Sig Sauer bankruptcy!

[SUPER X]

The old sigs say maade in west germany on them .I like a metel framed hammer fired decocker pistol.

 

[DirectDrive]

Maybe SIG Eckernförde employees will disperse to other plants in Europe.
If some of the SIG employees relocate to NH, I hope they can bring the new Alpha team/tooling with them.

 

[Ralf]

l bought a P250F, turned me against Sig, no sour pigs for me.

 

[Lazyfaire]

Did I miss the part of the article that said that Sig Sauer Germany is going bankrupt. I just read that they have decided to close operations in Germany. They'll sell everything, close the doors and pay off their debts and stockholders. Not in my definition of bankrupt. Thats too bad but Germany has a problem playing fair in the arms market anyway. Socialist Europe is pushing quality companies away.

 

[DirectDrive]

l bought a P250F, turned me against Sig, no sour pigs for me.

Failed experiment.
P320 fixed it.

 

[Lazyfaire]

Failed experiment.
P320 fixed it.

I carry a P250 and have a P320 too. Both work for me. But since they dropped the line I'm probably the exception.

 

[03A3Sporter]

Huh, makes my made in West Germany P-6 worth that much more....or not.

I'd say not, I own a stamped slide Sig or three and they are good guns, but one of the better improvements was their finally adopting a one piece slide versus the stamped and folded slide with a pinned in breach block.

I still own my Tyson Corners Marked gun , still shoots fine but you're not really supposed to fire a lot of +p or +p+ in those old stamped slide pistols.

 

[revjen45]

"But it's kinda like when Pontiac or Plymouth folded up, there's a void"

Hey, don't forget Oldsmobile!

 

[Medic!]

Welp, I guess this will keep me from wondering if Sig will ever come out again with a German-made P.210.

Nothing wrong with the U.S. made 210's
But you better get one now. Sig just loves to discontinue guns.

 

[The Heretic]

My first SIG had a W German frame, I think the rest are NH. All are fine. I don't care for the 2022/2340, but they are still DA/SA so less expensive and can still convert from 9mm/40 and back.

What I don't like about SIG is them dropping models that they could keep and expand on (e.g., 227 - they could have made an all steel 227 in 10mm - imagine a 14 rd 10mm SIG). Then the whole thing about the 227 mags which they could have easily fixed.

But the polymer guns are their cash cow - I just don't like striker fired guns. Hell, I don't like the polymer DA/SA 2022/2340 - the recoil and balance is off, and I can't put rubber grips on them.

Unemployed I am unlikely to buy any more SIGs - I have too many now - never bought one new anyway - so I am not likely to be one of their future customers.

 

[doobee8]

Well I don't own one. For no particular reason. But it's kinda like when Pontiac or Plymouth folded up, there's a void. It means less shopping options and that feeling way in the back of your head that maybe, just maybe, there's gonna be more.

Buy a classic one MADE in W. Germany stamped or Made in Germany on the Slide. You won't regret it either a P225, P228, P226 in 9mm.

 

[The Heretic]

There is always CZ

They don't seem to be afraid to innovate and support what they have already made.

 

[Member 34319]

So real Sig is dying. Sad days ahead for gun owners.

Now all we will have is Sig USA.

 

[The Heretic]

So real Sig is dying. Sad days ahead for gun owners.

Now all we will have is Sig USA.

I don't think they are dying. They just can't compete in Germany. We'll see.

 

[Member 34319]

I don't think they are dying. They just can't compete in Germany. We'll see.

I sure hope so. That heritage is all Sig USA has to ride on. Once it's gone, they won't be the same if you ask me. (Even though part of me thinks it's already gone and Sig USA is just another company using the name for credibility)

 

[MrMillspecer]

It sounds to me like it's the restrictions on firearms for sporting use and not being eligible for local contracts because of their international status. It's the bs laws that put them under in Germany.

From the article.

The company pointed out that German legislation is increasingly restricting the use of sporting weapons. "When it comes to awarding government contracts, a few local producers are preferred by both the German police and the Bundeswehr." Sig Sauer was systematically excluded from the tenders because of the company's international orientation. Most of the company's developments came from the United States. Managing director Tim Castagne told the "Bild" newspaper that Sig Sauer was unable to prevail against the competition on large orders, for example with the new assault rifle from the Bundeswehr.

 

[PaulB47]

"Doing business in a semi-socialist country is expensive."

Semi?

 

[ma96782]

From the article.

The company pointed out that German legislation is increasingly restricting the use of sporting weapons. "When it comes to awarding government contracts, a few local producers are preferred by both the German police and the Bundeswehr." Sig Sauer was systematically excluded from the tenders because of the company's international orientation. Most of the company's developments came from the United States. Managing director Tim Castagne told the "Bild" newspaper that Sig Sauer was unable to prevail against the competition on large orders, for example with the new assault rifle from the Bundeswehr.

Yup......it could also fly in America. The logic being that....... "sporting amrs" actually means NO AR (semi-autos).



Aloha, Mark

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

They may be gone but their memory will live on in my safe