299 for 9mm or .40 S&W Sigs

**pOrk** · 01-09-2010, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by Rocket Power

Is his name Wadhams? I did a receiver transfer through him for the CETME I built.

Thats him, very nice guy over the phone. Much more then I can say about Badger AND shooters shop, are all the gun shops in town run by assholes or what?

**Crawlin** · 01-09-2010, 07:03 PM

Pretty much. It's the same ole thing everywhere. Unless you know them or go in there 100x's a month, you are bottom of the list.

Only thing is the girlfriend went to high school with Mike and Adam Allen, so when they saw her with me, Mike was awesome to talk to and helped me out with a bunch of info.

Sucks its gotta be that way.

**Reverend Cooper** · 01-09-2010, 07:04 PM

Did I tell you guys how fortunate I am to have a FFL in the family.

**Crawlin** · 01-09-2010, 07:11 PM

the true question now is.... how do YOU go about getting one so you can help out the "southerners" hahah

**Reverend Cooper** · 01-09-2010, 07:13 PM

I am up there frequently so I can do the transfer at the business.
Brian comes down here quite a bit to the gunshows and can do transfers there also.
if someone ever wants to go up I wouldnt mind accompanying them.

**HP ADDICT** · 01-09-2010, 08:39 PM

Honestly the .40 sigma has to be one of the worst handguns I have ever shot. Cheap yes but I would add some more cash and buy a XD or somthing quality. Once you buy a nicer handgun you will never touch it again.

**Lash** · 01-09-2010, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by HP ADDICT

Honestly the .40 sigma has to be one of the worst handguns I have ever shot. Cheap yes but I would add some more cash and buy a XD or somthing quality. Once you buy a nicer handgun you will never touch it again.

x2

And I own a Sigma .40

I will say that it shoots ANYTHING I jam into it, though. I've never had a single FTF or FTE.

It's just a very 'rough around the edges' gun. The trigger pull doesn't bother me. It's about the same as most DA revolvers out there. It's the travel and creep that suck. It's not a gun that you can ease the trigger....it's point and PULL. And because of that accuracy suffers.

**STANMAN** · 01-09-2010, 10:23 PM

If you're just using it as a plinker, Sigma's are OK. There is no way I would ever put my life on the line with one. At Gander these were our #1 worst gun. I would say 50% of them we sold came back to be worked on at least once. It got so bad for awhile we wouldn't even work on them anymore, we would just send them back to Smith.

And yeah, they are a little rough around the edges to. As someone else said, save your money, get a used Glock/XD, you'll be much better off.

**wrath** · 01-09-2010, 11:08 PM

My Dad has a Sigma .40SW. Not a great gun, but it's like 5 years old now so maybe the older ones were better. While I don't particularly like it, it has been reliable and it'll eat even the most crap ammo. It feels cheap and disposable like a Glock--all the stamped steel parts and whatnot. It's more of an instinct gun, aiming and squeezing with the intention of hitting something the size of a silver dollar at 75' doesn't work so well but I've gotten a few four-legged critters scurrying across the yard with my Dad's.

**Lash** · 01-10-2010, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by STANMAN

I would say 50% of them we sold came back to be worked on at least once.

Was that the older version though (pre '99)? I know they had problems....but the newer version is much beter.

**Reverend Cooper** · 01-10-2010, 09:05 AM

being a Vet. S&W has a program out for 40% off any gun on their site,they will then ship it to a FFL holder of your choice,I'm trying to decide what to get tho.

**STANMAN** · 01-10-2010, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by Lash

Was that the older version though (pre '99)? I know they had problems....but the newer version is much beter.

Depends on what "newer" is, I worked in the gunsmith shop at the Germantown Gander 2004-2006ish?

**Coops Brother** · 01-10-2010, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Reverend Cooper

I am up there frequently so I can do the transfer at the business.
Brian comes down here quite a bit to the gunshows and can do transfers there also.
if someone ever wants to go up I wouldnt mind accompanying them.

Did I mention how cool it is being able to order a gun and have it show up on my doorstep in a couple of days????

Come on up, shooting, fires, some partying, transfers, ya know the usual guy stuff. Don't forget there is a 48 hr wait on handguns, that means you get here Friday afternoon, do the paperwork, shoot it on premise, and take actual posession Sunday afternoon, go home tell your friends how much fun you had...

**Rocket Power** · 01-10-2010, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Coops Brother

Did I mention how cool it is being able to order a gun and have it show up on my doorstep in a couple of days????

It's cool for C&R guns, so it must be even better for new stuff

**lasttimearound** · 01-11-2010, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Reverend Cooper

being a Vet. S&W has a program out for 40% off any gun on their site,they will then ship it to a FFL holder of your choice,I'm trying to decide what to get tho.

more info please? they need a 214 or id? any other makers do this?

**Reverend Cooper** · 01-11-2010, 08:34 PM

just go to their website and look and it says military id,i had to dig but i found mine.

**SSLEVO** · 01-11-2010, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by pOrk

Thats him, very nice guy over the phone. Much more then I can say about Badger AND shooters shop, are all the gun shops in town run by assholes or what?

He was nice i guess but dicked me around for weeks, never answered or called me back, drove 30 min to his place and he didn't even have my stuff. Won't go through him again

**Rocket Power** · 01-11-2010, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by SSLEVO

He was nice i guess but dicked me around for weeks, never answered or called me back, drove 30 min to his place and he didn't even have my stuff. Won't go through him again

Weird, I couldn't have had a better experience. He and my Century rep handled everything together, I just paid century for the receiver and him for the transfer, he let me know when it was in and ran up there to pick it up.