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    New to me Sig Ultra Compact

    Last Saturday I had an itch that needed scratching—I wanted but certainly didn’t need another pistol, rifle, or shotgun. So, I went to my local gunshop (with several hundred pistols and rifles) to just look, that was my plan. Well, I was about finished looking when a salesguy said, “we are taking $75 off used guns.” Oh nuts, just what I didn’t need to hear.
    Long story short, I took home a very minimally used Sig Sauer UltraCompact in .45 caliber. It was made in May, 2018, and there was no wear on the aluminum anodized rails or anywhere else. The salesperson didn’t know why it was returned/traded. Before buying I took it apart to make sure that some BillyBob hadn’t worked his “magic” on it.
    My concern was that it has a 3.3 inch barrel, a length which is notorious for having feeding and ejection problems. Years ago I had one of the early 3.5 inch barrel pistols made by a company which I won’t name—that was a complete piece of XXXX—and I was leery of buying another with such a short barrel.
    I was very pleased when on Monday, after a detail cleaning and assessment, it functioned flawlessly with a couple of hundred rounds of Rem/UMC 230 FMJ, Remington 230 grain Golden Saber, and PMC Bronze 230 gr JHP. I limited my shooting distance to a maximum of 30 ft/10 yards, the probable maximum distance this pistol would be used if some situation required it. Even with fairly rapid firing I could easily put 8 rounds into a 9 inch paper plate. With controlled, slow fire I could put 8 rounds into a 3 inch group, the center of which was about 1 to 2 inches left of my POA. Not bad for 67 year old eyes, cataract surgery, etc., a short sight radius, and a weight of only 29 ounces. It was easy to control with strong hand and weak hand shooting.
    I had the same shooting results on another trip to the range on Wednesday.
    The companion pistol in the picture is one that I’ve had for 15 years and is my EDC. It was one of the early Wilson Combat Service Grade Protector anodized aluminum frame 4.1 inch barrel pistols that was then sent to Ned Christiansen (Michiguns, LTD) for some fine tuning. This one is 100% reliable (I can’t remember any misfeeds or problems).
    If the new Sig is reliable in a couple of more range sessions, I might use it for some EDC. I have another Sig 1911 with 357 Sig and 40 cal barrels plus other Sigs over the years. They are an excellent, excellent company.20190401_162343.jpgAttachment 443320190401_162325.jpg
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    Man, I like that early Wilson!
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

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    That is a nice looking pair!

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    As luck would have it, my wife showed me an ad from a LGS this morning for a NIB “last one” Sig 1911 Ultra .45acp Tribal.

    I liked the looks, and the reviews I found were pretty much all very positive for reliability, accuracy, trigger pull, fit, and finish.

    I know the owner, as I’ve done some gun work for him on occasion, and have gotten decent deals from him before.

    I like that it has a 3.3” barrel, as opposed to the 3.0” barrels found on most small 1911’s these days.

    Anyway, I’m headed there tomorrow, as they’re closed on Wednesdays, and may be bringing it home. If I do, that’ll make number 10 for me in my 1911 lineup.

    I’ll post here on how it goes...
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

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    Last edited by Rick McC.; 6th November 2019 at 23:00.


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    I picked the Ultra Tribal up this AM. I had a bunch of other stuff to do, and didn’t get it on the bench until later in the PM.

    I was more than a little surprised to find that it came with a whitish grease pretty much everywhere inside. No time to do a detail strip, but I got it cleaned out pretty good, including the FP and extractor channels. Yes, even though Sigs have external extractors; they still have extractor channels.

    I’m heading up to hunt camp tomorrow in my airboat on the incoming tide, but I’ll try to get a few pics up early next week.

    Take care all,
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

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    Last edited by Rick McC.; 7th November 2019 at 20:00.


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    I think that you will like it, as I have mine. There are pros and cons to the internal versus external extractor. All that I can say is that my several Hi Powers (9mm and 40 cal) and this Ultra Compact have never had a problem, either with extraction or feeding a round into the barrel.

    Let us know how it shoots.

    Rob

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    Quote Originally Posted by danriverboy View Post
    I think that you will like it, as I have mine. There are pros and cons to the internal versus external extractor. All that I can say is that my several Hi Powers (9mm and 40 cal) and this Ultra Compact have never had a problem, either with extraction or feeding a round into the barrel.

    Let us know how it shoots.


    Rob
    Will do.

    I’ve had many pistols over the years with external extractors (still have five various M&P’s, a Sig P229 Legion, and an FN FNS-9), and have had no extraction problems with any.
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    Rick

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    It shot very well today. Very accurate and reliable with six different magazines and over 100 rounds fired.

    I’m going to shoot it at next Tuesday’s IDPA practice, then call it good to go.
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

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    Last edited by Rick McC.; 9th November 2019 at 20:01.


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    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

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    This PM I took the Tribal over to my bench, removed the slide assembly, then pulled the stocks, MSH, TS, and the sear spring. (It’s also a good idea to remove the slide stop/thumb safety plungers and spring when the TS is removed, so they don’t wind up lost.)

    I didn’t feel like a further detail strip was warranted, based on how things looked, and moved freely. So, I just replaced the stock sear spring with a Cylinder & Slide light pull sear spring, wiped that dang grease off all the parts I’d removed, then lubed and reassembled everything.

    The trigger pull went from 5 1/2 pounds with the stock sear spring to 4 1/4 pounds with the C&S spring.

    All told, that was 20 minutes well spent!
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

    IDPA Certified Safety Officer
    Last edited by Rick McC.; 13th November 2019 at 21:40.


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