From: bobd@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Bob DeBula)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Blessed Sig 210???????
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:12:20 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

In article <53246@mimsy.umd.edu> C.T.Teo@massey.ac.nz (C.T. Teo) writes:
#
#I am new to rec.guns and whatever relevant information I could get on Sig seems
#to suggest that it is a precision piece of hardware. Of interest to me is the
#9mm para model. Why is ONE Sig 210 equivalent to THREE P226 in terms of price?
#Aren't the basic internal mechanism the same? Is comparing a similar capacity
#Honda and a BMW a good analogy? Or same model BMW except one with more "extras"
#and "turbocharged"?
#

Uh, just a second whilest I don my cult robes......

There! Anyway, on to your question. The SIG P-210 in its' various 
incarnations is made by SIG in Switzerland and is more properly
known as the SIG Nuehausen. The P226 is a SIG/SAUER and is made
in Germany. The P-210 is a wonderfully designed, superbly accurate
pistol made by elves (er, actually just Swiss craftsmen) on pretty
much what amounts to a custom basis compared to other pistol production
in todays world. The tolerances on the P-210 are exceedingly tight
(some say too fine for a combat pistol). The SIG P-210 is a single
action automatic with a single column magazine. If you have any way to
get past articles in this newsgroup (or if someone is archiving them)
there have been several discussions about the inherent wonderfulness
of the P-210 and even some heresy thrown in by the 1911A1 selective
mutation society :-).

The SIG P-210 can be had in 9mm with .30 Luger as an optional barrel 
and a .22lr conversion kit as an option (for the model P-210-5 and
P-210-6 that is). I would personally pick the P-210-6 given 1.9K and
a choice.


All that said, I can't afford a P-210 (I owned a P-210-6 briefly once
in the dim past and repeatedly wail and rub unburnt Winchester 630
in (what's left of) my hair every time I think that I sold it to buy a *car* --
the car has long since been traded in, but the person I sold the
P-210-6 to still enjoys it). I keep wandering through out of the
way shops hoping that some day the following conversation will
take place:

Me:   WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR CASE ZEKE!!! (spying a P-210)

Zeke (the shop owner): Oh, some sorta weird furrin pistol. I give a 
		       guy $100 for it cuz I was feelin' sorry fer him.

Me:   Um, Zeke, I sometimes like to experiement around with weird
      furrin, I mean foreign, pistols. How's about I give you $150
      for it?                   

Zeke: Nah, that's too much how 'bout $125?

Me :  SOLD!!!! (after filling out the yellow form I drive off
      cackling maniacally while Zeke shakes his head sadly 
      and reflects on whether I accurately completed the "mental
      health" portion of the 4473).


Realistically, I'll probably have to get one the old fashioned way
by earning the money over a period of decades and hoping that 
the P-210 funds accumulate faster than the price of the P-210 rises.

[MODERATOR:  That's the way the rest of us do it.  In the mean time,
you should do what your humble moderator did, and buy a Glock 21 to
amuse youself and protect your estate (gulp, its out of the closet 
for me now.... yes, your moderator owns the evil plastic utensile
for making glock-amole at social occasions).   Still, shame on you 
for giving in to utilitarian pressures and investing in ... *essh* 
... a car instead of ... err ... an auto...]

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