the nine millimeter is the most popular handgun cartridge in the world just about every major gun manufacturer produces various types of nine millimeter handguns making it tough to pick the best nine millimeter for your personal use sig sauer is one of the world's biggest .

Firearm manufacturers for a reason they produce high quality firearms that have seen service with military law enforcement and civilians all over the globe sig pistols are legendary from their original p230 to the new m17 modular system which won the us military's pistol .

Shootout and subsequent contract these six hour handguns are the best of the best which is saying quite a bit when you're talking about sig sauer products we've received a number of requests for our take on the best sig lineup so here it is a list of the best sig sauer nine millimeter handguns available .

On the market today in general the following models offer the highest ratio of concealability and shootability which are suitable for your nightstand as they are for concealing within your waistband we're going to go over right now the sig sauer p340 .

And what's great about the sig sauer p320 we have it with enhanced options that you're not going to find on any other striker fire polymer type of pistol when you have a simple manual of arms a simple pistol that is easy to run and very relatable for people and you have a great trigger that people can .

Be successful with right off the bat i think for a new shooter it's unbeatable i think what makes the p320 appealing to the new shooter is going to be ease of use and the inherent safety for the experienced shooter the 320 is a great option because of the customization you can do .

And by far what makes it a great option for the experience shooter is going to be the trigger and the 320's got that locked the women really like the comfort and fit of a pistol and the p320 gives you that versatile option with different grip sizes and overall size of your pistol to .

Really get a good comfortable fit with a gun that's the biggest appealing factor for women with the p320  the primary difference between a hammer and a striker fire system is that a hammer fired system like on the classic sig sauer pistols .

You have basically a firing pin and a hammer so it's kind of like hitting a nail whereas a striker it's almost like a nail gun analogy so you have a nail also the striker or the fire pin which is cocked and ready to go and the mechanism simply releases that with the sig sauer p320 you got multiple .

Options different sizes different calibers with one serialized component i think that the p320 just offers advantages that you don't get out of any other platform without having to buy a lot of extra guns you know the fact that you can buy an exchange kit and go from a full-size .

Holster gun or sub-compact size pistol given that you still keep you know the fundamental quality the trigger you're used to in your gun across any configuration you have multiple caliber options in pack more than any other pistol on the planet you can switch out from nine millimeter .

To 40 caliber 357 sig and 45 and you can do it all with the same pistol as if we're just looking to plank we're looking for maybe some nine millimeter where we can get it at a reasonable cost but maybe for defensive purposes i want to carry 45 and that 320 really gives you the option .

 320 is a great option for self-defense primarily because of versatility think about it you can buy a 320 and a full size nine millimeter clip a light onto it you got a uh you know full capacity magazine for maybe home home defense and you can take that same exact gun and .

I could put in a sub compact kit and maybe in a 40 caliber or 45 and i can throw that thing on an ankle with the same gun so as far as self-defense the 320 is really the answer the p365 we've got a 3.1 inch nine millimeter barrel and it's rated for plus p ammunition .

We've got a nitron stainless steel slide the grip module is fully textured polymer grip module and it's striker fired which is great this has got the cleanest crisp trigger you'll ever feel in a striker fired gun it actually is amazing to shoot more importantly are the sights it comes .

Right out of the box with sig light night sights right out of the box you got it you don't have to go out and buy extra sights if you want to carry in low light it comes ready for you we also have a proprietary rail on this pistol that our optics team is working on a light .

And or laser option for so you could install that on the pistol and have the ultimate carry package so this is where the magic is right here we've got a one inch wide gun which is industry standard on this size pistol but instead of a single stack six or seven round mag we were able to stuff a double stack ten round magazine in this .

Gun that's right this little pistol has 11 round capacity 11 rounds seriously not only that it comes with two 10 round magazines a extended version like what's on the gun or you can put in your flush fit magazine for ultra concealability all this in one box ready for you to .

