I fought with the wife over pretty vs. functional.
I carried a M-11/228 in Iraq. Between training and test firing, it never had an issue. She wanted a carry gun, was sold on a .38 revolver or a .40 auto. We shopped a bit and she got hung up on one of those damn rainbow finished Taurus revolvers. I had to explain the issues with the gun like the cylinder not being timed right. But noooooooo, it's pretty. Thankfully an indoor range not too far away had both on hand.
3 shots....3 total out of the Wizard of Oz shooter and she opens the cylinder, lays it down and says, show me a Sig.
I have Glocks, HKs, 1911s, M4geries, shotguns etc that could be used for comfort when I'm gone. It was nice to see that two-tone .40 cal on the nightstand again when I got home.
Bottom line, find an indoor range, shoot an assortment of guns. You won't be sorry with a Sig. You can train, and train hard with them and they are most likely gonna go bang when you want. Maintain it, take care of it and it'll return the favor.