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SIG Sauer P228 VS SIG Sauer P225

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SIG Sauer P228

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84%

Critic Rating

5 Reviews

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98%

User Rating

12 Reviews

SIG Sauer P225

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87%

Critic Rating

5 Reviews

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99%

User Rating

24 Reviews

50 MOA

Accuracy

50 MOA

5.17 Yeets

Damage

5.17 Yeets

N/A

Range

N/A

N/A

Recoil Velocity

N/A

13+1 rounds

Capacity

8+1 rounds

1987

Mobility

1988

50

Ergonomics

50

50

Fit & Finish

50

50

Reliability

50

MSRP:

$745.88

Used Price:

$745.88

New Price:

$828.75

MSRP:

$688.49

Used Price:

$688.49

New Price:

$764.99

Gun Specifications

Specifications

SIG Sauer P228

SIG Sauer P225

Weight

29.5 oz

26.5 oz

Length

7"

7.1"

Action

Double Action Only

Single/Double

Caliber

9x19mm Parabellum

9x19mm Parabellum

Capacity

13+1

8+1

Finish

Blued

Nitron

Gun Type

Semi-Automatic Pistol

Pistol

Sights

Contrast Sights

SIGLITE Night Sights

Grip

Polymer Grip

Barrel Length

4.4"

3.6"

Gun Stats

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SIG Sauer P228

SIG Sauer P225

Gun Descriptions

SIG Sauer P228

The SIG-Sauer P228 pistol was developed from the larger framed SIG-Sauer P226 pistol in 1989. This happened in the same way that the earlier P225 pistol had grown from the P220 – basically some length was chopped from the barrel and slide, as well as from the grip. The overall shape of the P228 was made slightly more rounded and so more suited for concealed carry. In 1991 it was adopted by the US Armed forces as the M11 pistol, and is still issued to Military Police and some other units. The P228 is also a highly popular police and civilian sidearm and widely issued to law enforcement forces in Europe and the USA.

SIG Sauer P225

The SIG-Sauer P225 is a compact version of the "military" SIG-Sauer P220 pistol. It was developed for German police pistol trials of mid-seventies, and was subsequently approved for police use in FRG as P6 (Pistole 6). It is entirely similar in design and function to P220, and is widely used by numerous European police organizations, including certain Swiss and German police departments, as well as the Canadian army and even a few US police departments. The earliest versions of the P225 were equipped with a magazine release located at the bottom of the grip, but current production pistols have the magazine release button at the base of the trigger-guard. Production of original P220 pistols was completed in around 2010. However, in 2015 SIG-Sauer introduced an improved, more streamlined version of this gun, designated as SIG-Sauer P225-A1.

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