Significant changes to SIG P250 Compact
Sig Sauer has made two changes to the design of the SIG P250 Compact, 9mm, .40 S&W and .357 SIG models, which affect magazine and holster compatibility.
They have changed the grip so that it is the same as the rest of the P250 product line. The original magazines are not compatible with the new grip, and vice versa.
Original magazines will continue to be manufactured and will be sold for the same price as the new design magazines.
Also changed is the accessory rail which is now a standard picatinny rail. This is a good move by Sig, although owners of existing P250 compacts may not be very happy about the change. The new design may not be compatible with holders that were made with the original design in mind. If you purchase a holster for a P250 Compact in the future, make sure it is compaible with your version of the gun.
More info about these changes here.
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Very punny.
Sometimes I wonder if the mucky mucks in the gun industry went to the same business school as everyone else.
The new changes are beneficial but making the mags not compatable seems like a huge deal if I had been an early adopter I would be furious at sig. I don’t understand why they couldn’t get it right the first time, or at least work within the lines so that holsters and mags would interchange
sig…significant. Nice!
Wow, pretty big changes for such a new product. I would be upset if I was a new 250 owner, because their mags and accessories will be phased out more sooner than later
Sig should not have discontinued the P2022. It has had far more favorable reviews than the P250. Sig makes far too many pistol models as it is. Quality of a Sig is not what it used to be.
Aaarrrggghh!!!
Well, as puns go…
- It’s the kind of thing I would pull.
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That’s just a bad idea. If it’s not compatible with existing holsters or magazines, it’s a new model. They should call it the Sig 252 or something.
Your bad pun left me with a SAUER taste in my mouth.
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Steve 1
Rather have a Beretta or a Glock!
Matt, yea, I agree with that idea.
Mike, LOL, nicely played.
Am I the only one who thinks putting rails on a handgun is a stupid thing? The rails seem like they will eventually catch on some piece of clothing or similar when drawing from a holster.
Sig should bite the bullet and offer to replace the existing handguns with a new one considering how little time this design has been on the market.
Bad marketing IMO.
What they should have done was name the new design P251 and discontinue P250.
Another thing I don’t understand is why so many pistol makers don’t use the 1913 rails. It is the industry standard after all.
This might be slightly off topic but $46 dollars for a magazine??? Is it me or is that a bit pricey?
Rails can be useful on full size guns, that aren’t suitable for concealment anyway. On compacts or subcompacts, where the accessories are likely to extend beyond the barrel, not so much.
I don’t understand why Sig would choose a DAO trigger. That’s like hardly even semi-automatic. Check out the trigger reset:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKl0GhiyQ3Y
Also, if the hammer isn’t supposed to be manipulated, why have it travel outside the gun?
This gun make no sense to me.
They should make the P210 again (the last S models with the american mag release, also might want to improve the slide release) as the market seems to love metal single action autos now days. Also the .22LR guns seem to be popular now days and the .22LR conversion would sell well as the used market would seems to suggest. I know they have a number of SA P22X models but its just not the same. But dont hope too much … aint happening. I spoke to SIG and they have no intention of doing that.
I second Max’s idea. I would buy a Sig P210S in a nano-second, just like I would buy a new production Pistole Parabellum if someone would make one and it wasn’t prohibitively expensive! Me like long barreled 9mm!
I was considering one of these but now I think I’ll wait and see what happens with the rest of the line. I don’t to get one and have the grips and everything change.
Nevermind, just read this change was to standardize with the rest of the line.
The grip frames are fairly inexpensive, so a current owner can buy the new style grip frame. Sig lists them on their web site for $45, so I presume a local dealer can shave a few bucks of that:
http://www.sigsauer.com/SigStore/ShowProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=29&productid=335
I have one of these new model p250 compacts. though mine is .45 acp and i’ve had no problem finding mags or holsters for it
wow not compatible with old mags, lame
My thoughts….
1. You should have written SIGnificantly.
2. I think they should have called this the P-252 (since their are magazine compatibility issues)
3. I do really like the concept of the P-250 and it’s modularity. And the trigger pull felt nice on the one I tried. But it was at the NRA show so the trigger was probably pulled 50,000 times already.
Went to buy a 2nd P250 magazine to put in rotation with the lonely, only one that came with my new gun. Got a nice price break on my purchase and realized why when I found the product update on the Sig website via their store (but not their product page). My P250 9mm “Waterproof” is an “original” version and requires an “original” magazine. Hopefully, I can find an original magazine still in stock or being closed out, and I’ll escape being gouged by Sig’s on-line store. Going by the store I bought it from to clue in the clerk who sold it to me; he planned on buying the next one they stocked.
Any idea what the “waterproof” refers to?
I have the original sig p250 in .40. I paid a shit ton of money for a second mag for duty carry and a holster, and I’ve been waiting patiently for a smaller grip for the compact but have yet to see it. Now they have redesigned the grip and my mags are no good. I’m done with sig. This gun isn’t that reliable with duty ammo and in .40 the recoil impulse is considerable, and the 9MM conversion costs as much as a second gun. My agency has recently approved Glock and Springfield and there is no reason to continue to deal with the Sig bullshit.
Found the original magazine at TopGunSupply.com but e-mailed ahead. They had no idea about the grip/magazine change but their magazines were from before the design change. Got mine, got some ammo, and took my 9mm P250 to the indoor range. Both magazines worked fine. But my shooting was so horribly bad, I quit with 30 rounds left. I also had unburned powder from name brand ammo sprayed along my dominant forearm. Ejection was great which I had hoped for after the random pattern of my old-model Glock. The P250 performed and gripped better than the Glock. Realized what the problem was with my aim on the drive home: a long layoff from shooting and NEW BIFOCALS. Found a good solution for that called SureSights except company is notorious for stiffing customers on backorders.
To eric (above): My local department just had a 4-way test drive for Glock, Springfield XD, Sig, and one other manufacturer. The only Sig they approved was the P226. If the new model Glocks had a slimmer grip and easier to work slide releases I probably would have stayed with them.
The Glock does not have a “slide release”.
It has a “slide stop lever”.
The slide should be manipulated with the weak hand. Fine motor skills is not reliable in emergencies.
If one has problems manipulating the slide stop lever Glock has extended versions available: http://www.glock.com/english/options_slidestoplev.htm
But most if not all people can learn to use the default lever with some training.
Also, locking the slide open is not something you need to do in a hurry.
Having the slide lock open inadvertently because of a too easily activated lever could be a disaster on the other hand.