New Toy - This is Sig

[Bish1309]

Sig Sauer that is...







Sadly...I already broke it...





(J/K)


Shot it in my garage today. I'm going to need more padding inside my target box.

[Neon Horse]

Neat pistol. Quiet and classy looking.

[daytime dave]

If I understand correctly, Sig makes their own airguns. Pretty impressive.

[Bish1309]

It's really nice. It's kinda loud especially in a confined space.

It's very accurate. I'm enjoying shooting this guy.

[North Country Gal]

Good for you. Nothing beats being able to shoot right at home.

[Les]

That looks really good, Bish.

A lot of the new CO2 pistols and revolvers are extremely well made, and at a glance they are difficult to differentiate from the original.

[Henry88]

If I understand correctly, Sig makes their own airguns. Pretty impressive.

You're right Dave.

I had assumed it was Umarex like all the others, but they didn't make this.

I can shoot .22s in my back yard, and yet I still love shooting airguns.

[Bish1309]

That looks really good, Bish.

A lot of the new CO2 pistols and revolvers are extremely well made, and at a glance they are difficult to differentiate from the original.

Even the slide kicks back and resets the hammer. Pretty darn cool!

[Les]

Even the slide kicks back and resets the hammer. Pretty darn cool!

Bish, just out of interest, what is the muzzle energy of your pistol? Over here, they seem to be limited to less than 2 foot-pounds, which is a shame. Our legal limit for air pistols is 6 foot-pounds ME, so why they make the 'replicas' so low really puzzles me.

[Bish1309]

Even the slide kicks back and resets the hammer. Pretty darn cool!

Bish, just out of interest, what is the muzzle energy of your pistol? Over here, they seem to be limited to less than 2 foot-pounds, which is a shame. Our legal limit for air pistols is 6 foot-pounds ME, so why they make the 'replicas' so low really puzzles me.

I'll have to get out my specs and see if I can find that. Give me a day.

[RetiredSeabee]

Just checked the specs on this beauty on Pyramyd Air. It lists at a maximum of 410 fps.

[Henry88]

That's about standard for one of these blowback co2 guns.

Where are these made?

I can't hit the websites right now...............

[Bish1309]

I got mine right from the Sig Sauer web site.

It was on sale -$10.00 and a free pistol bag. I just got in under the deadline. That offer ended 7-2 and the price is back up to 109.99. Some sales are real.

Yeah, I'd seen that 410 FPS. Let me tell you that is quite enough to go completely through 4 pieces of shipping cardboard as a box inside another box. The larger box being 26" side to side and the inside box being 14X14. I'm glad I used a small piece of old paneling for the wallboard protection. That shot was at approx. 8 feet. lol

On a side note, I've seen many look a like striker fire style BB pistols and most were all cheaper than what I paid and I thought I was getting a deal. I'm somewhat of a push over it would seem.

[North Country Gal]

That 400-500 fps range is pretty much a standard for all air pistols, though there are a few designed for actual hunting that offer more power. More power, though, comes with some sacrifices. It's a trade off.

With CO2 pistols, that power is kept low for the sake of number of shots. You could design a CO2 pistol to develop more velocity, but you'd sacrifice number of shots and go through CO2 cylinders at a very high rate.

Best bet for power in in an air pistol are some PCP pistols, but, again, number of shots become an issue because the air reservoir on a PCP pistol is much smaller than on a PCP rifle. Some of these, however, are actually designed for hunting.

[daytime dave]

Could you tell me what the over all quality of the Sig manufactured gun is like compared to a Umarex?

[Sir Henry]

One of those would sure work in my backyard.

[Bish1309]

Could you tell me what the over all quality of the Sig manufactured gun is like compared to a Umarex?

I can't give you a comparison since I don't have a Umarex that I'm aware of.

I will say that there is nothing "chincy" about this Sig. Nice finish, all parts are machined correctly with no rough edges. Everything fits nicely with little to no slop on any moving parts.

All in all, I'm very impressed with this gun but again, I don't have anything to compare it to except my other BB pistol which I've had for over 20 years. It's a pumper. I've posted pictures of it before. It, too, is a very nice pistol, if my opinion matters at all. lol.