GUNS & AMMO
Sig Sauer Introduces P229
Carry
T
he latest from SIG SAUER is the P229 Carry
chambered in .40 and .357 SIG. These handguns
maintain the standard grip length and magazine
capacity as the standard P229 used by the FBI and
Secret Service but with a shortened slide and 3.5-inch
barrel to facilitate carrying concealed. “As we’ve worked
with armed professionals over the years, we kept hearing comments about shorter slides and barrels but with
full-size magazines and grips,” said John Brasseur,
director of product management for SIG SAUER, Inc.
“This combination offers advantages in certain low visibility applications. One benefit of our New Hampshirebased facility is that we can adapt new designs very efficiently to meet the needs of our users in the field.”
Designed to be comfortable for inside-the-waistband
carry, the P229 Carry uses standard length, 12+1 round
full-capacity P229 magazines, so firepower isn’t reduced
over the standard P229. The P229 Carry is available in
Nitron and SAS models and both feature non-railed alloy frames and durable Nitron finished slides. SIGLITE
Night Sights come standard as do grips made of black
G-10. The Nitron model features the traditional DA/SA
(10 pound/4.4 pound) trigger and the full set of internal
safeties that civilian, military and law enforcement SIG
SAUER users have come to know over the decades.
The SAS model features the Short Reset Trigger system (SRT), and all sharp corners and hard edges have
been rounded with what SIG calls the Anti-Snag treatment. The result is a gun that’s far less likely to snag on
clothing during a crucial draw from concealment. Both
the Nitron and SAS P229 Carry models are shipping
now in .40 and .357 SIG. To offer as much versatility as
possible, a caliber X-Change kit will also be available to
convert either variant to 9mm. The suggested retail price
for the Nitron is $1,142, and the SAS is $1,176.
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