John Taylor — I may shoot the IDPA Classifier with it at some point, but it would still be somewhat apples to oranges because now I carry in an appendix holster (which isn’t legal for IDPA).

I hate to keep hijacking these threads with Sig talk, but you keep bringing up things about the P30 that I’m having issues with with the P226 and I figure you’re a good one to ask having worked for Sig in the past.

I’m having issues with slide lock because the position of the slide release on the Sig is where I’m used to resting my strong hand thumb on guns with frame mount safeties like the USP. I’ve been told in the past to flag that thumb up on Sigs to avoid this, but I have such large hands that I’m still bumping the release every 2 or 3 mags. I’m considering just wrapping my stronghand thumb around the ball of my weakhand, but was wondering if you had any better suggestions.

Thanks again!

We did have one bobble with the Blazer. The P30 manual clearly states that aluminum and steel case ammunition should not be used. True to their word, a combination of inadvertent thumb pressure on the slide and the not-recommended ammunition led to a double feed. I was able to reproduce the problem with that ammo only so long as I pressed against the slide. While it’s certainly unfortunate that the P30 is incompatible with such a common practice load, because the ammo was not within the P30’s specifications we’re not counting it against the gun.

Maybe I’m dense but I’m not sure I get this:

“With regards to the Blazer, what we’re learning is that if you keep the gun (and especially the chamber) clean, the gun will eat the aluminum-cased ammo without any problem. But if you are somewhat lackadaisical about your cleaning regimen, brass-cased ammo is the surer bet.”

Are you talking about the P30, or about pistols in general? If you haven’t had any stoppages, how would you know?

I look forward to your P30 update threads. Please don’t be tardy again, lest I go into mental atrophy.

Tim