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 . . .
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Preview of Coming Distractions: Chiappa Rhino
It’s not often that I come across a product that makes me think “Wow…these guys have broken the mold, gone back to the drawing board, and come up with something fresh, new and exciting.” Dyson did it with the vacuum cleaner. And again with his new room fan. (I wish Dyson would go into the gun biz. Wouldn’t THAT be interesting.) But until/unless we get Dyson in the firearms trade, thank Vulcan’s forge that we’ve got the geniuses over at Chiappa, they of the 1911-22LR fame. The little number you see above looks for all the world like some SciFi art director’s concept of a futuristic snubby. Nope. This one’s for real, and I can’t wait to get my mitts on it. Here’s why . . .