Sig C3 - Page 2

Boats · #11 01-14-2013, 09:56 PM

Dirty pictures, hopefully!

Tom

DrHenley · #12 01-14-2013, 11:46 PM

Olympus · #13 01-15-2013, 10:55 AM

Good looking gun there. Did you change out any of the small parts? It's the first Nightmare I've seen without the stainless controls and small parts.

Boats · #14 01-15-2013, 10:59 AM

Nice looking gat, Dr. And your description of the slide and trigger match my Sig Carry. Couldn't be happier.

Now, how does she shoot?

Boats · #15 01-15-2013, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dlsslj

Wow nice .u haven't seen4" kewl. Only seen 5.been thinking of 2nd gun just don't know what. I do know SIG s awesome. congratulations on a great piece and sharp looking.

Posting from the mobile again, are you

DrHenley · #16 01-15-2013, 08:59 PM

Took it to the range today and put a hundred rounds through it. One box factory hardball and one box hardball handloads.

Accuracy was great with both, but the handloads were definitely more accurate than factory. The were loaded a bit lighter than factory, and the brass all went to the same place. It went everywhere with the factory loads. I kept sending the target back, back back all the way to 20 yards and was still hitting a ShootNSee I had plastered in the middle of the backer.

One thing though, the handloads sometimes failed to go into battery. I did not have that problem with the factory loads. The rounds are in spec, so I don't know what was going on. Most of the time I was able to nudge it into battery, but there were a few that would not go. When I tried chambering them a second time, they all went into battery without a problem.

The thing is so tight, it's a bear to take down and reassemble. I guess it needs a lot of breaking in...

DrHenley · #17 01-15-2013, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Olympus

Good looking gun there. Did you change out any of the small parts? It's the first Nightmare I've seen without the stainless controls and small parts.

Nope, didn't change a thing. I think the gun is all stainless though, just "Nitron" coated.

DrHenley · #18 01-15-2013, 10:09 PM

I just figured out what was going on with the reloads. It wasn't the loads, it was the mags the reloads were in. Wilson Combat and, oddly, Sig mags drag the slide, but Colt mags (Checkmate) and Chip McCormick do not.

Here is a picture with a Sig mag holding the slide back.