E2 or old style sig grip?

[theboilermaker]

I am looking at sig 229's and trying to decide between the new grip and the old. Both feel comfortable and fit my hand adequately. Any opinions on the old vs. the new? Thanks in advance!

 

[drillsgt]

I am looking at sig 229's and trying to decide between the new grip and the old. Both feel comfortable and fit my hand adequately. Any opinions on the old vs. the new? Thanks in advance!

I love the new E2 in fact my short list for the 1500 includes looking for a P220 with E2.

 

[theboilermaker]

Thanks Drillsgt. Do you prefer the rail on your sigs as well?

 

[Kagnew]

Hell, I made E2 in November of 1966 at Fort Leonard Wood.

 

[Armchair Operator]

While I love the original grips, E2 just seems to fit my hands much better. If you go to a gun show try and feel them both but you won't be disappointed with E2 grips.

 

[RGriff69]

I prefer the E2 grip. Fits my hand better.

 

[paddling_man]

Tried E2 and classic on both my 226 and 228s.

I prefer the G10 Hogue.

 

[SmokinSigs357]

I wear a tight size medium glove and the regular grips are fine for me. My P229 Extreme has the awesome Hogue G 10 grips that are kind of beefy but not over the top.

 

[theboilermaker]

G10 definitely wins on style. Very nice!

 

[kawtech87]

I have a P229 with the E2 grips and a P228 with older style grips.

I definately prefer the E2 grips.

Another thing to consider though is the slide profile. The newer P229s have a tapered slide like that on the P226 and P220. The older ones have a straight cut slide. Holsters for the older style are much easier to find. The newer style slides will not fit a holster made for the older slide profile. I got lucky and got an in-between transition phase P229 that has the older slide profile, but has the E2 grips and SRT trigger.

 

[theboilermaker]

Hopefully they will update holsters soon. I can't find any to buy right now unfortunately. Sounds like the E2 is the way to go.

 

[drillsgt]

Thanks Drillsgt. Do you prefer the rail on your sigs as well?

Some people don't like them but I like the rails and would only buy a new one with rails, especially for double duty as my HD gun.

 

[kawtech87]

Hopefully they will update holsters soon. I can't find any to buy right now unfortunately. Sounds like the E2 is the way to go.

I was searching for holsters probably a year or so ago, so Im sure you will be able to find E2 holsters by now. Also I think holsters for the P226 and maybe, mind you, maybe the P228R (P228 with the rail) will fit the newer P229 but I cant say for sure. The new slide profile on the P229 is alot like the P228R.

My P229 is the SAS Gen2 model. So it is an older slide profile with E2 grips and NO rail. You wanna talk about hard to find a Kydex holster for...