Trade a trp for 229s?

therealtwitch · January 16, 2013, 06:41 PM

I have been offered a sig 229s and cash for my Springfield trp. I have zero experiences with sig. So if any one has experience with a p229 sport please post your opinion of it

DFrame · January 16, 2013, 06:47 PM

The 229 is a superb pistol. In my highly predjudiced opinon, the finest 40 calibre pistol in the world.

AndyWest · January 16, 2013, 06:53 PM

I would make that trade in a heartbeat.

mxsailor803 · January 16, 2013, 07:16 PM

Another vote for the trade!

10mm4ever · January 16, 2013, 07:30 PM

No way I'd trade my TRP for anything that left exeter. Go to SIG forum and ask the same question.

BikeNGun1974 · January 16, 2013, 07:34 PM

I wouldn't trade a TRP for anything. I love mine too much.

flotter390 · January 16, 2013, 08:37 PM

Keep the TRP!!! It is a super gun I carry a TRP operator full rail for 11 urs.

Fred

tristar viper · January 17, 2013, 05:28 PM

If you have never shot a Sig 226 or 229, then you don't know what you're missing. Go rent a 229....or find a friend who has one. Shoot one, then decide.

chris in va · January 17, 2013, 07:10 PM

My friend has one in 9mm.

It's probably the only Sig I like. That being said the transition from your SAO/safety TRP to hard DA first pull will be awkward. The slide lock and decocker lever are a bit fiddly IMO.

therealtwitch · January 17, 2013, 07:23 PM

To be honest the trp spent more time in the safe than on my hip. I did ent up making that trade. In the end I got the sig p229 sport, 6 mags, 250 rounds of fmj, 200 rounds of hollow points hst's and Winchester; and & $300 for the trp.

This is my new sig

Officer's Match · January 17, 2013, 09:51 PM

Well, then I guess I'm too late to offer an opinion.

geetarman · January 17, 2013, 10:00 PM

I guess I am showing my ignorance. . .

What is that doohickey on the end of the barrel ?

Constantine · January 17, 2013, 10:10 PM

You manned on up and made the trade. You feel you did right? You did right.

I personally would have kept the TRP and put that SIG on layaway. lol

On the other hand, darn nice SIG you got there man!

therealtwitch · January 17, 2013, 10:19 PM

the way i looked at it i wanted a special forces ed brown with a few custom options that would have necessitated ordering it from ed brown and waiting on the lengthy wait period to have the gun made. so i bought the trp. its hard to say i settled for the trp but that is basically what i did. so now i own a pretty unique sig (google it for full details), and have an excuse to start squirreling away for the ed brown i originally wanted. now the only problem with the plan is the darn nighthawk t3 making me doubt the ed brown choice. but hay at this point i have time to mull that one over

therealtwitch · January 17, 2013, 10:22 PM

geetarman: the thing on the end is a compensator. people swear it makes recoil less noticable. however my plan is to remove it when my suppressor comes in and replace my rear sight with a trijicon rmr

geetarman · January 17, 2013, 10:29 PM

I see you are in Mesa. You ever go to Rio Salado?

therealtwitch · January 17, 2013, 10:52 PM

No where's it at? I normally shoot at sgc or little afganistain. I have been thinking about going to the indoor range in queen creek to check it out

geetarman · January 18, 2013, 11:03 AM

Here are some directions to Rio Salado.
http://www.riosaladosportsmans.com/

Great place to shoot and some of the best shooters in the world compete regularly in matches there.

therealtwitch · January 18, 2013, 07:49 PM

oh so thats usery range! i have heard co-workers talk about it. i'll have to go check it out. its only about 10 miles from me

January 16, 2013, 06:41 PM	#1
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	Trade a trp for 229s? I have been offered a sig 229s and cash for my Springfield trp. I have zero experiences with sig. So if any one has experience with a p229 sport please post your opinion of it

January 16, 2013, 06:47 PM	#2
DFrame Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2008 Location: central Illinois Posts: 453	The 229 is a superb pistol. In my highly predjudiced opinon, the finest 40 calibre pistol in the world. __________________ Mark Lane to William Buckley: "Have you ever referred to Jessee Jackson as an ignoramus?" Buckley: "If I didn't, I should have"

January 16, 2013, 06:53 PM	#3
AndyWest Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2011 Posts: 579	I would make that trade in a heartbeat. __________________ Shoot smart. Shoot S-Mart.

