Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG) and J.P. Sauer & Sohn's first double column semiautomatic. Narrowly edged out by the Beretta 92F as the US Army's standard sidearm, hundreds of law-enforcement agencies have adopted the P226, and the FBI has chosen this pistol for its elite Hostage Rescue Teams and SWAT units. The P226 is a safe-handling, dependable, accurate, easily maintained, fast 9mm semi-auto with a 15 round magazine.
SIGARMS Quarterly, Winter 1993
Another image of this fine self-loader.
The Jubilee version of the P226 is a special limited edition crafted in 1985 to commemorate SIG's 125th anniversary. Each gun carries a special serial number prefixed JP, for Jubilee Pistol. The grips are hand-carved select European walnut. Solid gold wire inlays adorn the slide and frame. The trigger, hammer, decocking lever, slide-catch lever, and magazine catch are all gold-plated Each pistol comes in a custom-made, French-fitted carrying case, exquisitely crafted of hand-tooled full leather and equipped with a built-in combination lock.
SIGARMS Quarterly, Winter 1993
The front cover of the 1995 SIGARMS catalog: "In their role as defensive tools, SIG SAUER pistols must be, above all else, reliable. When the chips are down, every other attribute is unimportant. That's why the legend, Engineered Reliability is the first thing you see on the cover of this catalog. More than a slogan, it's our reason for being."
"Featuring a machined blackened stainless steel slide and a lightweight aluminum alloy frame, the compact SIG SAUER P229 offers a choice of three calibers, including the new high-velocity .357 SIG."
SIGARMS 1995 catalog
Maintainer: Thanks to Blazicek Andrej for restoring this image to the collection!
New Hampshire based SIGARMS' P229 shown in black stainless steel and finely engraved Limited Edition "Live Free or Die" unblackened stainless.
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