It has a US style magazine release, a modified beavertail and an easier to use safety.
They also installed an automatic firing pin lock and modernized the sights. The frame is offered in the "Heavy Frame" configuration.
Here is a link to the ad on SIG Sauer's german site:http://www.sigsauer.de/index.php?id=1024&lang=en
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010 ... ntroduced/
photo courtesey of The FireArm blog
quote from WikipediaThe SIG P210 (Swiss Army designation Pistole 49) is a locked breech semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured in Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland) by Swiss Arms AG, formerly SIG Arms AG (distributed in U.S. by the SIGARMS).
It is of all steel construction chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum and 7.65x22mm Parabellum. It was used from 1949 to 1975 by the Swiss army and police units. It was also adopted and is still in service with the Royal Danish Army, in 1951 by the German Bundespolizei and in shooting sports.
The pistols were decommissioned and replaced by the SIG P220 (Swiss Army designation Pistole 75) but second-hand 210s are greatly valued by shooting sports competitors. The P210 is also considered as an investment for some collectors and often fetch prices over US$2000. This varies around the world; an average price in Sweden is $1000–1500 where in Spain a 210 will sell for no less than €4000.
It doesn't show up on SIG's US site yet but is apparently available in Canada.
List price? It's one of those "If you have to ask, then you probably can't afford it" kind of things. Needless to say, it is quite out of my price range.
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