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November 2007

Cartridge and Gun Tandems In .357 Sig, .38 Super, .40 S&W

Want options in self defense? In this three-way shootout, weliked Kimber’s .38 Super Stainless Target better than H&K’s.40 S&W P2000 V3 and the Sigarms P226 .357 Sig/.40 S&W.

It is reasonable to expect that any pistol-evaluation piece covering "options in self defense" would focus on a range of semi-automatics that combine power with portability. For this test, we chose the $1059 Kimber Stainless Target .38 Super, Heckler & Koch’s $879 P2000 V3 .40 S&W, and a Sigarms factory certified pre-owned P226, which came with both .40 S&W and .357 Sig barrels, $699.

We picked Kimber’s $1059 .38 Super Stainless Target II over the $879 Heckler & Koch P2000 V3 and a certiﬁed pre-owned Sigarms P226 .40 S&W/.357 Sig combo pistol, $699. The Kimber was about one-quarter second faster than the the HK and Sigarms pistols in our action test. But we give props to the P226 in .357 Sig, which produced the most consistent power, and the P2000 V3, which was the most accurate.

We thought the use of the word "options" was suitable because each of our guns was distinctly different in both construction and operation: …

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Cartridge and Gun Tandems In .357 Sig, .38 Super, .40 S&W

Want options in self defense? In this three-way shootout, weliked Kimber’s .38 Super Stainless Target better than H&K’s.40 S&W P2000 V3 and the Sigarms P226 .357 Sig/.40 S&W.