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The Sig Sauer P290 is a
polymer A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + ''-mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic and ...
frame subcompact
handgun A handgun is a short-barrelled gun, typically a firearm, that is designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun (i.e. rifle, shotgun or machine gun, etc.), which needs to be held by both hands and also braced agai ...
that was produced from 2011 to 2017 by
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of
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. It was replaced by the
SIG Sauer P365 The SIG Sauer P365 is a striker-fired subcompact semi-automatic pistol manufactured by SIG Sauer, intended for everyday carry. It is offered with Tritium XRAY3 Day/Night Sights and two 10-round magazines; one flush fit and the other with an exte ...
.


Features

The P290 is chambered in
9×19mm Parabellum The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Parabellum or 9mm Luger or simply 9mm) is a rimless, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, it is widely considered the most popular handgu ...
(9mm Luger, 9mm NATO). The slide is stainless steel treated with Nitron, making it appear black. The slide rides on a stainless steel frame, which sits in the polymer grip section (or frame). The P290 is not a modular design and comes in one caliber and frame size only. The P290 comes with one six-round magazine, and one eight-round magazine with extended baseplate. The six-round magazine has a baseplate with a small finger rest, and also comes with a flush-fit baseplate without the finger rest. The sights are tritium illuminated Siglight Night Sights with an optional proprietary laser sight. The sights feature two dots on the rear and one on the front. Sig Sauer handguns are combat sighted. Units come with a holster, safety loop lock, magazines , and flush baseplate. The grip module has interchangeable panels to change the appearance. The P290 trigger is a
double-action only A trigger is a mechanism that actuates the function of a ranged weapon such as a firearm, airgun, crossbow, or speargun. The word may also be used to describe a switch that initiates the operation of other non-shooting devices such as a trap, ...
(DAO) trigger which actuates a hammer to fire the cartridge.


P290RS

The P290 model was replaced by a new model in 2012 by the SIG Sauer P290RS. The main difference is that the DAO trigger has been redesigned. The shooter can now simply pull the trigger a second time if there is a misfire. This is called "Restrike Capability." Prior to the restrike capability redesign, a misfire required that the shooter retract the slide to reset the trigger disconnector in order to attempt to fire a cartridge that failed to ignite on the first attempt. Some other elements were redesigned also including the grip beavertail area, added finger support on the magazine baseplate, a reshaped magazine release and slide hold-open lever. These handguns can be found with one or two magazines, holster, accessories and sometimes extra grip panels. Magazines are usually a 6-round capacity magazine and an 8-round magazine with an extended finger tab giving a great deal more control. The P290RS was also made chambered in
.380 ACP The .380 ACP (9×17mm) ( Automatic Colt Pistol) is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case.Wilson, R. K. ''Textbook of Automatic Pisto ...
caliber.


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P290RS video by Sig Sauer

P290RS .380 ACP video by Sig Sauer
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