Action Type: Double Action (DA/SA) Semi-Automatic Pistol with Removable Magazine & Decocker. This article is based on my experiences with the pistol from the late 1980s onward.Caliber.380 ACP, 9mm Kurz. A previous article on Guns and Shooting Online (see the Product Reviews index page) reviewed the current SIG P232 variation of this handgun. Also available in 357 SIG and 40 S&W, the P239 boasts SIGLITE Night Sights, and an unloaded weight of 29.5 ounces and length of 6.6 inches making it a classic go-to pistol for daily carry.SIG P230 in hands of a member of Nara Prefectural PoliceThe SIG-Sauer P230. The Sig Sauer P239 9mm holds eight rounds in its single stack magazine and features a double action/single action with a frame-mounted decocker.

P-230 early production 9mm model. / EXETER-NH', '9mm kurz, 'KD' date code, two German proofs, and with the serial. The right side of the slide is marked SIGARMS INC.

Buy SIG-Sauer pistols at ImpactGuns online.The design and function of the P230 is of the simple fixed barrel, straight blow-back configuration. P-232 in 9mm a currently produced pistol. P-230 partially disassembled.

Both versions came with a molded polymer, wrap-around grip that is contoured to give the shooter a comfortable and secure hold on the pistol.99 Sig Sauer P320 XFIVE Legion 9mm Luger 5in Legion Gray Pistol - 17+1 Rounds. The blued version features a blued steel slide and a matching, anodized aluminum frame, whereas the stainless version was completely made from stainless steel. The right side of the slide is marked SIGARMS INC.The P230 was available in both blued and all-stainless finishes. With its relatively narrow slide and frame it can be carried in an ankle holster or beneath body armor.LSB: 210729DR02 Make: Sig Sauer Model: P230 Serial Number: S145961 Year of Manufacture: 1993 (KD date code) Caliber.380 ACP, 9mm Kurz Action Type: Double Action (DA/SA) Semi-Automatic Pistol with Removable Magazine & Decocker Markings: The left side of the slide is marked SIG SAUER MADE IN W.GERMANY P230.

In order for the round to discharge, the full double-action pull would have to be completed, which allows for the pistol to be carried reasonably safely with a round chambered. Once de-cocked, it is physically impossible for the hammer to drop completely and contact the firing pin, which would otherwise greatly increase the risk of the unintentional discharge of a chambered round. The lever provides for a safe method of lowering the hammer from its full-cocked, single-action position, to a 'half-cock', double-action safe position where the hammer itself falls forward to a locking point about an eighth of an inch from the rear of the firing pin. It has no external safeties, though it does have a de-cocking lever positioned just above the right-handed shooter's thumb, on the left side of the grip. The double-action pull is longer and more stiff. Pulling back the slide sets the hammer backwards and downwards to its single-action position, making for a very short trigger pull, with minimal take-up.

The magazine is released by pushing the lever towards the rear of the grip, at which point the magazine can be removed from the pistol.The earlier models of SIG P230 can be identified with 'Made in W.Germany' imprint on the slide.The P232 incorporates more than 60 changes to the design of the P230. The magazine release is located behind and below the magazine floor plate. To aim using the sights, the shooter simply aligns the dot over the rectangle. The sights are of the traditional SIG design and configuration, with a dot on the front sight and a rectangle on the rear sight.

The P230 slide has 12 narrow, shallow serrations. The P232 slide is cut for a dovetailed front sight. The P230 front sight is machined into the slide. The P232 has a drop safety to block the firing pin.

Japan: Some of the Prefectural police departments. State Department to the Colombian Defense Ministry. The P232 and other SIG Sauer products manufactured in Germany were banned for export by the German Government, due to unlawful foreign arms sales by the U.S. Although the P230 and P232 are known for reliability and accuracy, market competition had increased with the proliferation of smaller, lighter and less expensive pistols chambered for the. 380 ACP (9mm 'Kurz' or Short), respectively.Imports of the SIG Sauer P232 to the United States, and of spare parts and magazines, were discontinued in July 2014.

Retrieved 7 December 2012. United States: Various police forces. United Kingdom: Special Air Services (SAS). Switzerland: Various police forces.

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