SIGARMS
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SIGARMS is the American incarnation of Swiss manufacturing firm Swiss Arms, which was split off of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) in 2000. SIGARMS was set up in 1985 in order to manufacture and import SIG's firearms into the USA, although as of 2000 it has been a separate entity. The original SIG Arms AG parent company was simultaneously renamed as Swiss Arms AG.
History
The origins of SIGARMS stem from a wagon factory created in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser and Conrad Neher. Upon winning a contract to produce 30,000 muzzle-loading rifles, they changed their name to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG), German for "Swiss Industrial Company". SIG produced what is widely considered to be one of the finest semi-automatic pistols—the SIG 210 series. Their high cost, however, limited their market. SIG began work on desiging a pistol that would be advanced yet affordable. Eventually, SIG decided that it would be most cost effective to enter into a business collaboration with the German gunmaker of J.P. Sauer & Sohn. Thus, the SIG-Sauer line of handguns was born in the 1970s starting with the SIG-Sauer SIG P220 handgun in 1975, still renowned for its accuracy and durability. Pre-WWII, Sauer had been primarily a maker of fine shotguns and hunting rifles. During the war they had produced one of the finest and most advanced semi-automatic pistols ever built, the Sauer 38H. However, after the war, Sauer had retreated from this market. With SIG, Sauer would again be back in the business of building advanced handguns.
In 1985, SIGARMS was created as the American branch of SIG in Tysons Corner, Virginia to import the P220 and P230. In 1987 SIGARMS moved to Herndon, Virginia, and in 1990 moved to Exeter, New Hampshire to accommodate new manufacturing.
The American SIGARMS distribution company was bought by Michael Lueke and Thomas Ortmeier in October, 2000.
SIGARMS also operates a world-class firearms training school, the SIGARMS Academy, in New Hampshire.
Products
Handguns
- SIG P210
- SIG P220
- SIG P225
- SIG P226 (adopted by US as the Mk 24 Mod 0)
- SIG P228 (adopted by US as the M11 Pistol)
- SIG P229
- SIG P232
- SIG P230
- SIG P239
- SIG P245
- SIG GSR (M1911 clone)
- SIG Mosquito
- SIGPro series
- * SIG Pro 2009
- * SIG Pro 2022
- * SIG Pro 2340
- * SIG SP2009-9
Rifles
- SIG 510
- Blaser
- * HKS
- * K95
- * Blaser 93 Tactical
- * LRS2
- Sauer 202
- SG550
- Mauser Magnum
- 550 (Fass 90 / Stgw 90)
- 551
- 552
- SIG 556
- SSG 2000
- SSG 3000
Machine Guns
- 710
The SIGARMS in Fiction
- The Sig Sauer is one of Butlers' favourite weapons in Artemis Fowl
- The Sig Sauer is one of the weapons in the popular first-person shooter series, Counter-Strike.
External links
- [SIGARMS official website]
- [Swiss Arms AG official website]
- [Sauer & Sohn, The German half of Sig Sauer]
- [Forum with lots of great Sig information]
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