From the Guns.com Vault: Deals on the Sig Sauer P220 (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

First introduced in 1975, the P220 design is still going strong nearly 45 years later. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
As the prime example of the late 20th Century European-designed large frame single stack pistol, the Sig Sauer P220 takes the cake — and we have several in stock in the Guns.com Vault.
A modernized answer to Sig’s 1940s-era P210 to replace the latter in the service of the Swiss Army, the P220 was introduced in 1975 and was immediately met with open arms by military users around the world. Switzerland adopted the new 9mm handgun as their Pistole 75 — where it continues to serve today both in the Alps and with the Swiss Guard of the Vatican. In addition, overseas military customers included the Japanese Army, which produced them under license by MinebeaMitsumi, as well as a host of smaller countries.
Originally designed to use a heel-mounted magazine release, a change to a frame-mounted push-button release and chamberings in .45ACP led to adoption by numerous police organizations in the U.S. in the 1980s. With their DA/SA trigger and slightly shorter profile than the 1911, the guns competed with contemporary domestic offerings like the S&W 4506.
Available in several options when it came to caliber,

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