pay for. and you just bought a name. and some quality. i say good purchase. just save room for your XD. the sig fills a void...but not the same one the XD will. congrats to you!! __________________ HK USP 9mm Fullsize HK USP 9mm Compact Springfield XD9 4\" and assorted other goodies.

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