First Shot - Sig P938

The other month, I was at a local gun range qualifying with my department when a gentleman showed up on the range. We were supposed to have the range all to ourselves, with no "civilians" allowed. Since this was an indoor range with separate shooting bays, I didn't push the issue (since he was sent over there by the range's management and they weren't charging us to shoot!)

During a break, I noticed the gentleman had a nice variety of VERY NICE and VERY PRICEY pistols! Being nice, and not running the guy off paid off, as he happily let us fire his small arsenal.

Aside from the NightHawk custom 1911 that I fell in love with, he had one of Sig's new P938 9mm compact pistols.

Granted, I probably should be blogging about shooting the 1911, but I will honestly say that the little Sig impressed me.

I have always been on a constant search for the "perfect" pocket pistol. I have a Kel-Tec 3AT and a Ruger LCP which I carry all the time, but the double action triggers on these pistols are long and not very refined.

Okay! I know these pistols are designed to be last-resort belly guns, but why can't they smooth them up a bit!?!

Well, Sig did just that! A single action only pistol, the P938 is like shooting a 1911 that has been hit by a shrink ray, but better! This is not a "plastic" gun like the other micro compacts out there, instead, it is an all-metal construction, giving it just enough weight to manage the 9mm's recoil, yet still allow you to carry it in your pocket without pulling your pants down.

Besides Sig's traditional smooth trigger pull (which I have always thought was top-notch), the rubber grips allow the gun to have a good secure feel when you are shooting. One of my biggest gripes with other micro-compacts is that the ergonomics are not there. My cell phone has better grip ergonomics than my two .380 compacts!

In fact, shooting this pistol made me feel as if I was shooting a much larger pistol than what it was. At 15 yards, my grouping was well within the 2" mark. The gentleman that owns this particular gun had less than 1" groups at the same yardage (lets just say his ammo fund is much greater than mine and he practices every week!)

Pricing for the Sig P938 (retail) looks to be around the lower to mid $600 range, which for a Sig, is a fairly good price.

I give this pistol two-thumbs-up!



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