Sig P228 - ArniesAirsoft - Review Archive

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Shao14

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Registered: September 2004
Posts: 306,044

Review Date: 12/12/05

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: �20.00 | Rating: 7

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	accurate, solid
Cons:	light hammer spring, visible seams, no more authentic trademarks

Introduction

Sig Sauer P228 is the little brother of the P226. The real steel is famous for it's accuracy and reliability although the 9mm rounds lacks the stopping power of bigger calibers favored by most US federal agencies. This review is for the Tokyo Marui spring airsoft replica of the P228, the high grade hop up version (HGHU). In the rest of the review, I'll use P228 to refer to the TM HGHU P228 springer unless otherwise explicitly specified.

Looks

The P228 comes in the usual TM packaging. The gun is black. The slide has a matte metal finish to it, and looks rather good. The finish of the frame is a bit more shiny and plastic looking. The texture on the grip panel is thin, and doesn't feel anything special. Being a second generation TM springer, an ugly seam line runs through the whole gun both on top of the slide and on the bottom of the frame.

The current trademarks on the P228 says Sig Polizei for some reason (probably legal issues), but some years ago, the P228 had authentic Sig Sauer trademarks, and I have seen those old ones. I am not sure when TM made the switch. The left side of the grip panel also has P228 on it, but nothing on the right side of the grip. All trademarks are deep and clear though they are not as authentic as before.

Feels

Picking up the gun, I'm surprised how fat the grip feels. It feels slightly fatter than my TM P226 GBB's grip. The gun feels pretty solid despite the seam line, and it doesn't creak or flex. It also has a nice weight for its compact size though nothing like a GBB or UHC heavy weight springers.

Functions

The magazine is full size, and sits in the mag well securely, but drops out freely upon pressing the mag release button. The mag holds 24 BBs, and is loaded by push the BBs in one by one from the top.

There's an extern hammer, but the hammer spring is very light. In fact, it is so light that when the hammer drops, it'd bounce back and forth slightly before settling down. The trigger pull is constant, i.e. its position does not change when the hammer is cocked unlike some of the other models that tries to replicate the difference between double action pull and single action pull.

The slide pull is fairly short and easy, and the trigger pull is also short and not too hard. The power is fairly average among the TM springers, probably something like 200 fps with .2g, but I didn't test it formally. The accuracy is quite good especially with .25g BBs for which the hop up is fixed. Hitting a 8"x11" target at 30 feet is not a problem.

The ejection port is open, so it'd be easier to clear jams, but it never jammed when I plinked with it. The slide catch is fake, and the decocking lever does not decock the hammer. The decocking lever, however, can be pull down, but does nothing. The decocking lever does act as a safety switch (not in the case of real steel), and when pushed up, the trigger is locked.

The P228 can not be field-stripped.

Conclusion

The TM HGHU P228 is an average TM springer. The slide paint finish is pretty good, but the seam line destroys any decency the finish attempted to build. The power is average, but the accuracy is pretty good. The hammer spring could use a lot more tension, and original Sig Sauer trademarks would be more welcome.

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