My Sig 226

Why no Sig Mega thread?

Any way, here's my 226 Elite.

 

Wish I didn't sell my sigs. P226 .40 was my favorite. Very fine pistols!

 

Nice… My wife has a fully restored West Germany 226 in fde.

 

Something's wrong with your 9mm bullets.

ETA So you don't think I'm just busting your balls.

Your Sig's daddy (W. German gun from the '80s); factory backwards (European) threaded barrel (original barrel is normally in it). Mec-Gar 20rnd mag. The pictures make it look better than it does in real life, it's got quite a few more wear marks that aren't showing up. I wish I had a newer model with a rail though, especially an optics ready Legion, but still in 9mm. Oh, and an original P228.

Before some smoothbrain starts drooling, yes, there is a stamp with that can.


Not sure why it loaded sideways.

 

good thread idea. I'll get some pics when I can, but for now my list:
-226 Legion 9mm. Stock except Sig Armorer Super Strut and Spring
-239 .40cal. Stock
-320 I built from an M17 FCU, Grey Ghost Slide, Gray Guns grip module, Faxon threaded FS barrel, Grey Guns guide rod and spring, Gray guns flat trigger, Leupold Deltapoint, gas pedal, Align Tactical offset mag release
-220 Elite 10mm. Stock except Sig Armorer Super Strut and Spring

 

I'm currently looking for a p226. I love my bi-tone 229 though.

 

I enjoy my P220 Combat. I couldn’t help myself and made a few changes out of the box. Got a solid stainless steel guide rod, swapped out the polymer main spring seat for a bar stock steel variety, and installed Hogue grips because why not? One thing that surprised me was with the factory Sig 8 round mag - ONLY with Sig personal defense ammo - every round would catch on one area of the mag housing that was pressed in ever so slightly too much. A factory imperfection in the magazine itself. Same ammo functioned perfectly in the ten round mag. Both mags came new with the pistol. Funny this is coming up at all because after owning it for 10 years, I just dremeled out some metal from the problematic mag and it works fine now. Took it apart for the material removal but that’s no biggie. Never needed a gunsmith and I’ve fully torn down a single action revolver, along with every other firearm I’ve owned. Tinkering is fun and how else do we learn?

* this of course is just a basic field strip. When I say fully tear down I mean the sear is out along with just about every single pin. The firing pin comes out of the slide too, along with the extractor. Clean is clean.

 

i got my 226 for free. it was my brother's work piece before he moved on from it. it is so patina'd. looks kinda rough, but it is my sweetest shooter in my hands. my tiny wife is very accurate with it as well. scary accurate for a person that doenst like guns.

 

Very nice

 

What's the current price for a standard da/sa p226 with 2 mags? Not California prices. Most I'm seeing locally listed are starting at $800. One guy has his listed with g10 grips for $850 but has medical bills and says if I buy it by Sunday he will take $775. I'm thinking about offering him $725 and I can buy it today if he wants to unload it fast.
Thoughts?
Pic of gun for sale:

Edit: nevermind, I'm going to pass. I just realized this is a non railed frame. Only non rail sig frames I'd own better be made in Germany.
But the question still stands, what should I be paying for a used p226 da/sa 9mm?

 

Not a 226 but you said Sig mega thread

 

Might get a p226 da/sa legion with 5 mags and holster for $800. wish me luck

 

Well I got it.
5 mags, black point holster. $800

 

That's a bargain these days. 5 or so years ago you could get a P226 for $500-700 no problem. I sold 2 of them thinking I could replace later. Now I'm screwed lol.

 

Love the 226. Sig is definitely my favorite.

I've got a 226 and 220, sold my 228 and regret it.

 

So what you're saying is, don't sell my p229 just cause I got the p226 huh. Think I can manage that.

 

I actually have the conversion for mine from .40, .357, 9mm and .22.
The funny thing is that I only have about 50 rds. shot as a .40 cal. ever with this Sig. (Never shot it in any other config.)
It's the "Elite" model which is exactly like the Legion but without the markings and the grips. (Has the same trigger pull and internals)

 

My 226 legion. (CGS Mod 9 is still in jail)

 

My very first sig was a sig p229 in .22 cal (not the mosquito) and It came with a .40 cal xchange slide kit. Was the cheaper way to get a .40 p229 plus 22 slide than buying a .40 229 and .22 slide kit. It was actually the 2nd gun I ever owned. Wish sig would have kept selling the exchange slide kits.