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SIG/Sauer 1911 BOGO! – Buy One .45, Get One .22 Free

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SIG Sauer wants to move some metal in the next few months, and they’re resorting to used car salesman tactics to do it. But in a good way. No, really! After the manner of Lexus dealers handing out little Scion econoboxes with the purchase of a loaded Lexus luxury SUV, SIG will toss an extra 1911-22 in the box if you purchase one of the .45 ACP 1911s shown above . . .

Full-power SIG 1911s generally run between $900 and $1500. And not all of them will qualify for a free .22 practice gun, just those on this list:

1911 Ultra TT (1911U-45-TSS)
1911 Compact C3 (1911CO-45-T-C3)
1911 Carry Nightmare (1911FCA-45-NMR)
1911 Tacops (1911R-45-TACOPS)
1911 Spartan (1911-45-SPARTAN)
1911 Stainless (1911R-45-SSS-CA)

Given the current scarcity of .22 long rifle ammo, this otherwise-brilliant promotion might not get the traction SIG is hoping for. My local retailers are trying to squeeze eight bucks out of me for a 50-round box of bulk-grade .22s (maximum 2 per customer), but this is only marginally below my component cost for handloading cast-lead .45 ACPs myself. Material costs being about equal, I’d probably rather spend the extra time at the reloading bench and practice with .45 ACP.

Paying panic prices for practice plinking ammo pisses me off. Try saying that ten times, fast.

Image: Chris Dumm for TTAG
How long has it been since you saw this?

A twofer gun deal like this SIG promotion is certainly full of win, but it touches on a deeper misery we’re all facing right now. It’s a sad day when .22 ammo is so scarce and expensive that gunmakers are almost literally giving away the guns that shoot it.

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  1. Got a flier about this from my LGS. They are a big Ruger outlet, but given recent turn of events, it looks like they need to diversify…..

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  2. worried about body armour? worried your much vaunted .45 wont cut it, well it wont lol, buy a Tokarev and some 7.62 x 25 hot fmj and perforate your armoured criminal at will.

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  3. At the prices I’m seeing on gunbot for .22’s, I could sell off 15 bricks, buy a nice .45, and sell the .22 Sig.
    Then again, I’d probably end up in court as a straw purchaser.
    (Emily Litella voice) Nevermind.

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    • I had one and it worked great. The real issue I had was the squared off slide (to match the rest of their guns) that was different from every other non-SIG 1911 and required sig-only holsters. To quote their advertisements, the only thing SIGnificant about their pistol was that it was a pain to get a holster.

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  4. Well this is useless for New Jersey residents like myself who have to get pistol permits for every pistol we buy… and then can only buy 1 per month. But even in my part of the state where the local police and vast majority of the population are actually pro-gun, the pistol permits still have to go through the state police, who as we all know, are the WORST. Pre-panic, the wait was 6-8 weeks. My friend recently got a few permits and had to wait 5 months. My LGS would keep the .22 in their safe for the month until I can transfer that, but that means another NICS check as well. Moot point, though, because this promotion would be long over by then.

    inb4 “move to another state”

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  5. Anyone know who makes this vending machine? I’d like to present it as a money making project at the next school board meeting, maybe lower my taxes.

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  6. It amuses me that Ohio and Pennsylvania are such second amendment friendly places when they look like damn near a 1/4 of the list by themselves. I mean obviously New York and New Jersey are big on the bs but those numbers there surprise me.

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  7. I’m willing to give some of these folks the benefit of the doubt and say they joined the group without realizing MAIG supported total citizen disarmament. Regardless, none of them should be trusted to manage a shift at a Burger King, let alone a city.

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  8. The Democrats want to make the world safer by disarming everybody but their DHS shock troops. Millions of hollowpoints, MRAPs in every county, drones in the air, what are they gearing up for? Why would any black person support this false icon media constructed Obama who has done nothing to help the wages of the working blacks, and is pushing to allow millions of illiterate illegal aliens have first stab at blue collar jobs?

    The black community is much like the German people of 1930s, being mystified and mislead by a demagogue who cares not one whit about them. The “bitter clingers” are being demonised as the enemy much like the Jews were in Nazi Germany. History is repeating itself however instead of a World War the outcome could very well be another Civil War, spurred by the racial division this radical communist regime is perpetuating.

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  9. The real reason why gun control advocates will not engage their opponents is simple. They do not want to out themselves openly as totalitarians and fascists. If the public at large found out their hidden agenda, groups like MDA and CSGV would be marginalized to the far fringes. Except for the hard core left,no one wants to associate themselves with groups that attack the Constitution at large.
    Look at the efforts MDA made to have Dana Loesch removed from guest hosting the View. That should be chilling to anyone who supports freedom of expression and thought,much less right to bear arms.

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  10. While (slightly) more balanced than many articles I’ve seen on the subject, it echoes a recent trend I’ve seen from those advocating civilian disarmament: characterizing those who advocate pro-gun positions as “old white guys”, who are therefore a bunch of racists.

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  11. We have become a nation of compliance , most people don’t care to do anything against governmental abuse of power because a lot of them are made to be afraid of the retribution brought about by the government against them , we are experienceing “Bully Government “, where we either go along or we are brought to task by the power of the government to punish us in any way possible by them , an example would be harassment by local police by ticketing you every time you drive down the street , harass you by “planting ” contriban on you which would lead to an arrest , plant contriban in your home that would lead to an arrest , these are things that have happened nationwide and have been brought to light . There are also attempts by the federal government such as harassment by different federal law enforcement agencies , or audits by the IRS , any type of harassment that suits the powers that be. This is just more of the tyranny we are facing that is happening , and will only increase until we have had enough and do what we have to to set things right .Be prepared and ready. Keep your powder dry.

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  12. Lair lair pants on fire.. whew ok got that out of my system.
    Of course she is cut from the same cloth. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor?

    Anyone… Anyone….

    Beuller… lol

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  13. I do have a critique: You should have had a belt-fed MG. The ammo should be subsidized by the agriculture industry. I suppose tracers are a problem given the dry weather, but they certainly would help. It was obviously difficult, challenging, to hit the hogs with bursts of magazine-fed fire.

    I’m surprised Texans don’t organize more driven hunts flushing the hogs from the forest to more open ground.

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  14. There’s an upside to my constant diet of pipe tobacco handrolls. I won’t have to spend as much time on the same planet as these loons….

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  15. I was lucky enough to be standing at the gun counter at one of my local academy sports and a customer was buying the bogo deal. I asked about it and the salesman told me about it but that was their last set, so he called the other store close to me and, since they know me from buying a slew of guns etc there, had one nightmare and one olive 22 left so they held for me to make the 20 minute drive (over 3 other customers that came in wanting the deal) and I got it. Been 6 miss or longer and have never fired either one, lol. But great deal for 900 bucks.

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  16. I have 2 Sig 1911 and have never had a malfunction on either and I have put a lot of rounds through them. Just my personal opinion but I might guess that all these complainers on here have a case of operator error. Just sayin.

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