SIG Sauer P220

SIG Sauer P220
Original production SIG Sauer P220, features a "heel-mounted" magazine release lever. Two views of the same Swiss Army pistol, on display at Morges castle museum.
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	West Germany Switzerland
Service history
In service	1975–present
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	Walter Ludwig, Hanspeter Sigg, Eduard Brodbeck
Designed	1975
Manufacturer	SIG Sauer
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	862 g (1.900 lb) 1,130 g (2.49 lb) stainless steel
Length	196 mm (7.7 in)
Barrel length	112 mm (4.4 in)
Width	38 mm (1.5 in)
Height	140 mm (5.5 in)
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum (discontinued) 7.65×21mm Parabellum (discontinued) 9mm Steyr (discontinued) .38 Super (discontinued) 10mm Auto .45 ACP .22 LR with conversion kit
Action	Short recoil operation
Feed system	6-round (compact "CCW" models), 7-round (flush to grip), 8-round (current extended basepad for full size P220 models), or 10-round (extended with sleeve) detachable box magazine (in .45 ACP); 9-round magazine in other calibers with the exception of .22lr conversions utilizing a 10-round magazine.

The SIG Sauer P220 is a semi-automatic pistol designed in 1975 by the SIG Arms AG division of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (now SIG Holding AG), and produced by J. P. Sauer & Sohn, in Eckernförde. It is currently manufactured by both SIG Sauer companies: SIG Sauer GMBH, of Eckernförde, Germany; and SIG Sauer, Inc., of New Hampshire, United States.^{[1] [2]}