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PhilOhio · 10-15-2009, 01:39 PM

SIGP2101,

Thanks much for the updated link info, which I am checking.

Michael,

Thanks also for all the European parts availability info, some of which I will pursue. Yes, parts are expensive over there also, but nowhere close to the prices being asked here.

If these guns are being used in significant numbers by civilians, police, and some military forces overseas, the parts are out there and available; even if they are out of production. Only intentional efforts on the part of somebody can prevent or manipulate this. Nor is it completely cost prohibitive to produce functional reproduction parts of acceptable quality, unless somebody is making a conscious effort to block or impede it; this is not rocket science, and plenty of parts are being made for all sorts of obsolete handguns manufactured in relatively small numbers. There is nothing particularly unique or unusual about the SIG P-210, except that they were made of good metal, to tight tolerances, and with generally excellent Swiss quality control. Other than that, they are just ordinary short recoil pistols made on a simplified Browning design, updated by Petter.

On the question of LPA sights for the P210 being marketed abroad, I am confident that I am not misinformed. My direct source is in a position to know...positively.

10-15-2009, 01:39 PM	#11
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	SIGP2101, Thanks much for the updated link info, which I am checking. Michael, Thanks also for all the European parts availability info, some of which I will pursue. Yes, parts are expensive over there also, but nowhere close to the prices being asked here. If these guns are being used in significant numbers by civilians, police, and some military forces overseas, the parts are out there and available; even if they are out of production. Only intentional efforts on the part of somebody can prevent or manipulate this. Nor is it completely cost prohibitive to produce functional reproduction parts of acceptable quality, unless somebody is making a conscious effort to block or impede it; this is not rocket science, and plenty of parts are being made for all sorts of obsolete handguns manufactured in relatively small numbers. There is nothing particularly unique or unusual about the SIG P-210, except that they were made of good metal, to tight tolerances, and with generally excellent Swiss quality control. Other than that, they are just ordinary short recoil pistols made on a simplified Browning design, updated by Petter. On the question of LPA sights for the P210 being marketed abroad, I am confident that I am not misinformed. My direct source is in a position to know...positively.