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Cracked frames on sig 226?
- Thread starter hangfarr
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first of all, you aew talking about a oistol that has been in the market a long time and was extremely popular with people who actually shoot them,
Anyway, SIGs standard durability test is 70,000 rounds, and they have held back pistols that don't achieve it. So a frame that cracked prior is probably a manufacturing defect, and I'll bet that SIG replaced them for free. I have a P220 and I'll live with alloy for a 28 oz .45.
Anyway, SIGs standard durability test is 70,000 rounds, and they have held back pistols that don't achieve it. So a frame that cracked prior is probably a manufacturing defect, and I'll bet that SIG replaced them for free. I have a P220 and I'll live with alloy for a 28 oz .45.
Sig's standard durability test is 70,000 rounds??? Where did you learn that? I'm not saying it isn't true but that sounds extremely high for a standard durability test. Most quality manufacturers that I've heard of test their pistols to 10,000, 20,000, maybe 30,000 rounds. While they may in fact last much longer than that, they aren't actually tested to that point.
WG,
They did replace mine for free, but I thought I had stated that at the start of the thread. The point I that I was trying to make was that allow framed guns don’t last as long as those made from steel.
Ryucasta stated earlier:
"It not just SIG's that are guilty of this, this will happen to any gun with an alloy frame and steel slide."
While I appreciate the professional level of service that SIG provided and I still own a plethora of their products, it would have been an interesting experience for all concerned had the failure happened during a real emergency.
BTW, if you happen to own and alloy framed SIG I would suggest you do the following:
Ryucasta stated earlier:
"Look underneath the rails on the front of the frame you'll notice some interesting wear occurring there."
Knowledge is power
They did replace mine for free, but I thought I had stated that at the start of the thread. The point I that I was trying to make was that allow framed guns don’t last as long as those made from steel.
Ryucasta stated earlier:
"It not just SIG's that are guilty of this, this will happen to any gun with an alloy frame and steel slide."
While I appreciate the professional level of service that SIG provided and I still own a plethora of their products, it would have been an interesting experience for all concerned had the failure happened during a real emergency.
BTW, if you happen to own and alloy framed SIG I would suggest you do the following:
Ryucasta stated earlier:
"Look underneath the rails on the front of the frame you'll notice some interesting wear occurring there."
Knowledge is power
Sigs are excellent guns I wouldn`t worry about cracking frames unless I shot nothing but +P+ subgun ammo through it and LOTS of that. One South American country (I forget which one,stupid memory!) switched from CZ-75s to P-226s some years ago. Shooting nothing but super hot subgun ammo they experienced some frame cracking problems (after tons of rounds I`m sure). They switched to CZ-75Bs and the problem went away. I suspect just buying some extra power recoil springs to compensate for the hot ammo would have sufficed though. Marcus
Interesting Wear?
While reading through this thread 2 people have made reference to interesting wear beneath the rails: So I removed my 220 from my holster and field stripped it to take a look. Didn't find any unusual wear. Could someone clarify this? I purchased this gun from a guy who used it in bowling pin shoots of all things and based on the wear marks he shot it a lot. I have since put 6000 rounds through the gun with only one complaint. This concerns tiny rust spots on the top of the slide just forward of the barrel hood.
While reading through this thread 2 people have made reference to interesting wear beneath the rails: So I removed my 220 from my holster and field stripped it to take a look. Didn't find any unusual wear. Could someone clarify this? I purchased this gun from a guy who used it in bowling pin shoots of all things and based on the wear marks he shot it a lot. I have since put 6000 rounds through the gun with only one complaint. This concerns tiny rust spots on the top of the slide just forward of the barrel hood.