Sig Sauer P210: A “Legend” Reborn
The Sig P210 is without a doubt an iconic handgun, highly respected for being an incredibly accurate firearm. However, the design didn’t lend itself to rapid and easy production, and as I was told by various sources in Europe, quality varied with the mood of the workforce.
The “new” P210s have a number of design changes, of which I was initially suspicious. After speaking with several Sig engineers, though I truly believe that each one is intended to increase either durability or ease of use.
CNC processes allow the number of milling operations for the frame to be reduced from 9 to 3, but don’t think that this is just a slapped-together production pistol like any other – each and every P210 is hand-fitted by the Sig Mastershop in Eckernforde, Germany, alongside the X-Five and X-Six competition handguns (which you’ll see video of soon).
Here, I give a quick overview of one model at IWA.
Ref: SIG 210 Legend
I am trying to find out if the legend slide/barrel/frame are stainless underneath the nitro. Also need to know if those are NIL grips. Ive tried the factory and a couple of importers but nobody seems to know.
thanks
@Kyle
Do you also complain about a Porsche Carrera’s small trunk?
That’s a lot of money for a tuned-up MAS 1935.
Still, the 210 is a legend.
@ Squid.
I wouldn’t worry if you have an original; that should still retain its value (and mystique). These reproductions aren’t exact copies of the originals anyhow.
Michael Z, forgive me for not having the time to digest everything that you wrote in that article, but it appears to me that your comments are related to breaking the P210s down and applying theory to them, not actually shooting them and finding that they are unreliable or inaccurate. Is this incorrect?
if handguns came back to england tomorrow this is what I would buy.
Love sig, wish I could afford one.
Sauer’s design changes to the P210 may well have been intended to increase either durability or ease of use. Nevertheless, having imported and reviewed two P210 Legends, I can vouch that their result is severely compromised reliability in social applications and palpably degraded fitness for bullseye shooting.
http://larvatus.livejournal.com/283813.html
Well, this kinda ticks me off. I searched long and hard for a P210 and finally found a pristine safe queen from 1969; lemme just say this: not one of them things you haggle price over. I bowed to the gods of opportunity, and sold my left ***, but it was worth it because I quickly became the envy of just about every shooter I know. Now? Sigh…
Sig’s USA site has a MSRP of $2,199.00 for the standard P210 and $2,399.00 for the P210 Legend Target.
Ouch.
I think I will stick with my CZs.
I have a Swiss SIG P210…incredible workmanship…accuracy comparable to a match-conditioned Les Baer.
Only 9 rounds? I guess this is a pistol geared towards collectors, range queens and states/countries that have magazine laws. I’ll keep my Glock 22 and it’s 15 round magazine.
*drool* Want it. Now.
A finely made pistol is, indeed, thing of beauty. I would almost be willing to swap my H&K USP40 for one…almost…
$2,199.00 for the base model according to their site. Of course retail is usually below MSRP, but still, that’s a lot of scratch for one pistol.
I would love to have one of these, but not for $2200
I still really want one. It’s probably the only pistol in that price range that’s in current production that I would consider buying… if I had anywhere even remotely close to that level of disposable income! I like the fact that it’s Melonited/Tennifer/Nitrolon/Nitrocarburized/WTF, too.
A classic made better. Purists won’t like it because it can be bought for half or better than the price of a used original but so what. More people can become familiar with this wonderful handgun design now!
Beretta > Sig
That pistol is sooo awesome. Very ergonomic, precise and a beautiful piece of technology.
If only it wasn’t sooo pricy