SIG P290: What is the deal with the trigger???

[PlayboyPenguin]

Okay, the SIG website says the gun is a DAO design but on a video from the shot show one of their head honchos declares that the gun is not DAO but is instead a light striker fired design with a hammer. What is with the dicrepencies SIG?



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[yotehunter]

They look to have a hammer in the video... also Sig is going to have a .50 cal that's kinda cool though i will never be able to afford it.

 

[atypicalparkie]

huh, PBP I have no idea why the info conflicts?? Weird...
and don't wanna thread-jack but he said they're gonna put out a 9mm 1911-style!? oh man oh man oh man...

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

huh, PBP I have no idea why the info conflicts?? Weird...
and don't wanna thread-jack but he said they're gonna put out a 9mm 1911-style!? oh man oh man oh man...

I assume the trigger on the SIG P290 will be similar to the LDA style trigger on the Para Ordnance Carry 9. Maybe their 1911 style 9mm will be also.

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[elsullo]

Taurus does a similar falsehood with its PT709 "Slim" pistol. All of the magazine ads say that it is double-action/single-action, but only on the website do they specify that it is single-action only---that striker is fully cocked once the slide is racked! It seems that the executives cannot agree on what to say for marketing.......................elsullo

 

[nubus]

My Ruger LCP has a hammer, but it is not truly DA.
Racking the slide sets the hammer to hit the "striker" and it has to cycle to fire again.
I believe they are using a similar design here.