Sig Sauer P226 “Gadsden”
Just 1776 of these 9mm pistols will be produced. The stainless slide has a Nitron finish with nickel accents. Top Gun have the pistol listed for $1050.
[ Many thanks to Mik for emailing me the link. ]
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mewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 9:42 am Link To Comment |
Ever wonder?: “If I only open carry with one gun, how will everyone know I like guns”? or even: “Hank keeps one-upping me at Militia pizza night”
Well worry no more! Now you can be sure that everyone you meet thinks: “that’s a man who’s won’t give up his guns” and “Oook.. let’s go to the lane on the other end of the range”.
Now no one will doubt your “patriotism” ever again!
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Seriously though, Crap like this keeps mainstream America from getting into shooting. This underscores why there’s a stigma associated with guns. For every time a normal Shooter trains and introduces a new shooter, This kind of stuff alienates another dozen people.
Can’t we all just have a nice time shooting without complaining about the government?
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Tyson Chandlerwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 4:13 pm Link To Comment |
Thanks Steve for clearing up that mystery. There is a lot of clever and astute commentary on the market for this pistol. Personally, I like it but not for the price. It might be a bit overdone. The engraving on top of the slide and the grips are probably enough.
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Vote For Davidwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 4:31 pm Link To Comment |
Vak, they do it because people will buy them, and buy them quickly, who might have otherwise bought something else. As Col. Cooper used to like to remind us:
Q: What’s it for?
A: To sell, dummy!You are all missing the point. What they have put on the gun is an operating instruction, similar to “NOT A STEP” painted on the antennae protruding from the side of a plane. What they really should have put, on the top/bottom of the slide only (for sul/ready) is this:
http://www.ocati.org/Old-Come-and-Take-It.gif
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Halwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 5:00 pm Link To Comment |
Regarding the missing apostrophe in “DONT”, check out
http://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/430601935/m/8900037012Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
Davidwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:40 pm Link To Comment |
I’m with probe – grind off the text and have a Metallica Black Album commemoritivo edition. Then they could do the Iron Maiden edition, the Slayer edition (too much?), and a Tool edition (Maynard and Adam shot a piano in the studio with a shotgun for “Disgustipted”, and are known to dig guns – there’s an interview idea Steve. As as former professional journalist, I’ll taken that assignment in a heartbeat.). No guns for emo bands because the owners will just kill themselves, flooding the secondary market.
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Vakwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 9:49 am Link To Comment |
Is it me or is Sig Sauer making more and more “special limited collectors editions” of the 226 ?
There was the 25th anniversary edition that was ugly as sin, the USPSA one and the Blackwater one (that was actually released AFTER blackwater became Xe). And I think I might be forgetting some.
Are they milking their best selling gun to death just because they can, or have they run out of ideas ?
They should just realize that they are a gun manufacturing company, not some kind of watch making company that only makes runs of 30 watches of a kind.
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Tyson Chandlerwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 10:35 am Link To Comment |
At the risk of revealing my ignorance,…why is this called “Gadsden”?
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Steveresponded to Tyson Chandler on May 07th, 2010 at 2:38 pm Link To Comment |
Tyson, that is the name of the dont-trend-on-me-snake-flag. Named after its creator (I think).
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subasewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 5:49 pm Link To Comment |
They have some cunning marketing person on the books who knows what sells. Right now there is a big tea party anti what have you, vibe going around so Sig Sauer whips out a pistol affirming that market niche. Same thing with Blackwater, they were demonized in the mainstream media, which means there would be a strong backlash and Sig Sauer is right there with their Blackwater pistol.
Cool thing is other companies try to pull the same trick but fall flat on their faces. The Kimber ‘SIS’ 1911 pistol comes to mind. Sig one upped them though with their P239 SAS.(which stands for ‘Sig Anti Snag’ haha)
Sigs always came off to me as the modern equivalent of the 1911. Tacticool, heartwarming, pants tightening gun porn. That’s one of the reasons I like Glock and Kel tec they actually make their pistols sound even more sissy than they have to. (RFB ‘Carbine’ ‘Sporter’ and ‘Target’ come to mind)
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K-dAUGwrote on May 08th, 2010 at 5:35 am Link To Comment |
Probe and David.. Metallica album? Seriously? It’s hardly a tribute to any rock band, it’s a tribute to flag and rallying cry that helped define the United States, and the flag is still widely flown in the military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag
Personally, I’d rather have seen this motif on a nice Sig stainless 1911 C3 .45.
