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By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n

No, I’m not talking about the SIG Alerts we get here in California when there’s a traffic jam on our freeways.\u00a0 This is about a sale at SARCO, a preferred military surplus outlet, on SIG police department trade-ins.\u00a0 When police departments upgrade to different weapons, they sometimes sell their older handguns.\u00a0 That’s what’s happening here.\u00a0 What makes this sale special, in my opinion, is that the trade-in guns are 9mm SIG P226 sidearms<\/a>.\u00a0 You follow the blog, and you know that I consider the SIG P226 to be the world’s finest handgun.\u00a0 With a SARCO price on the P226 at just over $700, I think it’s a great deal.<\/p>\n

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My SIG P226. I consider it to be the world’s finest handgun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve never seen SIG P226 police trade-in guns for sale.\u00a0 It’s a hell of an opportunity to pick up a great handgun at a bargain price.\u00a0 \u00a0I once owned a Smith and Wesson Model 659 police trade-in and it confirmed what I thought about police sidearms.\u00a0 They are carried a lot and shot very little.\u00a0 That means there might be some cosmetic shortfalls (holster wear, etc.), but the guns’ internals are probably in superb shape.<\/p>\n

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A Smith and Wesson Model 659 police trade in that was a lot of fun. Like most police sidearms, it was carried a lot and shot little.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve purchased military surplus equipment through SARCO before (in my case it was a replacement gas cylinder for my M1 Garand, which fixed my rifle’s cycling issue).\u00a0 SARCO is a reputable outfit.<\/p>\n

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SARCO’s SIG P320 police trade-in pistols.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SARCO is also selling SIG P320 police trade-ins<\/a>.\u00a0 I don’t have any experience with that model, so I can’t tell you anything about it (other than that it’s SIG, so it’s probably good).\u00a0 The SARCO price on the SIG P320 police trade-in is only $425; that’s a superb deal.<\/p>\n

What might be fun is to pick up either handgun from SARCO and send it to good buddy TJ (at TJ’s Custom Gunworks<\/a>) for a full cosmetics and action job.\u00a0 That would be fun.\u00a0 If you have ever entertained any thoughts about picking up a SIG or a custom pistol, this might worth looking into.<\/p>\n

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