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First, let me say I absolutely love this gun.
Now let me say that there is something seriously wrong at Sig. I've been considering buying a 238 for quite some time, and as some of you know, I bought one last Thursday. I'd say the good vs. bad reviews that I've seen are about 50/50, but being the type of guy that has to have the newest thing, I went ahead and bought one knowing my chances of getting a good one were slim. I was not dissappointed.
I had all of these plans to check the gun's operation before heading to the range to maximize my chances of everything working. Well, at 3:30PM I finally got home with it, and totally forgot about all that stuff. I broke it down and cleaned it up, then headed straight out the door to the range. Should have known better.
Loaded my first mag and went to release the slide. Lo and behold it failed to go to battery. I expected to have some problems, but not chambering the very first round.
Lucky for me, my knowledge of 1911 style pistols has greatly improved over the last year, and I imediately knew exactly what was wrong. I checked the extractor, and sure enough it was so tight that it would not allow rim of the case by, at all. I adjusted the extractor based on instructions on this forum and the 1911 forum and loaded the magazine again. Presto! All problems solved. After the simple adjustment of the extractor, I fired 100 flawless rounds. Comapred to the LCP or P3at (used to own), the P238 is simply amazing. No recoil to speak of, no horrible trigger pull, and it's a 1911 style gun. Only other point to speak of is the trigger. I was actually expecting it to be a little lighter pull, like my other 1911. It was just a little harder, but I guess that's ok since it is a pocket pistol.
Now to rant a little. I understand a company like Sig probably doesn't take the time to check every pistol of reliability, but come on, the gun was test fired! How in the heck did that guy not notice the round wouldn't chamber! Sig's freakin slogan on the back of the owner's manual says "Reliability, First Time, Every Time". Maybe if they would take a couple of extra minutes they would stop getting all of these terrible reviews. I think the vast majority of complaints have been FTRTB, most people saying the slide sticks back 1/8" to 1/4". This is an extremely easy problem to fix, but apparently there are a lot of people who don't know how to check an extractor.
Moral of the story is....
- Sig needs to actually check the P238s extractors before sending them out.
- If you are having FTRTB problems, check your extractor tightness
- The P238 is a sweet, sweet pistol.
Now let me say that there is something seriously wrong at Sig. I've been considering buying a 238 for quite some time, and as some of you know, I bought one last Thursday. I'd say the good vs. bad reviews that I've seen are about 50/50, but being the type of guy that has to have the newest thing, I went ahead and bought one knowing my chances of getting a good one were slim. I was not dissappointed.
I had all of these plans to check the gun's operation before heading to the range to maximize my chances of everything working. Well, at 3:30PM I finally got home with it, and totally forgot about all that stuff. I broke it down and cleaned it up, then headed straight out the door to the range. Should have known better.
Loaded my first mag and went to release the slide. Lo and behold it failed to go to battery. I expected to have some problems, but not chambering the very first round.
Lucky for me, my knowledge of 1911 style pistols has greatly improved over the last year, and I imediately knew exactly what was wrong. I checked the extractor, and sure enough it was so tight that it would not allow rim of the case by, at all. I adjusted the extractor based on instructions on this forum and the 1911 forum and loaded the magazine again. Presto! All problems solved. After the simple adjustment of the extractor, I fired 100 flawless rounds. Comapred to the LCP or P3at (used to own), the P238 is simply amazing. No recoil to speak of, no horrible trigger pull, and it's a 1911 style gun. Only other point to speak of is the trigger. I was actually expecting it to be a little lighter pull, like my other 1911. It was just a little harder, but I guess that's ok since it is a pocket pistol.Now to rant a little. I understand a company like Sig probably doesn't take the time to check every pistol of reliability, but come on, the gun was test fired! How in the heck did that guy not notice the round wouldn't chamber! Sig's freakin slogan on the back of the owner's manual says "Reliability, First Time, Every Time". Maybe if they would take a couple of extra minutes they would stop getting all of these terrible reviews. I think the vast majority of complaints have been FTRTB, most people saying the slide sticks back 1/8" to 1/4". This is an extremely easy problem to fix, but apparently there are a lot of people who don't know how to check an extractor.
Moral of the story is....
- Sig needs to actually check the P238s extractors before sending them out.
- If you are having FTRTB problems, check your extractor tightness
- The P238 is a sweet, sweet pistol.
