![]() I’m not a Glock guy, though friends are working to convert me. Part of my decision came down to personal preference, as is the case with most firearm purchases. This doesn’t change the fact that I have Taurus’ Return and Repair department on speed dial on my cell phone, and for good reason. ![]() He claims to never have had a malfunction in it, to fire it often and achieve excellent accuracy with it. I have a manager who swears by his Taurus PT111 Gen 2. When choosing a self-defense handgun, you should be prepared to spend a bit of money. Part of that is due to the brand name, but the other part is due to the quality of the firearm. I recognize that SIGs are going to cost more than most other companies. The Kimber is also a hair longer than the SIG. Good night sights, such as those offered by Trijicon, will add another $100 on to your bill rather quickly. Neither the Kimber, nor the Glock come with tritium night sights, though. Even a basic Kimber Micro 9 costs nearly $100 less. My store sells them for $730, plus tax, which is significantly more than a Glock 43. The P938 is expensive, there’s no getting around that. That said, I’m not the best pistol shot, even with my P226. I have no problem ringing steel with the P938 at 11 yards. Though paper targets are better for showing how tight your groups are, steel has the benefit of giving you immediate feedback. The range I most frequently use has a minimum safe distance established of 11 yards when shooting steel. But you may need to rapidly engage an attacker at less than 10 yards, which is why I like shooting steel plates. Contrary to what many in the gun world will have you believe, you’re not going to have to shoot a bad guy out from behind a hostage with your sub-compact. I’ve never considered accuracy of paramount importance in a concealed-carry handgun. The tritium of the SIG sights is easily visible at night. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I ended up with an extended mag for my Nightmare. I proposed a trade, since I had my spare magazine with me. Upon selling a P938 SAS to a customer, he proclaimed that he’d rather have the flush-fit magazine than the extended one that came with his SAS model. Though I can’t get my pinky finger onto the handle (it’s a micro, after all), an extended magazine, sold by SIG, fixes that. My Nightmare came with two six-round, flush-fit magazines. The tritium SIGLITE night sights glow faintly and comfortingly in the dark, just like they do on my full-sized P226. The single-action trigger is a thing of beauty, especially for me – a guy who’s never gotten used to striker-fired handguns. “Well crap, now I have to buy the thing.”Īnd I’d been fighting my gun addiction so successfully up until then.įalling off the wagon and buying yet another gun proved to be worth it. I repeated the process several more times, and then gazed down at my the Nightmare in my hand in pseudo-frustration. It came up beautifully, pointing naturally as very few handguns do. Then I raised it up and aimed down the sights. ![]() Upon examining the the Nightmare and was impressed with the fit, finish and crisp trigger. Now, I like the 1911 style, but hadn’t considered it for a carry gun. Among them was a barely-used SIG P938 Nightmare. So, I was in the back, examining the recent trade-ins. Anytime a gun comes in for trade-in, I clean and inspect it before it goes out onto the floor. As a firearms technician for a national sporting goods chain (big deal, right?), I see a lot of pistols. However, it was a bit large for real concealed carry. I was pretty happy with my sub-compact 9mm handgun (a Heckler and Koch P2000SK). I never set out to buy a SIG Sauer P938 Nightmare. ![]()
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