well now I'm more confused than ever.
I stopped by the shop today to fondle the 226 I've had my eye on. A week ago I had asked what the price should be on this "all nickel/stainless" 226 with 1
hi-cap magazine. I couldn't find a picture anywhere of a 226 like this. Turns out it's a used pistol and the frame and magazine have been finished in
"Armalloy". The slide is a dusty colored silver, and I'm not sure if this is the nickel, Nitron, or stainless finish. Maybe the slide is finished in Armalloy also,
but I doubt it b/c it is a different color than the frame. The frame is a more satin finished silver that has a slightly different color than the slide. The
pistol had been previously owned by someone that worked at the gunshop.
The only information I could find on Armalloy was here:
http://www.tritenapg.com/domino/html/Triten/apg.nsf/1a70a9159b485836862566a5006f891c/1c6f469e0681695b862566da0072ea54?OpenDocument
It appears to be a coating that is used on industrial drilling equipment and has a Rockwell hardness of 65-70. Is this high? I don't have much to reference
this against.
I should have prefaced this post by saying that the only thing that turns me off about Sigs is that the blue/black finish appears [to me- one who likes a
looker as well as a shooter] to wear quickly and be scratched easily. I have 2 P7M8's and they don't scratch nearly as easily as my stainless 1911.
They had this pistol marked at $900. They always start high and will deal at this shop. Today the owner gave me the story of the pistol and offered to sell
it to me for $750.
The pistol also has night sights.
The questions I have for this fine group of Sig lovers are:
Has anyone heard of Armalloy?
What does/did a 2 tone 226 cost to start with?
How much would you guess someone paid to have it coated?
I'm looking for a soft-shooting Sig. I shot a
2340 2 weeks ago just for kicks and was amazed at how well I did with it. The 2340 doesn't even have full length rails. I couldn't believe that a pistol with
such a high boreline was so controllable. I grew up on revolvers and prefer sights that are right down on the web of my hand {Smith 64, P7M8]. I didn't
expect to do so well with a pistol that sits up so high. I also shot a 229 in .357 and this is not the caliber for me(!) It cracked like a rifle or my CZ52. Not
a caliber for the timid.
No one around here has Sig's for rent, and I can't find one to borrow, so I'll assume that the full size 226 in 9mm will be a pistol that I can score with. I'm
a big believer in shooting a caliber that I shoot well rather that flinching with a more powerfull caliber. After shooting that .357, I picked up my P7 for
comparison and it felt like a .22 or .32.
I'm also looking at a used 225, but they want $500 and it only has 1 magazine.
I stopped by the shop today to fondle the 226 I've had my eye on. A week ago I had asked what the price should be on this "all nickel/stainless" 226 with 1
hi-cap magazine. I couldn't find a picture anywhere of a 226 like this. Turns out it's a used pistol and the frame and magazine have been finished in
"Armalloy". The slide is a dusty colored silver, and I'm not sure if this is the nickel, Nitron, or stainless finish. Maybe the slide is finished in Armalloy also,
but I doubt it b/c it is a different color than the frame. The frame is a more satin finished silver that has a slightly different color than the slide. The
pistol had been previously owned by someone that worked at the gunshop.
The only information I could find on Armalloy was here:
http://www.tritenapg.com/domino/html/Triten/apg.nsf/1a70a9159b485836862566a5006f891c/1c6f469e0681695b862566da0072ea54?OpenDocument
It appears to be a coating that is used on industrial drilling equipment and has a Rockwell hardness of 65-70. Is this high? I don't have much to reference
this against.
I should have prefaced this post by saying that the only thing that turns me off about Sigs is that the blue/black finish appears [to me- one who likes a
looker as well as a shooter] to wear quickly and be scratched easily. I have 2 P7M8's and they don't scratch nearly as easily as my stainless 1911.
They had this pistol marked at $900. They always start high and will deal at this shop. Today the owner gave me the story of the pistol and offered to sell
it to me for $750.
The pistol also has night sights.
The questions I have for this fine group of Sig lovers are:
Has anyone heard of Armalloy?
What does/did a 2 tone 226 cost to start with?
How much would you guess someone paid to have it coated?
I'm looking for a soft-shooting Sig. I shot a
2340 2 weeks ago just for kicks and was amazed at how well I did with it. The 2340 doesn't even have full length rails. I couldn't believe that a pistol with
such a high boreline was so controllable. I grew up on revolvers and prefer sights that are right down on the web of my hand {Smith 64, P7M8]. I didn't
expect to do so well with a pistol that sits up so high. I also shot a 229 in .357 and this is not the caliber for me(!) It cracked like a rifle or my CZ52. Not
a caliber for the timid.
No one around here has Sig's for rent, and I can't find one to borrow, so I'll assume that the full size 226 in 9mm will be a pistol that I can score with. I'm
a big believer in shooting a caliber that I shoot well rather that flinching with a more powerfull caliber. After shooting that .357, I picked up my P7 for
comparison and it felt like a .22 or .32.
I'm also looking at a used 225, but they want $500 and it only has 1 magazine.
