SIG-Sauer P230

The SIG-Sauer P230 is a compact semi automatic pistol usually chambered for the .380 ACP cartridge. It was originally also available in .32 ACP, but this chambering was eventually dropped. It is available in both blued, Stainless Steel and Two-Tone versions. The P230 was manufactured by SIG between 1977 and 1996 (Sterling Arms also manufactured it from 1975 (whole two years before SIG's own line) to its departure in 1984). The P230 stopped production in 1996, having been replaced by the SIG P232 (an updated version of the P230 with adjustable rear sights and slight changes in frame, slide and barrel, as well as also reintroducing the .32 ACP chambering).

The SIG-Sauer P230 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

P230

SIG-Sauer P230 - .380 ACP (9mm kurz).

SIG-Sauer P230 - Stainless Steel finish - .380 ACP (9mm kurz). Built between 1977-1996.

SIG-Sauer P230SL with spare magazine and unfired rounds - .380 ACP

Specifications

(1975-1984 (Sterling Arms); 1977–1996)

• Type: Pistol

• Calibers: .32 ACP, .380 ACP

• Weight: 1.1 lbs (0.5 kg)

• Length: 6.61 in (16.8 cm)

• Barrel length: 3.6 in (9.1 cm)

• Capacity: 8 (.32 ACP), 7 (.380 ACP)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (SA/DA)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Ricochet		A gangster		1991
Point Break		A bank guard		1991
The Democratic Terrorist	Katja Flint	Monica	blued	1992
Last Action Hero	F. Murray Abraham	John Practice		1993
Undercover Blues	Kathleen Turner	Jane Blue	Stainless	1993
The Real McCoy	Terence Stamp	Jack Schmidt		1993
	Raynor Scheine	Baker
The Mask	Jim Carrey	Stanley Ipkiss		1994
	Jeremy Roberts	Bobby the Bouncer
	Richard Jeni	Charlie Schumaker
	Peter Riegert	Lt. Mitch Kellaway
Copycat	Holly Hunter	M.J. Monahan	Stainless	1995
	William McNamara	Foley
Bad Boys	Will Smith	Detective Mike Lowery	Stainless (Kept in paddle holster)	1995
Face/Off	Lauren Sinclair	Agent Winters	Stainless	1997
8MM	Nicolas Cage	Thomas Wells	Stainless with threaded barrel	1999
Arlington Road	Laura Poe	Leah Faraday	Stainless	1999
Gloria	Sharon Stone	Gloria	Stainless	1999
	Barry McEvoy	Terry
Supreme Sanction	Al Sapienza	Holman		1999
Supreme Sanction	Ron Perlman	The Director		1999
Supreme Sanction	Kristy Swanson	Jenna		1999
Muscle Heat	Misato Tachibana	Akane Katsuragi	Stainless	2002
Cecil B. Demented	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Raven	Stainless	2002
Yamakasi	Gerald Morales	Chief doctor Le Tronc		2002
	Maher Kamoun	Vincent Asmine
Desert Saints	Melora Walters	Bennie Harper	blued	2002
Death to Smoochy	Harvey Fierstein	Merv Green	stainless	2002
Bulletproof Monk	Victoria Smurfit	Nina Strucker	Stainless	2003
Cutie Honey	Mikako Ichikawa	Inspector Aki Natsuko	Stainless	2004
Zero Woman R	Masaki Miura	Hayami Yuichi		2004
Resident Evil: Afterlife	Kim Coates	Bennett		2010
Erased	Aaron Eckhart	Ben Logan	Stainless	2012
	Olga Kurylenko	Anna Brandt
	Alexander Fehling	Floyd
Man on a Ledge	Jamie Bell	Joey Cassidy		2012
Kick-Ass 2	Chloe Moretz	Hit Girl	Purple Grip	2013
The Nice Guys	Russell Crowe	Jackson Healey		2016
Creepy	Hidetoshi Nishijima	Koichi Takakura		2016
	Masahiro Higashide	Nogami
	Teruyuki Kagawa	Nishino
	Ryôko Fujino	Mio
	Yûko Takeuchi	Yasuko Takakura
		Police
Tenet	Elizabeth Debicki	Kat		2020

