hydra-70
April 20, 2001, 12:45 PM
I know there has been a lot of negative press
about the S&W SIGMA so I have some good news for once.
I had an early model SIGMA .40 SVE that had the usual defects everybody talks about (failure to feed, ejection hangups, etc.).
I had sent it back to factory once before and they fixed the ejection problem 100% and the failure to feed about 75%. Still I could not trust the thing to work when it was needed.
So sent it back to S&W again and when I received back the receipt letter I called
and talked to a very helpfull gentleman named "Lou" in the SIGMA business group. Ended up that he offered to exchange my old SIGMA for a new one right off the line. I was more than happy to swap out that way.
Got the new one within 10 days and field stripped it for cleaning and inspection. Could see right off that S&W has made some changes to the feed ramp and other areas.
Took it out for it first trail run and was impressed with the major improvements in performance.
My previous SIGMA would not feed most ammo other than 180 grain FMJ and choked 100% on Hollow points. The new design will feed anything I put in it! Accuracy is very good with all shots of all type/wt. ammo grouping
in approx. 2 - 3 inches at 15 to 25 yards.
Piece of advice, if your looking at a SIGMA try to find one with serial number letter prefixes at PBF and up. My old one was PBC and was not trust worthy.
Anybody else seen a differance between old and new SIGMA's ?
about the S&W SIGMA so I have some good news for once.
I had an early model SIGMA .40 SVE that had the usual defects everybody talks about (failure to feed, ejection hangups, etc.).
I had sent it back to factory once before and they fixed the ejection problem 100% and the failure to feed about 75%. Still I could not trust the thing to work when it was needed.
So sent it back to S&W again and when I received back the receipt letter I called
and talked to a very helpfull gentleman named "Lou" in the SIGMA business group. Ended up that he offered to exchange my old SIGMA for a new one right off the line. I was more than happy to swap out that way.
Got the new one within 10 days and field stripped it for cleaning and inspection. Could see right off that S&W has made some changes to the feed ramp and other areas.
Took it out for it first trail run and was impressed with the major improvements in performance.
My previous SIGMA would not feed most ammo other than 180 grain FMJ and choked 100% on Hollow points. The new design will feed anything I put in it! Accuracy is very good with all shots of all type/wt. ammo grouping
in approx. 2 - 3 inches at 15 to 25 yards.
Piece of advice, if your looking at a SIGMA try to find one with serial number letter prefixes at PBF and up. My old one was PBC and was not trust worthy.
Anybody else seen a differance between old and new SIGMA's ?