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TunnelRat · January 23, 2019, 10:48 AM

So I stopped by the Pro Shop. The P229s they have are still the "current" style, but all the P227s they have match this style. When I asked about it the answer I got was they are likely standardizing on this frame and slide. In the old days I'd say it's a matter of reducing the parts swapped out on machines by making the Legion and standard model more similar, but when it's just a CNC program I'm not sure how much work there is there.

So it's not a mistaken picture or a parts gun from what I can tell, looks like it's what's to come. Since it's the same SKU I'm not sure how you'd guarantee what you'd get. Over time my guess is they'll all look like this.

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January 23, 2019, 10:48 AM	#23
TunnelRat Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 12,212	So I stopped by the Pro Shop. The P229s they have are still the "current" style, but all the P227s they have match this style. When I asked about it the answer I got was they are likely standardizing on this frame and slide. In the old days I'd say it's a matter of reducing the parts swapped out on machines by making the Legion and standard model more similar, but when it's just a CNC program I'm not sure how much work there is there. So it's not a mistaken picture or a parts gun from what I can tell, looks like it's what's to come. Since it's the same SKU I'm not sure how you'd guarantee what you'd get. Over time my guess is they'll all look like this. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk