SIG Sauer P210-A Target Model 9mm Pistol | Review

By Mike Searson

It can be easily argued that SIG Sauer’s P210 set the accuracy standard by which all 9mm pistols should be judged decades ago and we have been lusting after one since we first saw one circa 1989 or so. With prices of the originals always a bit out of reach for us, we were pleased when SIG announced that they were going to make the pistol at their US facility a little over 2 years ago.

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- SIG’s P210 has a classic profile that reflects the era in which it was designed (late 1940s) and it is one of those designs that get in your head and won’t go away, despite how many handcrafted pistols fill your hands between then and now.

The pistol’s design owes its heritage to Charles Petter’s Modèle 1935A pistol from 1935. Two years later SIG acquired a license for it in order to develop a replacement for the Swiss Army’s Luger pistols. Unsatisfied with the design, SIG made some improvements, but retained the self-contained firing and recoil systems.

They also reduced the capacity of Petter’s pistol from 16 to 8 and the final version was complete by October 1948 as the …Read the Rest

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