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Willwrote on September 11th, 2010 at 11:20 am Link To Comment |
Oh hell yeah!!
I’m not into Sigs but I’ll consider them for my next purchase just because of the Gadsden.Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
JoeyAwrote on December 06th, 2010 at 6:28 pm Link To Comment |
For everyone who hasn’t had this gun in their hands don’t judge it it’s a sick gun and if you don’t like the price it’s not that it’s too expensive it’s that your job don’t pay you well enough Got sig?
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bmanwrote on August 15th, 2011 at 8:12 am Link To Comment |
I bought one. Maybe some think it cheezy. However the flag was carried in the Revolutionary War for’ us’. Maybe Sig did take advantage of the “new” tea party movement, but I don’t know. I do know it shoots great, and the quality is excellent. Lastly the tea party knows that government must quit spending our future, and balance the budget!
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JoeBwrote on June 21st, 2010 at 11:20 am Link To Comment |
Oh them demon Europeans sure know how to make a mega patriotic american buy a handgun. I saw this comming. At least its a Sig man. I. Its a sweet looking pistol, nice too look at in pictures, but im not for the pricetag.
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Not2latewrote on May 09th, 2010 at 3:48 pm Link To Comment |
Well, it’s already out of stock. Wish I could afford to be one of those 1,776 customers.
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APwrote on May 08th, 2010 at 7:16 am Link To Comment |
I agree about the lazy-looking design. How about a decent font and some engraving done in a proper scale. Looks quickly slapped together, to me.
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crimson30wrote on May 09th, 2010 at 10:08 am Link To Comment |
@Redchrome: That’s pretty cool… but $25!!?
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Squidpuppywrote on May 09th, 2010 at 1:37 pm Link To Comment |
Agree with many here; should be on a 1911. Which gives me an idea: how much would it be to take a nice 1911 have this same treatment done via laser engraving? Could have DTOM on the grips, and Molon Labe on the slide.
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Brianwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 8:04 am Link To Comment |
I think they overdid it a bit. Top of the slide is okay. The rest is too much.
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Pukewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 8:04 am Link To Comment |
9mm? Meh.
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Underwhelmedwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 2:59 am Link To Comment |
What happened to Sig in recent years ? Tales of poor QA and weird/cheesy designs. Have all the former designers and engineers left ? This is another example of a useless model from Sig.
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shankbonewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:08 am Link To Comment |
This gun looks like it should be advertised on a tear-out ad in an issue of Guns and Ammo: “For just $25.00 a month . . .”
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Alanwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:25 am Link To Comment |
Aggg, why do I read this blog when I’m broke?! Do want! My favorite sig, with some cool, custom, limited edition stuff? Hells yeah.
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SEANOwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 2:21 am Link To Comment |
Sweet. I just bought a new 9mm Sig P228 straight from Germany so I dont have the cash to spend on this one, but it sure would be a nice conversation piece!
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Bryan Swrote on May 07th, 2010 at 2:01 am Link To Comment |
Nice, but it looks cheesy. They could have done much better than just laser engraving a few pieces of clip art on the pistol.
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Redchromewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 1:24 am Link To Comment |
I don’t normally buy ‘collectors edition’ guns, but this one is interesting. The finish & accents look durable enough that I’d actually carry it. Too broke to buy a $1000 pistol right now tho. (Interestingly, a good steel pistol *still* costs a bit less than 1oz. of gold).
I think I’ll have to settle for getting one of these:
http://www.rockyourglock.com/custom/BlackSCPs/RYG-BLKDNTTRD5.htmPlease rate this comment: 0 0 -
Apathywrote on May 07th, 2010 at 1:43 am Link To Comment |
That is One sexy looking gun.
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ericire12wrote on May 07th, 2010 at 1:45 am Link To Comment |
Would make a nice open-carry piece
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subasewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:34 am Link To Comment |
Sig Sauer sure know how to lay it on thick. Wish other gun companies were so media savvy.
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SpudGunwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:44 am Link To Comment |
Because nothing says America like a Swiss-German pistol chambered in 9mm Parabellum.
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Jimbowrote on May 07th, 2010 at 5:18 am Link To Comment |
As much as I appreciate this patriotic plug, imo it would look better with “Don’t Tread on Me” merely on the top of the slide, instead of plastered everywhere.
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Clodboywrote on May 07th, 2010 at 5:51 am Link To Comment |
The wood grips and the finish look real classy… a shame they had to go all tacky by having the same “Don’t tread on me” message emblazoned not twice, not three times, but *four times* on the gun, and they added three engravings of the same rattlesnake to boot.
