Well I'm looking for a new sidearm, and I' stuck between the Sprngfield Armory XD series, and the Sig P250. I like the feel of both guns (have shot both), and the fit and finish seem to be on par. I like the .40 S&W round, but have an itch to try the .357 SIG if I can find someone that has one. So what's you guy's take on it. Do I go with the SIG or the Springfield, and in which chambering? I'm leaning toward the Springfield XD in .357 SIG, but since I've never shot that round, I want to hear what you guys think.

 

HI MotorOILMcCall, I have both calibers, If you do alot of shooting, get the 40 S&W, the rounds are cheaper and you get a better selction !!! But no matter which caliber you get, buy the other caliber barrel cause they are interchangable !!! You can use the same mag, and recoil spring for both barrels. The 357 SIG is a hot round I get 1400 FPS OUT OF MY full size GLOCK using 125 GR. FMJ.

 

Thanks Gunman, Are they interchangable in both guns, or just the Sig? I really like the feel of that XD, but I think the Sig might be a little more of a quality piece.

 

HI MotorOilMcCall, The reason the 357sig is interchangable with the 40s&w, is because the 357sig is nothing more than a 40s&w necked down to 9mm. I like my SIG 220 in .45 and 226 in 9mm, BUT only the SIG 1911 granite has a safety that I like, and it's called ****-N-LOCK !!!! All other SIG's have DE-COCKER.

 

What do you think of the XD/XDM? I think they're pretty slick, but then again I'm shooting an old (like 1960's) Colt 1911 that was my uncle's. Anything feels good after shooting that thing.

 

WHOA, WHOA, That the HOLY GRAIL of handguns !!! the 1911 is the cream of the crop, the top-of-the-line, 1911 is the BEST FIGHT GUN, There is nothing better !!! The XD is a copy of the GLOCK, for the price, not a bad deal at all. If I had to go to harm's way, I will all take a handgun, that I can have it, with is a round in the chamber, and the safety on, with the hammer back !!! LOADED & COCKED & LOCKED !!!!

 

Yeah, its nice, but try hiding the damn thing... Or buying ammo for it and not dropping $50... Then you go target shoot and you're wrists are so limp when you're done you gotta pay somebody to take care of your nightly ritual! Florida has way looser gun laws than NY... Around here, since I don't have a carry permit (you usually can't even get one unless you're job warrants it because of danger, and even then it takes almost 2 years), I have to have my gun locked in one part of my truck, without a magazine in it, and the ammo locked in a whole other compartment, like one in the glove box, one in the trunk... I have been looking for a lock box to put on the floor in front of my shifter, maybe 2 of them, one for ammo, one for the gun, but I'm not sure that would pass the muster depending on the cop...

I got pulled over a year or two ago, had a 9mm magazine laying on the passenger side floor, empty, and no gun in my truck... Cop made me step out and searched the truck. Then wrote me up for not properly storing ammo because I had a dozen 12ga shells in my console.

I hate NY...

 

HI MotorOilMcCall, Here in FLORIDA, you can own up to 50bmg machine-gun, if you want a silencer, full-auto weapons, it will cost you a $200 tax stamp. I can carry a gun in my car cocked-n-lock in the glove-box, without a permit. You only need a permit to carry it on you. Here to get a permit, all you need is $138, fingerprinted, have no felony conviction, and your permit is good for 3 years, to renew it's $38 for the next 3 years. Florida also has a law called STAND YOUR GROUND, If you feel your life or another persons life is in danger, you have the right to STAND YOU GROUND and use deadly force if need too. The no good THUGS, don't like that law !!!

 

can you even get the p250 with other barrels yet, i havent seen one that isnt 9mm and there isnt any barrels or mags offered on there web site. check out the sig p229 dak in 40s&w thats what i have at home and work and you can get it in 357sig.

 

Yeah I like the SIG'S, excellent guns, But the only SIG you can get with the ****-N-LOCK are the granite series and that one is a 1911 type !!!!