In praise of the Sig 239
I have to force myself to buy various technical gear and sometimes even firearms just to stay on top of what is out there. I still haven’t jumped into the .380 market, but at some point I’ll settle on some kind of pistol. I was never big on j-frame revolvers until I went to 5 weddings in one summer and got tired of putting a Sig 239 in a pocket. The pants I was wearing could fit a Sig 239 very easily, but the gun was so darn heavy that the constant off balance pull it had was as bad as jock itch. I started out with a 38 Special snub nose T-85 for CCW and got tired of it real fast. I then tried a Colt 1911 for a little, but didn’t like the idea of having to disengage a safety.
After several months of not knowing what to carry, I carried my Beretta 92FS and one spare magazine. It was ok, for a little while, but if I need to carry it for more than 5 days, I got sore spots on my hips. A friend of mine has his own gun holsters company and offered to make me a holster, but I knew that I was on the verge of changing my concealed carry gun so I held off. Like a freakish bought of karma, I walked into a gun shop and saw a used Sig 239 for sale, called up my buddy and told him to make a holster for me and here we are 8yrs later. The Sig 239 is by no means a light handgun, it is small, but this is a combat worthy and durable firearm.