Last but not least is the Sig Emperor Scorpion which uses stainless steel forgings for both the frame and slide and both parts are coated with a Flat Dark Earth PVD finish. The frame is a Series 80 style with a firing pin safety that prevents the firing pin from moving unless purposeful pressure is placed on the trigger. The frame has a rail on its dust cover, and its frontstrap is checkered at 30-lpi. Sig undercuts the frame at the junction of the triggerguard and frontstrap for a high hold grip. The stocks are sculpted Hogue G10 magazine well grips that add about 0.25 inches to the frame’s length but provide a very efficient magazine well for quick and certain reloads.
The gun uses an external extractor—a departure from John Browning’s original design—but they have racked up several years of flawless service and I have yet to find a downside to this design departure. Sig gives the slide edge a heavy bevel and also removes other sharp edges to make the Emperor Scorpion carry friendly.
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The gun functioned fine and I didn’t have any reliability issues with it. It also shot very accurately with a three-group average of 1.10 inches at 25 yards. But I did feel the trigger could have been much better. It broke at 5.75 pounds, and I could actually feel the Series 80 linkage as I concentrated on my trigger press while doing the accuracy tests. Fortunately, this would be an easy fix for any 1911 specialist. Sig builds nice 1911s with their own distinctive style and I have fired enough of them to know the trigger on this particular sample is not the norm.