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Law & Order	Jesse L. Martin	Det. Ed Green	"Panic" (S10E13)	2000
Frank Riva - Season 2	Mélanie Maudran	Nina Rizzi	Stainless	2004
	Luis Marquès	Maxime Loggia
The Unit	Andrew Divoff	The Major (codename: Mongoose)	Stainless	2006
	Robert Patrick	Colonel Tom Ryan
Burn Notice - Season 1	Gonzalo Menendez	kidnapper Lucio Velasquez	"Hard Bargain" (S1E09)	2007
My Own Worst Enemy	Christian Slater	Edward Albright		2008
The Border	Athena Karkanis	Agent Massi		2008-2010
White Collar	Carlo Rota	Ghovat	"Threads" (S1E02)	2009
Boss	Erika Toda	Kimoto Mami	gas-powered airsoft	2009
	Junpei Mizobata	Hanagata Ippei
	Yôichi Nukumizu	Yamamura Keisuke
	Kendô Kobayashi	Iwai Zenji
	Kazuyuki Aijima	Yada Kenzo
	Yutaka Takenouchi	Nodate Shinjiro
Prison Break - Season 4	Wentworth Miller	Michael Scofield	P230 SL	2009
	Kathleen Quinlan	Christina Rose Scofield
	Sarah Wayne Callies	Sara Tancredi
The Glades	Rick Robinson Jr.	Tommy Owens	"A Perfect Storm"	2010 - ????
Haven				2010-????
Humanoid Monster Bem	Kazuki Kitamura	Natsume Akinori	(Ep. 08)	2011
Detroit 1-8-7	Megan Dodds	Special Agent Jess Harkins		2011
Julie Lescaut	Véronique Genest	Julie Lescaut	"Les risques du métier" (S21E05)	2011-2012
	Leslie Camila-Rose	Madeleine 'Mado' Mille	"L'aveu" (S22E03)
	Stéphane Roux	Marc Bonin	"Les disparus" (S23E02)
Defiance	Jane McLean	Olfin Tennety	Painted on silver finish / "The Serpent's Egg" (S01E05)	2013
	Tony Curran	Datak Tarr	Painted on silver finish / "Brothers in Arms" (S01E06)
Tokyo Vampire Hotel			Ep.1	2017

Anime

Film/Television Title	Character	Notation	Date
Mezzo Forte	Momomi		1998
You're Under Arrest: The Movie	Detective Sugihara		1999
	Ken Nakajima
	Japanese Police officers
Gunslinger Girl	Triela	SIG-Sauer P230SL	2003 -2004
Re: Cutie Honey	Inspector Aki Natsuko		2004
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle	Miyuki Kobayakawa	During the outro	2007 -2008
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino	Triela	SIG-Sauer P230SL	2008
	Hillshire
Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor	April		2008-2009
Canaan			2009
Future Diary	Chief inspector Keigo Kurusu	Ep. 12 and OVA opening	20011 - 2012
Durarara!!×2 Shou	Vorona		2015
Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet‎	Mary Sera		2021

P232

SIG-Sauer P232 - .380 ACP

SIG-Sauer P232 (Stainless Steel finish) - .380 ACP

SIG-Sauer P232 SL - .380 ACP

SIG-Sauer P232 SL Two-Tone - .380 ACP

Specifications

(1996-2015)

• Type: Pistol

• Calibers: .32 ACP, .380 ACP

• Weight: 1.1 lbs (0.5 kg)

• Length: 6.6 in (16.7 cm)

• Barrel length: 3.6 in (9.1 cm)

