Yeah it's a miniature 1911, ask any gun dealer or owner. It does have a safety on the left side. Just like a 1911, you carry it "cocked and locked", which means round chambered, hammer back, safety engaged. So it has to have a safety. There are other safety features as well, just like on a real 1911. It's the real thing, not a toy, it shoots well and is an ideal pocket gun. A very similar gun is the Colt Mustang, and of course the 1911 style from which the Sig P938 is derived, the P238.

However if you can't find $800 laying around, try the Glock 27 Gen 4. Sounds like a basic gun is what you want. The Glock 27 is a bit large being chambered at .40 S&W, which is a pretty big handgun bullet. I would also consider revolvers- the .38 S&W, Taurus, CZ, and Ruger revolvers are ideal pocket guns because they are cheap, safe, and effective. Kahrs, Sigs, most Colts, many S&W slide guns are mid-to-high cost guns because they are harder to manufacture. The main advantages of slide guns in general are the higher round count and quicker reload time, but these things may not matter to you.

 

No mechanical problems with my G36. Some first gens had a few small issues, but it takes all I throw at it these days.

 

In other words, is the Sig a mechanical internal clone of the 1911? Does it have the exact same internal parts as a 'real' 1911 but scaled down to fit in the Sig's slimmer frame? If the Sig isn't mechanically identical then it just aesthetically *looks* like a 1911 in smaller form factor. I already question the 'clone'ness of the Sig considering it lacks some obvious external features of a standard 1911 (be it a compact or full size 1911). For example, the Sig p238 lacks the grip safety of any 'real' 1911. All of this is just to question whether any issues that the P238 has could truly be attributed to it being a 1911 clone (referencing the feed/fte issues that compact 1911s have been known for). If it isn't a mechanical clone internally, then it isn't correct to say that the p238 issues are because of it being a 1911 clone. That's all I'm saying.

After writing all of that, I poked around on the web and it seems that the p238 is not an internal clone of the 1911 (as expected), and just has a visual external appearance of one, and functions like any other SA semi-auto (ie. 1911) does.

I'm not unfamiliar with firearms, own a few and been shooting for a little while now. My considerations for this initial query were to find more options for slim semi-autos that I hadn't yet considered (as this gun will be for my wife). The p238 does sound like a fine firearm, just more than I'll be spending. (Especially after I treat myself to an M1 Garand later this month).

 

You seem to be taking odds with my use of the word "1911" to describe the Sig Sauer P938 or P238. Not my idea, rather it is the commonly used way of describing that style or type of pistol and all gun people describe the P938 that way. Any 1911-style gun has a group of standard design features that are well known and identified as being 1911 features, going back to the John Browning original. The P938 has all or most of them. I am sure a gun expert (Jungle?) could talk about what those features are in more detail, but they are all well known features and the P938 is widely considered to be squarely derived from that design class. It may miss some particular feature or other, but the description stands. I am not sure what your point is. It's a 1911 style gun. Why not? Maybe you are thinking that because a direct shrinkage of a larger drawings was not the method used to create it, that somehow it is a different thing.

 

"1911-style" - That is correct, and all it is. Style being the key word. Aesthetics only. It is no more a 1911 than any other semi-auto SA pistol.

However, my response was to whomever (don't remember who) was contributing some issues of the p238 to the claimed fact that the p238 is a 'small' 1911 (based on the known fact that compact 1911s do indeed have their own issues caused by their smaller size). This would be an incorrect cause of the p238s issues, as the p238 is not a 1911. That has been my point the entire time; nothing more. Sorry that it was confusing.

 

Just added the ACOG to my baby.

 

Old school blue and walnut when all the plastic just makes you weary.

 

Is there any problem sending rifle parts interstate, to a non FFL? I've read the USPS regs on shipping a rifle or shotgun, but nothing concerning "parts". I need to ship a barrel, bolt, and stock (yes, I realize these make a complete rifle), but not assembled, and are packaged individually. These are going to a stock manufacturer to assist in modifying the tang so my bolt will cycle correctly.

If you can mail a complete rifle to yourself in another state "in care of" another individual, I would think sending parts would be acceptable.

After attempting to read the Gun Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618, 18 USC 921, I think it would be in compliance.

Thanks to anyone for any help. And labeling it "machine parts" isn't going to happen.

 

No problem shipping parts.

You cannot ship "firearms" interstate to an individual, with "firearms" defined to be serialized receivers (AR lower, Ruger Mark II upper, Savage 10 action, etc).

Put another way:

You can ship a Remington 700 barrel and/or complete bolt to an individual, but not the barreled action or just the action...the action needs to go to an FFL.

 

Here is some more "old school" but in Turkish Walnut and blue. In a .404 Jeffery a true old school caliber..