7 Nov 02

Comments on the S&W Sigma pistol. All were negative:

"The Sigma has two functional problems:

1) The trigger is hinged to form a safety by a small pin. If that tiny pin falls or breaks, the pistol cannot be made to fire.

2) The trigger return spring is placed directly under the chamber, the hottest part of the pistol. The Glock will still function with a broken trigger return spring. The Sigma will not."

"I've experienced nothing but problems with the Sigma pistols. They are junk . Tell your guys to buy something that works."

"The latest version of the Sigma, the "E" series, is trash. It is the resul t of a legal settlement with Glock, which required internal changes. The result is a consistently light striker hit.

One Australian student joked, 'You should be selling this bloody thi ng with a bayonet attachment so that we can stab what we can't shoot!' The Greek Navy was involved in a ship boarding incident involving drug smugglers. They bought Sigma Nines the year before. They ended up in a gunfight, and the Sigmas were going 'click' instead of the bang. They got rid of them immediately afterward.

The Sigma had potential, but S&W doesn't have any engineers left who can design and fix the gun properly, which is why they desperately turned to Walther and the P99, but that is a whole separate can of worms!"

/John