SIG Pro 2009 - ArniesAirsoft

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PenGun

Registered: October 2004
Location: Dublin
Posts: 549

Review Date: 18/3/08

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Very good finish, heavy weight, easy to use sights, relatively rare
Cons:	Price for Japan Version, lethargic blowback on 134a

Having fully upgraded my TM P226 to an early to mid-90s, checkered grip version with the non-railed PGC kit, I felt the urge to get another SIG pistol...this deisre was further fuelled when I spotted the SigPro in the safety deposit box scene in The Bourne Identity.
There is only one viable candidate (Tanaka? No thanks!) for general use if the P226 doesnt do it for you, and that is the SP2009/2340 series from KSC.

I went ahead and ordered the Japan/Heavyweight version from WGC along with a spare magazine and also splashed out on the relatively new Shooters Design SP2022 slide kit from DenTrinity.
The SP2009 is the 9mm version of the polymer-framed SigPro, whereas the 2340 is a .40S&W/.357SIG version.
The SP2022 is a variant that was recently adopted by the French Gendarmes as their service gun...its is chambered for 9mm and has a regular rail instead of the odd "hidden" rail of the 2009/2340. There are a few other cosmetic changes to the frame too.
I ordered the black SP2022 slide because I preferred the lettering...It looks better with the "SigSauer" logo on it Wink

In stock form the SP2009 is basically a revised version of the disappointing SP2340 that KSC had out a few years ago.
Performance of that gun was widely regarded as mediocre. Thankfully the SP2009 seems to have addressed the issues that plagued its predecessor.
Build quality is excellent, with all the neat little features that KSC are reknowned for: this time their logo is under the decocking lever Wink

The frame looks great, very similar to the Mk23 HW but more of a matte black and smoother in texture.
The only difference to the real deal is the replacement of "Frame made in Switzerland" with "Frame made of Synthetic resin"...which is believable enough.
The less said of the Tanio Koba "made to extract the beautifulness of the USP" Engrish trades on some guns, the better...
Handling is similar to the older P22x guns...no manual safety and DA/SA with a decocker. IMHO the SigPro's grip is actually more comfortable than the P226...the grip seems to fill the hand better and the gun points quite naturally.
Sights are superb...the best on any stock gun I've ever used. They are typical SIG design: clear, chunky and use the von Stavenhagen type of a big white dot on the front sight with a squat bar on the the rear sight.
You just "dot-the-i" and pull the trigger! Both front and rear sights are drift-adjustable.

The trigger is also an area where KSC leave Marui miles behind. The DA pull is quite light but very smooth and the SA pull is very definite. I have had to basically resurface the trigger components on my TM P226 because of the lousy pull caused by cast pot metal trigger components...I doubt this will be necessary on the SP2009.
A good trigger does wonders for your accuracy!

Otherwise it is functionally identical to the real deal and the previous SP2340, but features a better blowback unit apparently. It certainly doesnt kick like my Mk23 or USPs even when on Green gas, which is a little disappointing, but more on this in a moment.

The SD slide was a bit of a nightmare to fit, primarily because the sight dovetails are off...the front sight is almost impossible to fit on and the rear sight is very loose. I ended up snapping the front sight into three pieces which resulted in a record-breaking string of obscenities. Eventually I got the sight onto the slide and used a small plastic shim to keep the rear sight firmly in place. This was not the end of my nightmare.
It turns out that you can't get recoil or hammer springs for the SP2009/2340 anywhere...so I had to test all the spare springs from my other GBBs to find one that worked reliably on Green gas.
I currently have a King Arms USP recoil spring in it and no problems thus far. It (and the hammer spring) could stand to be a little stronger, but the gun is working reliably on Green in miserable Irish weather so I can't complain TOO much Smile

Blowback is ok, not as impressive as other KSC offerings, but I feel this may be due to the unsuitable recoil spring more than anything else.
Accuracy is good, at least on a par if not better than the USP45 despite a shorter barrel. Power seems better than the blowback suggests...I am always pleasantly suprised by the damage done to targets Wink

In terms of reliability and wear, only the mag catch has caused any issue so far. The edge that engages the slot in the magazine body had worn away quite quickly after I flipped the mag button over to the right hand side of the frame (I'm a lefty!). I simply took the magazine release out again and slightly filed down the plastic retaining catch to allow the mag catch to move in a bit more and thus engage the mag body properly. This was a five-minute job that mostly consisted of taking the rough edges off the part in question.
Overall, the only things wrong with the SP2009 are the current lack of internal upgrades such as valves and springs etc. and the fact that the magazine release needs a checkup to keep it reliable.
Other than that it is no worse than any other skirmishing GBB out there.
It certainly seems to have suffered from the poor reputation of the older SP2340.
There are plenty of nice Shooters Design kits (SP2009, 2340, 2022, Hybrid/Ported XM40 versions) to make this relatively rare piece something special, so if the plain old P226 doesnt float you boat, then give the SigPro 2009 a try.

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