January 17, 2013, 09:51 PM	#11
Officer's Match Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2007 Location: LANCASTER,OHIO Posts: 3,880	Well, then I guess I'm too late to offer an opinion. __________________ REAL EYES REALIZE REAL LIES

January 17, 2013, 10:00 PM	#12
geetarman Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,390	I guess I am showing my ignorance. . . What is that doohickey on the end of the barrel ? __________________ Geetarman Carpe Cerveza

January 16, 2013, 07:16 PM	#4
mxsailor803 Senior Member Join Date: February 8, 2010 Location: jacksonville, fl Posts: 406	Another vote for the trade!

January 16, 2013, 07:30 PM	#5
10mm4ever Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2005 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 655	No way I'd trade my TRP for anything that left exeter. Go to SIG forum and ask the same question.

January 16, 2013, 07:34 PM	#6
BikeNGun1974 Member Join Date: March 5, 2012 Location: Valley Forge, PA Posts: 80	I wouldn't trade a TRP for anything. I love mine too much.

January 16, 2013, 08:37 PM	#7
flotter390 Member Join Date: June 19, 2007 Posts: 23	Keep the TRP!!! It is a super gun I carry a TRP operator full rail for 11 urs. Fred

January 17, 2013, 05:28 PM	#8
tristar viper Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 851	If you have never shot a Sig 226 or 229, then you don't know what you're missing. Go rent a 229....or find a friend who has one. Shoot one, then decide.

January 17, 2013, 07:10 PM	#9
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 11,723	My friend has one in 9mm. It's probably the only Sig I like. That being said the transition from your SAO/safety TRP to hard DA first pull will be awkward. The slide lock and decocker lever are a bit fiddly IMO.

January 17, 2013, 07:23 PM	#10
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	To be honest the trp spent more time in the safe than on my hip. I did ent up making that trade. In the end I got the sig p229 sport, 6 mags, 250 rounds of fmj, 200 rounds of hollow points hst's and Winchester; and & $300 for the trp. This is my new sig

January 17, 2013, 10:10 PM	#13
Constantine Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2010 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,088	You manned on up and made the trade. You feel you did right? You did right. I personally would have kept the TRP and put that SIG on layaway. lol On the other hand, darn nice SIG you got there man! __________________ Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium. Ímperet ílli Déus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in múndo, divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde. Ámen

January 17, 2013, 10:19 PM	#14
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	the way i looked at it i wanted a special forces ed brown with a few custom options that would have necessitated ordering it from ed brown and waiting on the lengthy wait period to have the gun made. so i bought the trp. its hard to say i settled for the trp but that is basically what i did. so now i own a pretty unique sig (google it for full details), and have an excuse to start squirreling away for the ed brown i originally wanted. now the only problem with the plan is the darn nighthawk t3 making me doubt the ed brown choice. but hay at this point i have time to mull that one over

January 17, 2013, 10:22 PM	#15
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	geetarman: the thing on the end is a compensator. people swear it makes recoil less noticable. however my plan is to remove it when my suppressor comes in and replace my rear sight with a trijicon rmr

January 17, 2013, 10:29 PM	#16
geetarman Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,390	I see you are in Mesa. You ever go to Rio Salado? __________________ Geetarman Carpe Cerveza

January 17, 2013, 10:52 PM	#17
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	No where's it at? I normally shoot at sgc or little afganistain. I have been thinking about going to the indoor range in queen creek to check it out

January 18, 2013, 11:03 AM	#18
geetarman Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,390	Here are some directions to Rio Salado. http://www.riosaladosportsmans.com/ Great place to shoot and some of the best shooters in the world compete regularly in matches there. __________________ Geetarman Carpe Cerveza

January 18, 2013, 07:49 PM	#19
therealtwitch Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2007 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 332	oh so thats usery range! i have heard co-workers talk about it. i'll have to go check it out. its only about 10 miles from me