Carry all day every day this is the legion 229 rx what makes this 229 legion special is the addition of the rx that's this romeo one site milled right into the top of my slide romeo one awesome little optic three minute of angle dot magnesium construction nice and .

Lightweight and it comes with our motak technology it's our motion activated technology this site sits dormant for about two minutes it shuts itself right off to maintain that battery life as soon as it senses any vibration or motion it turns itself back on to your latest brightness setting so it's always .

Ready to go for your preferred setting so another great thing you're going to notice right on the top of the slide are these raised x-series sights great thing about that is i present out on target i can co-witness with my red dot or i can just use these iron sights by themselves .

So the next feature on this 229 legion rx i want to highlight is the trigger comes with a gray gun trigger with an srt that's short reset trigger what does that mean well let me show you so as i come around here uh double action pistol as i pull that to the rear i get that fire when it resets it's almost instantaneous .

Very little travel at all to get reset for my next shot why is that important because there's only really two things i need to be in place in order to take that second shot and my sights on target and my trigger to be reset all right moving on from the trigger let's talk about the feel of this gun as .

Soon as you grip this gun you're going to notice something's different probably what you're going to notice is that we've milled out a little bit higher underneath this for more of that x5 trigger grip so by being milled out up there my hand can actually fit a little bit higher i can get the back of my hand underneath .

This beavertail gives me a much better natural point of aim another thing is some extra checkering that we have on the front here and underneath there what that's going to do is really give us more purchase on this for a predictable repeatable grip for those multiple shot scenarios we've got our custom g10 grips with that .

Great legion medallion right in the middle there and it just feels good to hold right around here on this other side we've got our suite of controls our mag release our slide release and our decocking lever all those are nice and subdued when you get your hand on there they're not intrusive very .

Ergonomic to the feel 229 legion rx available in three calibers 9 mil 357 sig and 40. this is the m17 surplus and we're going to go over exactly what it is and the features it has right now first let's cover exactly what's in the box you'll see it's a standard cardboard box just like what was issued to the us .

Military and the gun is in its original configuration that means it has all coyote tan controls the slide catch lever the manual safety the back slide cap the sear housing takedown lever trigger it's all finished in the original coyote tan .

Now as the contract matured we were able to switch to black controls in a different colored slide the army in this case wanted to get all the new guns with the new controls and everything so they just sent us back these and we issued them new guns it was a lot easier to do that than it was to .

Refinish all the parts and refinish the slides with the right colors and configurations so this is an example of a real returned pistol that was issued and deployed by the us military now what does that mean as the purchaser of this pistol well first off is this pistol was tested and configured .

To go with the military spec ammunition which happened to be very high pressure or what commercially we would call plus piano so if you're going to shoot plus piano out of this pistol you'll have no problems however if you want to shoot standard ammo let's say non plus piece standard nine .

Millimeter ammo you will want to probably put in this we're going to include one of these in the box it's an additional guide rod assembly with an orange painted spring so you can designate this is going to be your standard velocity nine millimeter guide rod .

Assembly it's super easy to exchange out you just take the old one out put the new one in it's all covered in your owner's manual which is a authentic m17 owner's manual as well but it doesn't stop there you're also going to get 117 round magazine of course with a coyote tan base pad .

And it's going to come standard with two additional 21 round extended magazines in the box as well so what you get is all coyote controls all the mag configurations and additionally you get all of the unique markings on the slide and the unique serial number this is a contracted .

Serial number and you get your government part numbers on the slide it's all marked exactly the way it was when it was issued to the u.s military a couple years ago and another thing is this gun was issued and deployed so it's being sold as a used firearm and depending on .

How much use your pistol received in duty is what kind of condition is going to come in so it could be very very new like this one or it could be something like this model here this gun has seen some action it's got a lot of wear on it actually has an inventory number .

Still on the grip so the long and short of it is no matter what condition the gun is in these guns have been tested to military specifications and they run like tops regardless of whether they're in really pretty condition or not you .