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Sig P238 losing faith.. anyone else with trouble

Wilburburns

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Prior to last year, I carried almost daily my Sig p238 and felt great doing so. Not my most accurate shooter, but confident it would get the job done if needed.

Then one day while at the range, it started to FTF and FTE on the first round from a full mag. No biggie, it had been a while since a good cleaning, so home, strip and clean. Next range trip, same deal. Home clean, remove from carry until it proves worthy at next range day, only to be disappointed on range day as it continues to have FTF and FTE problems.

A call to Sig and it goes back for a checkup. They send it back saying all is well, we have repaired, or didn’t have problems.

It sits around locked up until yesterday when I take it to the range for some tests, hoping to put it back in my carry cycle.

Sadly, one of my mags now hangs and fails to feed on nearly every round from the magazine and the other still has issues. I’m n the mag that works occasionally, I must rack the slide to feed. If the slide is locked back and I try to just unlock the slide to load a round from the mag, it will hang nearly every time.

Bottom line, I am losing faith in the firearm and hate this as I love its size and conceal ability, just don’t have the confidence it will work if needed.

Is anyone else having trouble with their Sig’s ?

Cliff
 
I bought a stainless 238 used and had a host of issues. Sent to sig and upon return first 2 mags had issues than has run perfect ever since. Aluminum frame 238 has never had a hiccup since new with a couple of thousand rounds through it. I have found 938 to be a bit finicky.
 
My 938 has never missed a beat. Have you tried it with more than 1 type of ammo? Maybe try it with a new mag.

Sucks, but you will probably have to send it back to Sig.

All these micro pistols seem finicky, spring life is very short on them.
 
aron82 said:
My 938 has never missed a beat. Have you tried it with more than 1 type of ammo? Maybe try it with a new mag.

Sucks, but you will probably have to send it back to Sig.

All these micro pistols seem finicky, spring life is very short on them.
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While Not in my original post, Ammo was one of the first things I tried. And again, yesterday, I tried with my carry HP ammo and Range Round nose ammo. Same with either.

Cliff
 
We have two, each with thousands of rounds and no issues.
 
Are all the mags you are using manufactured by Sig? My DE will NOT function even 50% with any other brand of mag. Are the mags just worn? Have the mags been stored for long periods full? Maybe try disassembling the mags and stretch the springs a tiny bit.

Bottom dollar: Sounds like a mag issue not a gun issue (to me anyway)...
 
Mag springs.

Inspect feed lips.

Grab a new sig mag. (Or mec-gar, since they are the OEM).


Every pistol malfunction I've found could be contributed to the mag (bent feed lips, bad spring) or wd-40. I'll assume you're smart enough to not use an oil that will build a varnish layer and gum it all up. Frog lube can do the same if it gets old and goes rancid.
 
Sell it off and get a Kimber Micro. No more problems.
 
I'll take a closer look at all the mags and see if that can make a difference.

Will take quite a few good cycles to make me confident again as a carry weapon again.

Cliff
 
granitestatedestroyer said:
Aren't they the same damn thing?
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functionally yes. but quality wise, no.

is a rock island 1911 the same as a Les Baer? in function yes, but the components quality are different. Now, my example is extreme as the difference between Kimber and Sig are not as far away as Baer and RIA.

These are not the Sig guns of old being cranked out in a German factory. Most of these compact guns are being made in New Hampshire. you'd like to think the quality is the same, but my opinion is its not.
 
Is SIG still run by the asshole that used to be at Kimber? That would explain a lot about the quality problems.
 
I’ve have one for around ten years but only ran a few mags through it. I do need to run it more though. It ain’t any fun loading the mags with just fingers. Fawking springs are stout.
 
my 938 runs great even on my garbage lead reloads that choke up glocks (their headspace and throat are too tight for case mouth lead rings and .358 bullets apparently)

some guns just don't work for some arcane reason, my chinese saiga-12 clone is like that, things I've done to it have helped, but nothing has made it run though a full mag without choking
 
My P938 has been flawless. I shoot it a decent amount and have cleaned it once. The slide wouldn’t go completely into battery when I hit the release, told me it was time. :laughing:
 
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