Sig Sauer P238 Nitron .380
Model: 238M-380-BSS
Sig Sauer P238 Nitron .380
Model: 238M-380-BSS
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Sig Sauer P238 Nitron is a single-action .380 on a scaled 1911 pattern, built for pocket and ankle carry. Sig has discontinued it, so it's a used buy. It came with SIGLITE night sights fitted and a six-round steel magazine.
The thumb safety is ambidextrous and there is no grip safety and no decocker, so the pistol is carried cocked and locked the way a 1911 is. Trigger pull is quoted at 7.5 to 8.5 lb. One magazine came in the box, nothing on the gun adjusts and the slide has no optic cut. It measures 5.5 inches long and 1.1 inches across, on a 2.7-inch barrel.
If you're cross-shopping, the Kimber Micro is the same idea still in production, holding seven rounds at 13.4 oz with a 7.0 lb trigger and an MSRP of $735. The Glock G42 holds the same six rounds at 13.76 oz and 0.98 inch wide, with a 5.4 lb striker pull and two magazines in the box, so it does not need cocked-and-locked carry.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Night sights came fitted from the factory, which on a used pocket pistol is one upgrade already paid for.
- The safety works from both sides, so a left-handed owner needs no parts replaced.
- The magazine body is steel, not polymer, so a spare dropped on concrete survives it.
- It is out of production, so magazines, holsters and parts come from leftover and aftermarket supply.
- One magazine came with the gun, and the Kimber Micro holds one round more.
- The trigger is heavy for a pocket pistol, and the top of its range is a lot of weight on a two-finger grip.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the P238 Nitron hard to find new?
Sig discontinued the model, so anything new on a shelf is leftover dealer stock.
Does it take 1911 magazines?
No. It uses Sig’s own six-round steel P238 magazine, which is much shorter than a 1911 .45 magazine.
Is the frame steel or aluminum?
Aluminum alloy with a black hardcoat anodized finish. The slide is the steel part, in stainless under a black Nitron coating, over a carbon steel barrel.