*Cue Eurotrash accent* Then again, isn’t it this kind of tackiness that is so quintessentially American ?Of course this gun is probably going to sell like hotcakes with the tea party crowd, so more power to SIG.
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Mangwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 7:20 am Link To Comment |
The Gadsden Flag rules, no matter who appropriates it.
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probewrote on May 07th, 2010 at 4:20 am Link To Comment |
Is it just me or is the snake and the wording very similar to Metallica album & song??
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Hoganwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 4:09 am Link To Comment |
I can imagine that cries of protest that this gun is proof that the tea-party is clearly a racist anti-government terrorist group that advocates violence.
Fortunately, I could care less what those folks say…
It’s just plain bad ass.
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LKwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:46 am Link To Comment |
The spelling mistake kind of ruins it. It’s not big, but since this is kind of a custom shop gun, those small things make up for quite a lot.
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Darwinwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 3:58 am Link To Comment |
Another idiotic BBQ pistol from Sig. They should focus on quality instead.
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KalashniKEVwrote on May 07th, 2010 at 1:22 am Link To Comment |
I like that they’re marketing to “that crowd” and I also like the artwork, but I don’t like the text on the right of the slide… I’d rather have it in a sans serif font as on the flag. It looks like some lazy person just typed it out in word with default TNR font and then hit italics.
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I bought one. Maybe some think it cheezy. However the flag was carried in the Revolutionary War for’ us’. Maybe Sig did take advantage of the “new” tea party movement, but I don’t know. I do know it shoots great, and the quality is excellent. Lastly the tea party knows that government must quit spending our future, and balance the budget!
For everyone who hasn’t had this gun in their hands don’t judge it it’s a sick gun and if you don’t like the price it’s not that it’s too expensive it’s that your job don’t pay you well enough Got sig?
Oh hell yeah!!
I’m not into Sigs but I’ll consider them for my next purchase just because of the Gadsden.
Oh them demon Europeans sure know how to make a mega patriotic american buy a handgun. I saw this comming. At least its a Sig man. I. Its a sweet looking pistol, nice too look at in pictures, but im not for the pricetag.
Well, it’s already out of stock. Wish I could afford to be one of those 1,776 customers.
Agree with many here; should be on a 1911. Which gives me an idea: how much would it be to take a nice 1911 have this same treatment done via laser engraving? Could have DTOM on the grips, and Molon Labe on the slide.
@Redchrome: That’s pretty cool… but $25!!?
I agree about the lazy-looking design. How about a decent font and some engraving done in a proper scale. Looks quickly slapped together, to me.
Probe and David.. Metallica album? Seriously? It’s hardly a tribute to any rock band, it’s a tribute to flag and rallying cry that helped define the United States, and the flag is still widely flown in the military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag
Personally, I’d rather have seen this motif on a nice Sig stainless 1911 C3 .45.
They have some cunning marketing person on the books who knows what sells. Right now there is a big tea party anti what have you, vibe going around so Sig Sauer whips out a pistol affirming that market niche. Same thing with Blackwater, they were demonized in the mainstream media, which means there would be a strong backlash and Sig Sauer is right there with their Blackwater pistol.
Cool thing is other companies try to pull the same trick but fall flat on their faces. The Kimber ‘SIS’ 1911 pistol comes to mind. Sig one upped them though with their P239 SAS.(which stands for ‘Sig Anti Snag’ haha)
Sigs always came off to me as the modern equivalent of the 1911. Tacticool, heartwarming, pants tightening gun porn. That’s one of the reasons I like Glock and Kel tec they actually make their pistols sound even more sissy than they have to. (RFB ‘Carbine’ ‘Sporter’ and ‘Target’ come to mind)
Regarding the missing apostrophe in “DONT”, check out
http://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/430601935/m/8900037012
Vak, they do it because people will buy them, and buy them quickly, who might have otherwise bought something else. As Col. Cooper used to like to remind us:
Q: What’s it for?
A: To sell, dummy!
You are all missing the point. What they have put on the gun is an operating instruction, similar to “NOT A STEP” painted on the antennae protruding from the side of a plane. What they really should have put, on the top/bottom of the slide only (for sul/ready) is this:
http://www.ocati.org/Old-Come-and-Take-It.gif
Thanks Steve for clearing up that mystery. There is a lot of clever and astute commentary on the market for this pistol. Personally, I like it but not for the price. It might be a bit overdone. The engraving on top of the slide and the grips are probably enough.
