Sig Sauer P230 .32 ACP
Sig Sauer P230 .32 ACP
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About This Firearm
The Sig Sauer P230 is an eight-shot DA/SA .32 ACP built for concealed carry. Sig no longer makes it, so it's a used buy. It carries a decocking lever and Sig's patented firing pin lock, which is a full-size Sig control set on a pocket-size pistol.
The decocker drops the hammer under control, so the gun rides with a round chambered and the hammer down and fires on a long first pull. Sig gives the single-action pull as 3.75 lbs, with a much heavier one in double action. The slide is carbon steel, blued, over an alloy frame, and the grips are polymer. Nothing on it adjusts, and there is no rail and no optic mounting.
If you're cross-shopping, a Walther PPK has an MSRP of $969 and holds seven rounds over a 3.3-inch barrel in all steel, with a safety lever that decocks as it is pushed down. A Beretta 80X Cheetah Tactical is the modern full-size .32, optics-ready with a threaded barrel and a rail under the dust cover. Buying the Sig used, check that a magazine comes with it, because a P230 magazine is a discontinued part.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The decocking lever lowers the hammer under control, with no need to ride it down with a thumb.
- At 3.6 inches the barrel is 0.3 inch longer than a Walther PPK's, which is about as much barrel as .32 ACP gets in a pistol this size.
- The frame is alloy and the slide steel, so the weight sits high and the gun does not feel muzzle-light on the first shot.
- It is out of production, so magazines, springs and service all come off the used market.
- There is no rail and nothing for an optic or a light, both of which a Beretta 80X Cheetah Tactical has.
- The gap between the long double-action first pull and the 3.75 lb single-action one is wide, and shooting both well takes practice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What finish did the .32 ACP version come in?
Blued. Sig listed the .32 P230 in blue only; the stainless option belonged to the .380 version.
What is the firing pin lock?
Sig's patented firing pin block, listed alongside the decocking lever as part of the pistol's safety system. There is no manual safety lever on the gun at all.
Was there a double-action-only version?
Sig's listing offered the P230 with either a DA/SA or a double-action-only trigger, but the .32 ACP catalog entry was the DA/SA blued gun.
