It was adopted by the Swiss army in 1949, finally replacing the Luger. It was introduced in 1947 after being in development for a number of years (delayed by WWII). The Sig P210 was originally a military pistol. They were only built for a very short time, as far as I know. I don’t own a P210–2 and these later –2 commercial variants are a bit rare. Don't go for a 210 with a number below 60xxx, as the early slides were not hardened right and tend to go loose after a time.Well I wasn’t planning on buying another P210, but a really nice deal came to me at my local shop. Beware of the newer 'Legend' 210s, cheap stuff with lousy triggers. You can easily kill a 210 with hot ammo, so if you want to knock something down instead of just punching holes, use a 1911. Many good shooters here actually use the 210 in. Back in the times (1950s to 60s) the national team guys here used to shoot Free Pistol matches with the long barrel 210, and good shooters could do 540+ (yes, I've seen the match cards).

I've shot the 210 against 1911 clones in Germany, and while there are for sure some 1911 around that have the quality and the precision of an old 210, they cost at least as much. It's not an easy gun to shoot one handed, and certainly inferior in ergonomics etc. Good ones, less than 2' (my one does, but it's a HF model from the late 1970s, so it should). Every P210 will do less than 3 inches at 50m, even a 600 Euro Swiss Army type gun, with Swiss Army hardball ammo. Beware the older P210 without the beavertail suffer from hammer bite if you get the grip wrong.Īs a preference after shooting both, I own a 5' and a 6' Sig P210's.Īt the time, the P210 was evaluated on the 50m range. The P210 sits lower in the hand so it has a less pronounced recoil, the 1911 higher and not as forgiving in recoil. The 1911 mags are certainly a lot cheaper than the P210, as are most other parts for the 1911 (plus lots of them). The early P210 has a grip base magazine release and the later has a American style magazine release same as the 1911. The trigger on the P210 is superb out of the box, but the 1911 requires a little gun smithing to match the feeling. The safety on the P210 is awkward but the 1911 is easy and ambidextrous. The P210 has a more raked grip (European style) and the 1911 is more upright grip angle. My P210 at 25m shoots about 35-50mm (outside to outside) and my Manurhin revolver a 22-28mm group.Īs a Service, WA1500 or Action style pistol each has good and bad points. 38 super (1911 only) will not match a good.

Neither the P210 or 1911 makes a good ISSF centre fire gun, the 9mm Luger or.

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