I’m with probe – grind off the text and have a Metallica Black Album commemoritivo edition. Then they could do the Iron Maiden edition, the Slayer edition (too much?), and a Tool edition (Maynard and Adam shot a piano in the studio with a shotgun for “Disgustipted”, and are known to dig guns – there’s an interview idea Steve. As as former professional journalist, I’ll taken that assignment in a heartbeat.). No guns for emo bands because the owners will just kill themselves, flooding the secondary market.
At the risk of revealing my ignorance,…why is this called “Gadsden”?
Tyson, that is the name of the dont-trend-on-me-snake-flag. Named after its creator (I think).
Is it me or is Sig Sauer making more and more “special limited collectors editions” of the 226 ?
There was the 25th anniversary edition that was ugly as sin, the USPSA one and the Blackwater one (that was actually released AFTER blackwater became Xe). And I think I might be forgetting some.
Are they milking their best selling gun to death just because they can, or have they run out of ideas ?
They should just realize that they are a gun manufacturing company, not some kind of watch making company that only makes runs of 30 watches of a kind.
Ever wonder?: “If I only open carry with one gun, how will everyone know I like guns”? or even: “Hank keeps one-upping me at Militia pizza night”
Well worry no more! Now you can be sure that everyone you meet thinks: “that’s a man who’s won’t give up his guns” and “Oook.. let’s go to the lane on the other end of the range”.
Now no one will doubt your “patriotism” ever again!
======
Seriously though, Crap like this keeps mainstream America from getting into shooting. This underscores why there’s a stigma associated with guns. For every time a normal Shooter trains and introduces a new shooter, This kind of stuff alienates another dozen people.
Can’t we all just have a nice time shooting without complaining about the government?
I think they overdid it a bit. Top of the slide is okay. The rest is too much.
9mm? Meh.
The Gadsden Flag rules, no matter who appropriates it.
The wood grips and the finish look real classy… a shame they had to go all tacky by having the same “Don’t tread on me” message emblazoned not twice, not three times, but *four times* on the gun, and they added three engravings of the same rattlesnake to boot.
?
*Cue Eurotrash accent* Then again, isn’t it this kind of tackiness that is so quintessentially American
Of course this gun is probably going to sell like hotcakes with the tea party crowd, so more power to SIG.
As much as I appreciate this patriotic plug, imo it would look better with “Don’t Tread on Me” merely on the top of the slide, instead of plastered everywhere.
Is it just me or is the snake and the wording very similar to Metallica album & song??
I can imagine that cries of protest that this gun is proof that the tea-party is clearly a racist anti-government terrorist group that advocates violence.
Fortunately, I could care less what those folks say…
It’s just plain bad ass.
Another idiotic BBQ pistol from Sig. They should focus on quality instead.
The spelling mistake kind of ruins it. It’s not big, but since this is kind of a custom shop gun, those small things make up for quite a lot.
Because nothing says America like a Swiss-German pistol chambered in 9mm Parabellum.
Sig Sauer sure know how to lay it on thick. Wish other gun companies were so media savvy.
Aggg, why do I read this blog when I’m broke?! Do want! My favorite sig, with some cool, custom, limited edition stuff? Hells yeah.
$1050, not so much.
This gun looks like it should be advertised on a tear-out ad in an issue of Guns and Ammo: “For just $25.00 a month . . .”
What happened to Sig in recent years ? Tales of poor QA and weird/cheesy designs. Have all the former designers and engineers left ? This is another example of a useless model from Sig.
Sweet. I just bought a new 9mm Sig P228 straight from Germany so I dont have the cash to spend on this one, but it sure would be a nice conversation piece!
Nice, but it looks cheesy. They could have done much better than just laser engraving a few pieces of clip art on the pistol.
Would make a nice open-carry piece
That is One sexy looking gun.
I don’t normally buy ‘collectors edition’ guns, but this one is interesting. The finish & accents look durable enough that I’d actually carry it. Too broke to buy a $1000 pistol right now tho. (Interestingly, a good steel pistol *still* costs a bit less than 1oz. of gold).
I think I’ll have to settle for getting one of these:
http://www.rockyourglock.com/custom/BlackSCPs/RYG-BLKDNTTRD5.htm
I like that they’re marketing to “that crowd” and I also like the artwork, but I don’t like the text on the right of the slide… I’d rather have it in a sans serif font as on the flag. It looks like some lazy person just typed it out in word with default TNR font and then hit italics.