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Reply With QuoteLooks like you had fun. Thanks for the comparison.
The HK edges out The Sig
I bought a Swiss police trade-in P228 the other day, and this is its second trip to the range, so I wanted to compare it to my P30 V1 9mm. Both pistols functioned flawlessly, but I think the P30 edged it out in accuracy. I shot 100 rounds out of each with two different brands of ammo, 115 grain Federal Champion, and 124grain Agulia. I was at an indoor range and my shooting was done without a rest at 7 and 15 yards.
This first target was at 7 yards, and I only used federal ammo. The Sig was shot at the left two targets and the HK was shot at the right two. I put 15 rounds in the top two and 20 rounds in the bottom two (even though I marked those 15).
This second target was also set at 7 yards, and again the P228 was shot at the left two and the P30 was shot at the right two. I used 15 rounds of Federal ammo on the top left and right then switched to Agulia for the bottom two and put 20 rounds in each.
I took the last set of targets out to 15 yards and put 30 rounds of Agulia in each. I used the P228 for the circle target and the black center is 4” in diameter. I ran out of large circle targets so I had to switch to a white cross for the P30.
In summary I like both pistols but the HK won the day. At 7 yards both were pretty close but my groups with the sig opened up quite a bit at 15 yards. I think it might be the sights on the sig because there is not much of a gap between the front sight post and the rear notch so the target gets covered up. I don’t know what kind they are, but they are the night sights that came with it and there are no markings on them. They still have a lot of life in them so I won’t change them yet. The P30 still has the stock set of sight on it as well but I guess I’m just better with my HK.
I can't figure out how to rearrange them so here are the attchments not in the order of the above range report: 4th target, 3rd target, 1st target ,2nd target
Last edited by Carniemedic; 05-03-2012 at 01:10 AM.
Looks like you had fun. Thanks for the comparison.
Nice. I recently shot a friend's sig and was surprised how much I actually liked it. I don't like the de-cocker on the side, but the trigger was surprisingly decent despite it's funky looking appearance. I still won't take it over my USP though :)
Nice write-up.
I've been saying for years now that older production (trade-in) Sigs are one of the best values out there for combat pistols.
imo Sig has a better DA trigger, HK a better SA trigger. either advantage is irrelevant with some practice dedicated to one firearm over the other.
the right Sig will run flawlessly. any give HK pistol will do the same, it's just that the purchase price seems to always be $200 more, or higher.
i like Sig pistols, personally, but HK-design rifles
Nice report, and great couple of firearms
out of curiousity what night-sights does the P228 have? I know you said you can't identify them but do the resemble the siglites? I personally still use my dot bar sights on my P228 and it shoots like a laser for me, I love that little gunOriginally Posted by Carniemedic
Last edited by Ihsahn; 05-09-2012 at 06:03 AM.
Thanks for all your comments guys,
I’m not sure they could be siglites, but they have no name brand type markings. Maybe this will help, if you are looking straight down on the slide there are two painted dots on top of the rear sight and one painted dot on the front sight. When you are looking through the sights the glowing ampules themselves are smaller than the trudotes that HK put on my P2000. The rings around the tritium glass on the P228 almost look metal and are very thin and the front one is almost non existent when compared to the white rings around the trudots on the P2000.
My sig 220 is sickening accurate/reliable. I WILL NEVER USE ANOTHER SIDE ARM AGAIN!PERIOD!!!
Crickets chirping!!!! Oh I'm sorry were we all supposed to give a crap.
Officially Addicted!!!
I've got the P220 and a USP .45 and both are a pleasure to shoot and dead nuts accurate when I'm concentrating. One is not superior to the other and I enjoy shooting them for different reasons. My P220 is an all-stainless model (love the look, weight and balance of all stainless; much better than the alloy frame models) and while heavy, the recoil is negligible and for me it's easier to stay steady on target with a heavier pistol. The USP is a compact tactical so I enjoy shooting it suppressed and I can shoot it longer without fatigue getting in the way of accuracy.
Last edited by kabob; 07-02-2012 at 09:29 AM.
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