Over at ctguntalk.com members are all aTwitter about the Connecticut State Police’s decision to switch from the .40 caliber SIG SAUER P229 to the .45 caliber SIG SAUER P220. Unfortunately, I can’t decipher the forum’s verification code letters and the software refuses to provide an alternative. So for all I know they love the idea! And hate it! (It is a forum.) According to the contract posted at biznet.ct.gov, the po-po’s move to a higher caliber SIG will cost the Nutmeg State $280,224. Approximately. For 1,250 pistols. Estimated. That’s a mere $224 per gun ($993 retail). But the contract doesn’t tell you how how much SIG’s paying for 300 old P229’s. Minimum. So the CT Staties get less bullets but bigger ones and more recoil for the ladies (if less snappiness). Gun buyers get access to a ton of lightly-used P229s—if they’re military or LEO. How great is that? [h/t K75RT]