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Originally Posted by k9870
Cant beat A metal (solid feeling) confortable gripped , DA/SA, Night Sighted ultra reliable pistol. SIG kicks ass, has the guns I want (although making more stainless models, especially without the thick wood grips) would be nice.
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Yeah, but the irony is that, as I've lamented in other topics, today's SIGs are of inferior quality to the ones that used to be imported from Germany. The new production ones with CNC-milled slides have that "top heavy" feel that many people complain about. I don't blame them, either. I'll take the stamped slide P228 over a new P229 DAK any day.
Also, the all-nickel (not stainless) SIGs were discontinued early on for a reason; the frames on those models had strength issues. Something about the way that SIG used to apply the nickel finish weakened the structural integrity of the nickel frames, and apparently they couldn't fix it, so they gave up and started offering the two-tone models.
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Originally Posted by Yournamehere
@ MT2008, when you put it that way, it makes a lot more sense. As far as Hollywood making it seem as if EVERYONE uses the Beretta, most of the cool action movies are set in Los Angeles, one of the few remaining departments that still approve the Beretta 92FS. It just struck me as kind of unbelievable because back in Florida, I would see Glocks and SIGs from time to time but I would see an equal amount of S&W autos and, get this, Walther P99s. I even saw some guys carrying Taurus revolvers which really skewed my table. This was all in one general area in one state within a few counties though, so it's a small percentage of the entire nation's police forces. Ah well, they can keep 'em. I have a Browning Hi-Power  |
Yeah, but think about how many movies depict cops in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, etc. using Beretta 92Fs. In all of the "Spider-Man" movies, for example, the NYPD carries Berettas. More recently, I pointed out that in an episode from the current season of "24", an NYPD officer is also shown using a Beretta. The 92F is still basically the standard cop gun in Hollywood, even though in real life it's rare today and wasn't
that common outside of Los Angeles even in the 1990s.
I see plenty of cops carrying S&W autos (the 5906, 4006, and 4506 still seem to be much-liked), but Glocks dominate, and SIGs are getting ever-more common.