![]() I CAN do it, but there is a great deal of breaking my firing grip to press my finger in and up hard enough to activate the lock. While I can usually operate slide stops with the flat of my trigger finger between the first and second knuckle, that isn’t a trick I can easily pull off with the P290. If you’re wrong-handed like me, it’s a chore. Shooting it right handed your thumb can readily lock back and drop the slide. It is artfully blended into the lines of the gun and really doesn’t increase the functional width of the gun. With the P290 being a DAO there is only the slide stop lever to worry about. As such Sig pistols in general are a bit of a chore to manipulate the controls on. I will have to blame this last problem on my parents, my upbringing, that I was homeschooled and that we rooted for the Cubs – I’m left handed. Another thing to mention is that in 500 rounds I haven’t had a single malfunction, with either ball or Speer Gold Dots. I can’t say the same about 100 rounds out of my J-Frame or my old PM40. At the end I was still fresh and could have shot another 100. The longest shooting session I’ve had was a 100 round string. ![]() Even with its snappiness I never found the recoil to be uncomfortable. The pistol is snappy but that’s a function of its size. The pistol weighs in at 20 oz and compared to other lighter subcompact 9mms the extra couple of ounces helps with recoil and followup. Even shooting some of my hotter handloads, recoil was very manageable. Shooting the 290 isn’t as unpleasant as some of the other subcompacts that I have shot. I chose the latter and Sig got the front sight to me later that week. The other was for them to ship me a front sight and have it installed locally. One was to have the slide shipped back to them for their gunsmiths to install a new front sight. To Sig’s credit when I brought this to their attention they were quick to offer me two solutions. That is to say the tritium either wasn’t present or had been damaged so the front sight wasn’t visible in low light. I discovered that the front sight was dead from the factory. The sights are also one of my gripes with the gun. The rear sight has a flat front which assists in performing single hand malfunction clearances. The pistol is equipped with the three dot Sig Lite night sights. ![]() I was comparing the new models out there and discovered that Sig Sauer now offers a very reasonably priced (< $500) 9mm single stack subcompact in the P290RS. I know 9mm subcompacts are a dime a dozen and I’ve cycled through my fair share of carry guns over the years. And while it requires more effort to cycle the action, it’s a good tradeoff in improved recoil control and handling.I have been looking for an off-duty carry piece for when my Glock 19 is impractical to conceal. The P290 also employs a dual recoil spring assembly that makes this operation pretty snappy. This design contributes to quicker cycling of the action as soon as the slide starts its reward movement it releases the muzzle, allowing the barrel to tilt and drop the breechblock into line for reload. The internal mechanism is a traditional locked breech, Browning-type tilting barrel, but with one distinguishing feature a broadly flared muzzle that aligns with a corresponding channel in the slide. The ambidextrous Sig Sauer holster is designed to solidly hold the ultra-compact pistol, even with the ILM laser unit assembly attached. With an overall length of just 5.5 inches, a truncated height of 3.9 inches, barrel length of 2.9 inches, and weight of only 20.5 ounces empty, the P290 subcompact semi-auto provides the defensive capability of a 9mm in a gun that is remarkably flat, measuring under an inch in width. 380 ACP Sig Sauer P238, but that’s about the only relevant comparison between the two models. This isn’t the first 9mm to be scaled down, but the fact that it is a Sig Sauer, one of the world’s most revered law enforcement firearm manufacturers, gives the P290 a proven lineage to which it has to aspire.Įven with the ILM attached, the overall dimensions of the Sig Sauer P290 are extremely compact, making for a highly concealable pistol.ĭesigned for discrete concealed carry, the P290 is only slightly larger overall than the. 380 pocket pistol dimensions through the utilization of a lightweight polymer frame, significantly reduced exterior dimensions, and proven Sig Sauer ergonomics. One of the latter is the new Sig Sauer P290, which takes 9mm firepower down to almost. ![]() Sellier & Bellot placed three overlapping at the top of the X ring.Įvery year armsmakers roll out their latest models and innovations in firearms design and technology some are good, others great, but only a handful are so impressive that they are destined to become benchmarks. Best overall rapid fire group at 21 feet was shot with Hornady Critical Defense, with five rounds inside the X. ![]()
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