BigJimP: Thanks for disagreeing without being disagreeable [as you always do, I know lots of folks that could stand to follow your gentlemanly example, sir].
I know that I'm in the minority on Sigs, but it's just human nature, I guess...the 2 times I've had the aforesaid part failure, plus it recently occurring to a co-worker, really just put me off of the brand. The notion of my agency forcing me to trust my life to a gun that has 3 times demonstrated it's unreliability just gets to me. It's well-known that I prefer Rugers, and that too is just human nature, because I have NEVER had any kind of hiccup or failure from that brand, and so it's what I trust. Conversely, I have no doubt that someone somewhere has had a Ruger fail them as Sig failed me, and they likewise have no use for my favorite manufacturer. So it goes. Take care.