Couple of online sources list the L9A1 being retired in the "late 80s", with the the L105A1 being adopted by the MoD in 1990. I would ASSume that the SAS would have gotten the Sigs earlier than the rest of the MoD, as well as being able to retain the Hi Powers longer than the rest of the MoD.
And it looks like I was wrong: the P228 was introduced in 1989...
Just to be goofy I just spent 5 minutes googling for an old photo, purportedly of a SAS soldier with a wierd vertical crossbow, possibly from the Malayan excursion, but my skills seem to be failing me.
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I've used the SAS sights and have had them come through CCW and BUG training. They can work, but are harder work. Slide indexing up close is easy, but they obscure smaller low% shots up close and larger targets at distance. They aren't even as good as basic J frame grooves and ramps. Mostly a marketing gimmick, and smartly choosing a set of irons is a better course of action. Not allowed for anyone I'm responsible for. I'd ban them from other stuff, but sometimes (and in the last year especially) it might be the only gun they have and they may as well learn to use it.
I like this from Karl Rehn on the SAS sights, here: https://blog.krtraining.com/365-sas-sights/
The SAS sights seem to appeal to people that aren’t skilled or knowledgeable about shooting or carrying. They think that regular sights, which are easier to see, will “print too much” or snag on clothing, or they plan on using the 365 as a pocket gun, with no expectation that they will ever need to hit a target at farther than 5 yards. It’s true that the majority of self defense incidents occur at close range, but even in those situations, the threat may be moving, obscured behind cover, or there may be a family member in between the shooter and the threat. So the ability to shoot with precision should be considered essential.
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