Sig Sauer P229 .357 SIG
Model: E29R-357-BSS
Sig Sauer P229 .357 SIG
Model: E29R-357-BSS
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Sig Sauer P229 is an alloy-framed hammer-fired .357 SIG built for plainclothes and off-duty carry. Sig's current P229 pages list 9mm only, so this chambering is a used buy. It weighs 34.4 oz in a pistol 7.1 inches long, which keeps a bottlenecked high-pressure cartridge mild to shoot.
The first shot comes on a double-action pull, every shot after it on a 4.4 lb single-action break, and a decocker lowers the hammer with no manual safety to work. The slide is stainless in a Nitron finish over a hard-coat anodized alloy frame, and the grips are Sig's one-piece E2 polymer. The barrel is 3.9 inches of carbon steel turning 1:16, the gun is 1.5 inches across, the magazine holds 12 rounds, and the slide has no optic cut.
If you're cross-shopping, the Glock 32 Gen4 is the striker-fired compact in the same cartridge, 13 rounds behind a 4.02-inch barrel at 24.34 oz, which is 10.06 oz less on a belt. The Sig Sauer P226 is the full-size pistol on this same action, with the same decocker and the same single-action pull. The P229's extra weight over the Glock holds the muzzle down, and it is 1.5 inches wide to carry.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Carrying with the hammer down on a loaded chamber is the designed condition, so the first shot needs no safety wiped off.
- A Nitron stainless slide over anodized alloy is a corrosion pairing built for a holster worn every day.
- Twelve rounds in a compact frame is competitive capacity for a hammer-fired pistol in this cartridge.
- No optic cut in the slide, so a dot means paying a shop to mill it.
- At 34.4 oz and 1.5 inches wide, daily carry needs a stiff belt and a holster that can hold it.
- The long first pull and the short ones after it take range time to shoot to one standard.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where was the P229 made?
In Exeter, New Hampshire. Sig describes the P229 as the first pistol it manufactured there.
What is the twist rate?
A 1:16 right-hand twist.
What does the decocker do?
It lowers the hammer without firing a shot, which puts the next trigger pull back on the long double-action stroke.
