The forgotten SIG: The P6 Polizei Special
If you are a Sig Sauer fan, odds are you have had a P226, P220, and P229 pass through your hands over the years (or want to). However, there is another SIG out there, a stylish little single-stack 9-milly that you may not have heard of or seen too much from. We give you the P225/P6.
In the 1970s the West German police forces (Polizei) were looking to retire their P1 (Walther P-38), P2 (Swiss SIG P-210), and P3 (Astra 600) pistols with a new model guns that were more modern and offered several things. The Polizei wanted a 9x19mm Luger chambered DA/SA pistol with an 8-shot magazine, and the capability to de-cock the hammer with the use of a safety/decock lever. This led to the P4 (a Walther P-38 with decocker– that’s original), the Walther P-5, the HK P7, and, oh yeah, the SIG P6/P225…
Read the rest in my column at University of Guns
Is this article still available anywhere? It’s no longer on the University of Guns site.
Sorry, that article is from 2014 and UoG went offline in like 2016…