The Sig Sauer P243 is a reduced .380 ACP type, single-activity gun declared by SIG Sauer at the 2009 SHOT Show. It is designed according to the M1911, like the Colt Mustang.[1][2] Grip boards are fluted polymer making this an all-metal edge gun in rivalry with plastic-outlined guns in a similar class like the Ruger LCP and the Kel-Tec P-3AT.[3]
The P238 has an aluminum outline and a hardened steel slide (except for the HD model which is all spotless stee. Initially, P238 guns had standard sights with night sights as a more costly alternative. Nonetheless, all models right now delivered have night sights standard. Beginning in 2012, numerous variations have an able to use both hands thumb security standard or as an option.Variants
When presented in 2009, the P238 was accessible in a matte dark completion and a two-tone get done with a matte silver hued slide and dark casing. From that point forward, SIG Sauer has delivered various variations including some short run memorial versions. Among the variations are forms with different completions, with a tempered steel outline and various holds and embellishments.
The SIG Sauer P938, chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum and presented at the 2011 SHOT Show, is a marginally bigger form of the P238.
In July 2009, SIG Sauer gave a review of all P238s sold inside a specific chronic number reach, which they alluded to as a "Obligatory Safety Upgrade".The explanation expressed for the review was that few P238s were worked with damaged manual wellbeing switches, prompting "the slim chance that the firearm could discharge inadvertently, accordingly making a danger of injury or passing", in spite of the fact that SIG Sauer stressed that no such wounds had really occurred. The review simply applied to guns inside a particular scope of chronic numbers, DA000501 to DA003216, and didn't influence any 27Axxxxxx serialized guns.
