German gunsmith here.,
very nice video and good shooting!
Just some small corrections concerning the proofmarks.
The marking of the Kiel proofhouse shall represent the so called "Nesselblatt", an often used symbol in northern German heraldic. For example, it is a part in the coat of arms of the federal state Schleswig-Holstein and (a variation) of the city Kiel.
And the "N" below the eagle just means "normal", which means, the gun was testet with a round with 30% more pressure than the actual maximum of the calibre.
A "V" below the eagle would mean "verstärkt", which would be a testing with even higher pressures, but I've actually never seen a gun with a proof mark like this in the last 7 years, where I have worked as a gunsmith.

Here is a tip: if you go to a pawn shop and purchase a Sig, the money doesn't go to the company! So for all the people saying "I'm not gonna give one penny to them", cool. Go to a pawn shop so the money isn't going to the company! I want a 226 or 228/9 and I'll happily buy old Sig products guilt free.

So, I carried a 228 on duty and I own a 1990 West German 226. Best built Sigs period

This was my duty gun when I was a baby cop. They offered them to us to buy when the inventory was replaced. Glad I bought it.

My goodness, that is a real beautiful pistol.

I have a (Made in Germany) Sig Sauer P228. My first handgun. Years ago I left it in a ATV and it got wet and rusted. I sent it back to Sig Sauer, they cleaned everything, refinished it, installed new springs, night sights and added a short reset trigger.
I also added the E2 grip upgrade kit making feel a lot more slim and modern. Still one of my favorites.

P228 and USP Compact were peak hammer fired goodness.

My dad bought a 226 in 1986 and it’s been an absolute unit. Unbelievably reliable and accurate.

I was serving in a unit in Northern Ireland in the early 90s and my personal weapon was a P226. I was their Armourer and I ended up visiting SIG, Sauer & Hammerli (all involved with the pistols) I heard the origin story of the P228 came from UKSF asking SIG: 'can you make the P226 as a compact?' At the time, SIG were so happy that that the SAS had adopted their pistols that they looked into it and simply reduced the barrel, slide & frame by 1/2 inch. I'm sure it wasn't so crude as 'pass my a hacksaw', but it wasn't far off. I visited the SIG factory at Rhinefalls and was mesmerised watching their CNC machines making parts for their weapons, it was fascinating. They really looked after us and showed us around their factories. At the time we couldn't show these SIGs to anyone outside the unit, because one of the tabloid newspapers had got hold of the story and put it on their front page 'SAS gets the world's deadliest handguns' and there was a photo of a P226.
I thought their pistols (and rifles) were superb; we ended up buying the P230 and P229. To a large degree the P228 was phased out and replaced by the P229, because we were experiencing several stress fractures in the slides, locking blocks and frames. Having a stoppage on a SIG was a very, very rare event.

I acquired a W. German P220 with original paper box and papers last year. Quite an awesome collection

The non railed Sig's are the coolest.  The 🐝 knees!!!

I just paid $450 for my WG 228.  Still good deals out there.

The P228 is my all time favorite Handgun. Love seeing these get some love. Great Vid.

Thanks for the shoutout 😊 Minor additions, though. The weapons are designed by SIG and made in Switzerland for the Swiss military. Lookup W+F Waffenfabrik in Bern, Switzerland. The pistol you own is an export version made by SIG in Germany indeed, but Sauer & Sons made beautiful hunting rifles with shiny waxed wooden stocks, not infantry combat weapons. SIG needed an outlet outside of our border so the acquisition was more an evasive maneuver than a technical joint venture. The P220 as you know it was also an export version. SIG designed it for the U.S. market and modified the P75 to that effect. The most visible modification is the mag release as a thumb button on the P220 while the original P75 has the mag release at the bottom rear of the handle and holds the mag by its sole. The P226, then P228 and P229 evolved from the P220 export version, retained the “U.S.-style” mag release, and enjoyed the success you know. Finally the firsts non-Swiss SIG designs were the new production P210 (the original is the P49 and also has the mag release at the sole) and the P320, both designed by Sig-Sauer USA 😔

Sauer was an older company that made torpedoes for German submarines in WW2. Post WW2 they were only allowed to make small arms. So, Sauer stated producing hunting rifles and western style six-shooters all the way until SIG bought the majority shares in the 1970's. SIG Neuhausen (Switzerland) designed the P210 for the Swiss army. Then they designed the P220 again for the Swiss military contract. The P225, P226 and P228 were based off the P220 design with UI enhancements. All models (P220, P225, P226, P228, P230) were designed in Switzerland. The Swiss works only mass produced the P220's and P230's. There were some Swiss assembled P225's, P226's and P228's, but parts were manufactured in Germany. The P230 was designed for undercover police use and chambered in SIG's reintroduced 9x18 round labelled the '9MM Police' round (offering a 20%ish increase in muzzle velocity across from the .380 ACP. Sig Sauer in Germany produced the P230 in a .380 (9mm short).  The P225 was produced in Germany for international law enforcement markets. The P226 was also produced in Germany but for international military markets (hence competing against the Beretta 92 back in the day). The P228 was a spin off of the P226 as a shorter version for undercover police (hence the rounded trigger guard). The P229, coming a year after, was the P228 chambered in 10mm - specifically for the public US market. The P220 was reintroduced by the Germans in .45 ACP later and  specifically for the public US market.

My first pistol was a West German 220 with the heal mag release, stamped  HH 1977 imported by Hawes Firearms , Los Angeles Ca. I still have it.

I just inherited my dad’s Sig p228 from 1989 and Sig p230 from 1993. the p228 is such a great shooter.

Great video. Now I'm going to start looking for one to add to my collection.

Bought my 226 in 1992. It's had some parts changed out over the years, but it is still my favorite and the one that is within reach when I sleep.

Michael Weston made me want one. What a cool guy.