Ah, the sig p228... a gun built like a swiss watch. Of all the handguns I've fired, the sig by far felt the most at home in my hand. One of these days I'll get off my ass, send all my change of address stuff and crap to miramichi and get myself one.
I've had opportunity to fire the 1911a and several varieties of glock, a p220, a couple HKs (they have a rather nice .40s&w, although the one I shot had a 'spikey' competition grip that hurt like a bitch when I shot it), a .50AE desert eagle (unweildy monster, don't get it unless you're compensating for a smaller gun somewhere else on your body ;) and a variety of smaller calibres. For my purposes (target shooting for shits and giggles) a 1911 wouldn't be too practical: it's relatively heavy weight when loaded and recoil messed with my accuracy, and the cost of the .45ACP rounds vs. cheap-as-dirt 9mm would get nasty over time. Nothing like the 'buck a bullet' .50AEs, but still up there. When I go to the range, I want to hang out for a while.
The 1911's I've seen though are built helluva solid. The kind of machine you could drive a truck over, pull out of the mud a week later, rinse under a tap and shoot and expect reasonable results, unlike some of the other manufacturers guns which seem to be plagued with stovepiping (hk) and light hammer falls (glock and occasionally sig), although those problems could be explained away as insufficient care issues.
Post some pics if you get it. Give it to a hot babe and have her hold it. Or just post some pics of the chick without the gun.
