![]() Older mags will work in the new version of the P290, and vice versa.) (For those who want minimum butt size in every dimension, the P290RS comes with a flush-bottom floorplate that can be installed on the new magazine which, like the old, holds six rounds. A lengthened lip on the P290RS magazine created enough additional frontal length for both middle finger and ring finger to gain a secure purchase. Those consumers felt they couldn’t get enough hand on the gun when shooting. For the P290RS, the mag release button was trimmed down some in hopes of curing that problem.įinally, for some users, the super-small profile that was the P290’s raison d’etre proved to be too small. There were reports of some buyers carrying it inside their waistband, along with a personal “spare tire,” whose excess flesh accidentally popped the magazines. The bad news was, when you weren’t trying to dump the mag, it was still easy to hit. On the first variation, the magazine release button stood up “loud and proud.” The good news was, when you were doing a speed reload, that big button was easy to hit. Good for you, SIG! There’s another manufacturer of powerful subcompact pistols which has long ignored a similar well-founded criticism. That corner has been very nicely rounded. The lower rear edge on the slide-lock lever of the earlier P290 had a rather sharp corner, and I can see where that would have been a problem for those who shoot with straight thumbs. For smaller-handed shooters, it won’t hurt anything for those with meatier paws, it could be a deal-sealer for this little 9mm. (That never happened to this writer with the P290, but this writer doesn’t have the world’s biggest hands, either.) In any case, a subtle, rounded beavertail has been added at the rear of the grip tang. Apparently some folks had hands beefy enough that the web of their palm could ride up and get pinched by the bottom of the external hammer during the slide cycle. Instead of having to interrupt your trigger pulling practice by breaking your hold and retracting the slide between dry “shots,” the P290RS owner can roll the trigger continuously. Some don’t see this as a big deal, because they follow the doctrine that a bad round that’s failed them once doesn’t get a second chance, and their preferred response to a “click” instead of a “bang” is a fast “tap-rack-assess the situation in front of you.”Īn absolutely undeniable advantage of the P290RS over its predecessor, however, is that it’s much more friendly for dry fire. The obvious advantage is that it gives an immediate second “shot” at a recalcitrant primer in the event of a misfire. The trigger goes much farther back before sear release than on the first iteration, but has proportionally less backlash. The result is a long, conventional double-action-only trigger stroke. SIG Sauer’s product manager at the Exeter plant, Tim Butler, tells me that the change involved a redesign of trigger bar, sear, and hammer. The suffix in its designation stands for Re-Strike. The trigger mechanism is the defining new feature - but not the only one - on the P290 RS. It’s not another option, it’s a total replacement of the older gun. The folks at SIG Sauer in Exeter, N.H., came up with a few other tweaks that could be wrought on the P290, too.Īs a result, the redesigned P290RS was introduced right at a year after the original P290, at the 2012 SHOT Show. Because a lot of buyers were fans of traditional double-action SIG Sauer pistols, they didn’t appreciate the fact that, like so many striker-fired autos, these new guns wouldn’t let you just pull the trigger again if you got a misfire, one SIG exec later informed me. There were reports of occasional misfires. Some concerns showed up in its first year in the field. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was introduced in January 2011 at the SHOT Show. I first saw it in the fall of 2010 at the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) conference. The guns I call “slim-nines,” 9mm carry pistols made thin and ultra-compact, are a hot item today. The P290RS proved reliable in the author's testing, though due to its extremely small size, it does take time to grow accustomed to shooting the handgun.Ī year after its introduction, SIG’s smallest 9mm gets some meaningful design changes.The trigger pull is consistent on the P290RS, breaking at a predictable 9 pounds each time however, being DAO, it is an extremely long trigger pull.There are four other major redesign points on the P290RS from the original: an added beavertail, rounded slide-lock lever, trimmed down magazine release button and a lengthened lip on the magazine.The SIG P290RS was released in 2012, a double-action only variant of the original P290, produced to meet users' demands for re-strike capabilities.A double-action-only variation of the original P290, the SIG P290RS offers shooters a reliable and compact pistol, with the peace of mind of re-strike capabilities. ![]()
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