If you watch Academy sales, every few weeks or so, the Sigma goes on sale for $299 or so. I would bet buying a new barrel and paying a gunsmith to change it would cost at least that much. If it can even be swapped.
Nearly every day, I remind customers comparing the 9 to the 40 of the difference in cost of shooting.
I'd call a gun shop like herbert's guns,,,, they should know. You do know the less you shoot the cheaper it is ? ? :)
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