SIG Sauer

Today I feel like a long term friend has died. For years I have recommended the Sig Sauer brand to my students and friends. I know many of you have purchased these firearms for yourself. My family owns numerous different models and we even had a couple on order. As an instructor, I feel I need to apologize for the students I encouraged to purchase this brand. I had a problem with one of my guns, a P238, that many of my students have shot. I was informed by a Sig customer rep that these guns have a very short life span. It was suggested that since I purchased mine in 2009 that I replace it. At minimum I needed to pay $55.00 for shipping to return it to them and then pay to have the gun refurbished. I was pretty certain it just needed the recoil spring replaced. I was also informed, by the Sig customer service rep, that if these recoil springs are not replaced annually your warranty is voided. This was news to me. Luckily since I am a Sig Dealer I was able to purchase another spring, even though they were out of stock to the general public on thier website. Im so sorry to all of you that I recommended this brand to. I had no idea that their life span, according to sig, was so short. I have many guns that are 50 years old or more. I guess Kimber micro or Colt mustang would be a good option to the P238, they stand behind their products for years, as do companies such as Ruger and Smith and Wesson and Kahr Firearms Group. I will not be recommending SIG SAUER to any more students and if you need to replace yours or sell it we would be more than happy to help without a big expense.