● The Double Stack Sig P227 chambered for .45 ACP

Sig Sauer P227 Standard Frame

At last year's SHOT Show SIG fans were excited to see a new Sig Sauer pistol.  The P227 is Sig's first double-stack .45 ACP handgun.  It is essentially a double stack version of the P220.

When I saw it for the first time the gun seemed to be a P226 but when I looked down at the label, sure enough, it said “Sig P227, .45 ACP.” I picked it up and thought, “Boy, I would have never thought this was a .45.”

The gun has all the classic looks of the P226 line. Its milled stainless steel slide is mated to an aluminum-alloy frame and an accessory rail allows the mounting of lasers or weapon lights. The slide’s Nitron finish provides a businesslike look that’s attractive, and, it’s a SIG, so the double-action trigger pull is better than most. The usual decocker is there as well. The gun has mildly aggressive texturing on its one-piece polymer grip, with no screws to dig into your hand.

How many of us have considered all of the great features and high quality of Sig handguns but when it came down to the ammo capacity we selected a different manufacturers product?

Sig has finally seen the light and developed a double stack gun.  The P227 has capacity of 10+1 and optional 14-round extended magazines.

The P227 .45 ACP is offered in three models, a full-size P227 with a 4.4-inch barrel, one with and one without night sights, and a 3.9-inch Compact SIG Anti-Snag model with night sights. SIG’s SAS handguns are dehorned, with the sharp corners rounded off, and are intended for concealed-carry and come without a Picatinny rail and with night sights.

The Sig P227 is priced between $890 to $1,085 depending on features.

The P227 will be parts-compatible to a large degree with the P220 and you will be able to swap slides between them.

The P227, SIG is standard with DA/SA (dual action/single action) decocker handgun which is true to the original P220.   Down the road they will plan to roll out with a SAO (single action only) model and a DAK (dual action) model for those crowds, and also an Elite model and a Stainless version.  

Sig Sauer P227 Compact Model

The P220 .45ACP was developed in 1975 to replace the WWII-era SIG P210 standard issue with the Swiss military, and is the first and original model of what is considered today to be the “classic P-series” SIG pistols. All the other designs are derivatives of the now-iconic P220.