• Capacity: 8 (.32 ACP), 7 (.380 ACP)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (SA/DA)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Out of Sight	Jennifer Lopez	U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco	Stainless	1998
Bad Boys II	Jordi Mollà	Johnny Tapia	Stainless	2003
		A prostitute
Taking Lives	Angelina Jolie	Agent Illeana	Stainless	2004
Sky Fighters	Philippe Torreton	Bertrand		2005
		Terrorists
Basic Instinct 2	Sharon Stone	Catherine Tremell	Stainless	2006
	David Morrissey	Michael Glass
Get Smart	Anne Hathaway	Agent 99	Stainless	2008
Inception	Marion Cotillard	Mallorie "Mal" Cobb		2010
Kick-Ass	Chloe Moretz	Hit Girl	Stainless	2010
Seeking Justice	Wayne Pére	Cancer		2011
	IronE Singleton	Scare
	January Jones	Laura Graham
Carjacked	Maria Bello	Lorraine Burton		2011
On the Other Side of the Tracks	Omar Sy	Ousmane Diakhité	Stainless	2012
	Laurent Lafitte	François Monge
Now You See Me	Mélanie Laurent	Interpol Agent Alma Dray		2013
The Bling Ring	Emma Watson	Nicki	Stainless	2013
	Taissa Farmiga	Sam
Red 2	Mary-Louise Parker	Sarah Ross		2013
Hot Pursuit	Joaquín Cosio	Vincente Cortez	Stainless	2015
Johnny English Strikes Again	Olga Kurylenko	Ophelia		2018
Ready Player One	Hannah John-Kamen	F'Nale Zandor	Stainless	2018
Copshop	Alexis Louder	Officer Valerie Young		2021
Copshop	Chad Coleman	Duane Mitchell		2021

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Louise Lombard	Sofia Curtis		2004-????
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9	Marg Helgenberger	Catherine Willows		2008-2009
Prison Break - Season 4	Ron Yuan	Huan		2008-2009
	Sarah Wayne Callies	Sara	P232 SL
Criminal Minds - Season 4		female unsub / "Pleasure Is My Business" (S4E16)		2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 10	Marg Helgenberger	Catherine Willows		2009-2010
Community	Alison Brie	Annie Edison	stainless / "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" (S02E09)	2010
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 11	Marg Helgenberger	Catherine Willows		2010-2011
The Mentalist - Season 4	Simon Baker	Patrick Jane	Stainless	2011
Charlie's Angels	Jordan Belfi	Mitch Dawson		2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 12	Elisabeth Shue	Fin		2011-2012
	Marg Helgenberger	Catherine Willows
Sons of Anarchy - Season 5	Merle Dandridge	Rita Roosevelt	"Orca Shrugged" (S5E05)	2012
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 13	Elisabeth Shue	Fin		2012-2013
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 14	Elisabeth Shue	Fin		2013-2014
The Following - Season 2	Carrie Preston	Judy	Stainless / "Trust Me" (S2E03)	2014
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 15	Elisabeth Shue	Fin		2014-2015
Covert Affairs - Season 5	Amy Jo Johnson	Haley Price		2014
Murder in the First	Ron Yuan	Chow	stainless/ "Follow the Money" (S3E05)	2016
Reacher	Kristin Kreuk	Charlene Hubler		2022

Anime

Film/Television Title	Character	Notation	Date
Karas	mayor of Shinjuku		2005-2007
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino	Hillshire		2008
	Triela

See Also

SIG (Swiss Arms) and SIG-Sauer Firearms SIG Pistols P210 Submachine Guns M1920  •  MKMS  •  MP-310 Rifles SG 510  •  SG 540  •  SG 542  •  SG 543  •  SG 550  •  SG 551  •  SG 552  •  SG 553  •  SG 751 Sniper Rifles SG 550 SR  •  SAN 511 Launchers GL 5040 SIG-Sauer Pistols P220  •  P225  •  P226  •  P228  •  P229  •  P230  •  P232  •  P238  •  P239  •  P250 P320  •  P365  •  P938  •  SP2009  •  SP2340  •  SP2022  •  Mosquito  •  GSR/SIG 1911 Submachine Guns MPX Rifles SIG551-A1  •  SIG556  •  SIG516  •  SIG716  •  M400  •  MCX Sniper Rifles SSG 3000  •  SIG556 DMR Machine Guns MG 338  •  LMG-6.8