{"id":7587,"date":"2019-06-12T15:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T19:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:15:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:15:17","slug":"sig-sauer-p229-legion-rx-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/sig-sauer-p229-legion-rx-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sig Sauer P229 Legion RX Update #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Series Shortcuts<\/strong><\/h3>
  1. Introduction: Does This Gun Suck?<\/a><\/li>
  2. Update #1<\/a><\/li>
  3. Update #2<\/a><\/li>
  4. Update #3<\/li> <\/ol>

    Update #3<\/strong><\/h2>

    3,495 Rounds Fired
    <\/strong>1 Stoppage (Sort Of)
    <\/strong>1 Malfunction
    <\/strong>0 Parts Breakages<\/strong><\/p>

    Ever have one of those ideas that sounds great and afterwards you immediately regret your decision? It might be that extra helping of Taco Bell before you do leg day, or maybe you drink too much and text your ex pictures of your sick gainz<\/em> at two in the morning. The “Does This Gun Suck?” project was my idea, and every time I pick up the Legion 229 RX, I think, \u201cThis isn\u2019t so bad.\u201d That is, until I look through the ROMEO1 optic, at which point my \u201cI have a cool job\u201d quickly turns into \u201cthis is why I should have stayed in school or learned a trade.\u201d If you\u2019re getting the idea that I really strongly dislike the optic that is mounted on this gun, you would be right. Anyway, let\u2019s talk about the gun itself.<\/p>

    Since the last update, I\u2019ve put 1,400 rounds through the gun, taught three classes with it, as well as taken a class with it, and it continues to be an incredibly frustrating experience. When the gun is working for me, it\u2019s working great<\/em>. There just seem to be some strange bobbles that creep in at times, such as during my second run at \u201cThe Test With No Name\u201d I during the Tests & Standards class I taught in April. If either one of the shots I dropped into the 8-ring had instead landed in the black, it would have been enough to claim a challenge coin. Still, it stands as the only time I\u2019ve demoed the drill in class and not DQed on one of the runs. I\u2019ve got some theories as to why this is happening, but I want to experiment with things a bit more before I talk about that in-depth.<\/p>

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>

    You might have noticed that the gun has a new stoppage counted against it. I will say this stoppage is incredibly unfair to count against the gun, and I almost hesitated to do so, but I wanted to be transparent. Performing an emergency reload in the CSAT Tactical Pistol class that I attended over Memorial Day weekend, the gun did not fully chamber a round. Now, this was mainly because I had completely neglected to lubricate the pistol over the last few months of teaching in very dusty\/dirty conditions, and a quick tap on the back of the slide had it up and running again. As an additional consideration, I\u2019m pretty sure that during my stabbing at the slide release, I impeded the motion of the slide somewhat with my non-dominant thumb.<\/p>

    So in case you were wondering, if you completely neglect your firearm, it will<\/em> eventually become more susceptible to things like that. Speaking of the slide stop, I can drop the slide with it now, which is something I couldn\u2019t do prior to the 3,000-round mark. So, at least there\u2019s that?<\/p>

    <\/p>

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>

    The Verdict So Far:<\/strong><\/p>

    Does this gun suck? Probably not.
    Does this optic suck? Most definitely.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Series Shortcuts Introduction: Does This Gun Suck? Update #1 Update #2 Update #3 Update #3 3,495 Rounds Fired 1 Stoppage … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[328,385,173,368,169],"class_list":["post-7587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-does-this-gun-suck","tag-john-johnston","tag-pistol-optics","tag-reviews","tag-sig-p229","tag-sig-sauer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSig Sauer P229 Legion RX Update #3 - Lucky Gunner Lounge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The third and last installment of our 3500 round review of the Sig Sauer P229 Legion RX pistol. 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