[Rick Lee]

Another thing to think about is how much can you afford to lose in a gun, if it ever ends up in an evidence room? My SIG Pro, because it was so cheap, is definitely my most expendable gun. Once in a while, I carry my H&K P7 when I go out. But then I worry - what happens if, God forbid, I ever have to draw it or, worse, fire it in self-defense? There's a story on SIGforum now by a member who had to brandish, not draw, his SIG on a homeless man that came at him with a knife. Cops took his SIG and then went to his house and took all his other guns. Charges were filed and then dropped, but all his guns are in some "evidence" locker now. I probably have close to $1000 into each of my other SIG's and even more into my P7. I can lose my SIG Pro tomorrow and not be out more than a few hundred bucks. It's also just about impervious to any kind of corrosion due to salt, sweat, whatever.