SIG 44/16: The Best Service Pistol, But The Road Not Traveled
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When SIG was developing the pistol that would ultimately be adopted as the m/49 by the Danish Army and the P49 by the Swiss Army (P210 commercially), they initially experimented with both single stack and double stack variations. Today, we will take a look at a SIG 44/16, the double stack version - both on the table and out at the range.
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