DO NOT like the safety on the P30 so if I go that route, it'll be one w/ out the S. The P30 & P2000 felt the best in my hands. As for terminal effects, I'll leave that to Dr. I have observed a lot of fliers with well worn P229. As the gun wears the tolerances open up, its groupings open up too and reliability gets worse. Much as the longer action on the HK45 was ideal for the pistol's recoil levels. 40 would have greatly improved the pistol's durability. 40 pistol models wear about 50% faster than 9mm models. Lastly, I can say from my experiences that when training with full power duty ammo, all. With newer ammo designs, it is also hard to find a difference in automobile testing whether shooting into or out of vehicles. The scoring isn't even close unless you slow down the course of fire and reduce the number of targets to let the. In a timed course of fire with multi-threats, there is always a clear difference in accuracy and speed between the 9mm/.40 in apples-to-apples comparisons(P229s/P228s and P30s). 40 over the 9mm, which I find hard to recommend given my own experiences. Post 2012 P229s are a little better, but so far they do not beat the durability of the late 1990s guns. In the early 2000s Sig went to a Nitride finish that was very abrasive causing excessive and premature rail wear.(AL series) After 2005 Sig used a different frame alloy that was much less durable resulting in easy to strip grip screw threads and premature rail wear. 40 is the best year of manufacture(AF-AI series) given the finish and materials. 40, the P229 is pretty good in that role. The P30 polygonal rifling chronos out faster bullets, and in a Ransom rest, the P30 shows better accuracy. The locking block and barrel are positioned slightly more to the rear, which shifts the balance point more reward compared to the Sig which I find lines up on target faster.the downside being that for new shooters to the P30 it feels more snappy than the P228/P229 until they get used to the balance. Other than the extended slide release lever(can be changed out with a P2000) which gets in the way of the thumbs forward grip, it is just a better designed pistol with superior attributes.

The Sig and the HK are different animals.apples and oranges. A couple of years ago, I had access to the P30 in 9mm and. I have also had the privilege of testing many other Sigs and calibers for duty/off-duty carry for years including timed, multi-threat and auto body testing. A lot of different year models, and round counts have been on the P229. I've been using and working on Sigs since the mid 1990s.

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