Sometimes it pays to hang out at your LGS. I found maybe my most accurate Sig and I wasnt even looking for it. A German P226 in 40 just came in from a military trade in deal at my LGS. Looks like Sig gave it a overhaul as it was in great shape and the tritium night sights still were glowing. As soon as I handled it and felt the trigger and slide, it was coming home with me. Smooooth as glass in every way. Oh. baby is it smooth. It came with 3 mags and all paper work / blue box. I grabbed 4 new extra 13 round mags. Put 400 rounds through it today and it was perfect. I did all my typical drills to get it to fail and it ran flawlessly. Accuracy was so good it was boring. Its may be more accurate than my P229 Dark Elite. Either way it is target gun grade accurate.
That extra sight length of the P226 over the P229 gave it a slight edge at distances past 30 yards. Recoil felt like a 9mm and could have shot all day. One ragged hole with any ammo I used at 7 yards. I started rapid fire and one handed drills. The gun was perfectly broken in and it showed. Reliable, reliable and reliable.
2 mags (27 rounds) of Critical Duty of rapid fire and it seemed like the bullets stacked on top of them self. Very impressive and make me think this could be my most accurate Sig.
The gun didnt care if it was shooting 180 Ranger or 165 Critical Duty. Point of impact was identical. I even mix ammo in one mag just to see if I could tell and I couldnt. What ever you point the gun at, you hit it.
Junk ammo shot fine and didnt seem to matter what grain of bullet I shot. Everything was just flying where I was aiming. Even getting sloppy after a few hundred rounds and the groups stayed pretty tight. Shooting from the hip and without sights at 7 yards and you would swear I was using the sights. This is the gun I would want to go in battle with.
So how can you not love a gun that isnt ammo picky, is extremely accurate, ,low recoil and easy to shoot???
This new (old) P226R fit in many of my P229 Dark Elite holsters which made me very happy. Weight between the two are so close I cant tell on the hip.
It has some honest minor holster wear but the slide rail and internals look outstanding and the gun was never dropped or abused by a novice owner. I didnt need another gun but sometimes your best guns come when you are not looking.
That extra sight length of the P226 over the P229 gave it a slight edge at distances past 30 yards. Recoil felt like a 9mm and could have shot all day. One ragged hole with any ammo I used at 7 yards. I started rapid fire and one handed drills. The gun was perfectly broken in and it showed. Reliable, reliable and reliable.
2 mags (27 rounds) of Critical Duty of rapid fire and it seemed like the bullets stacked on top of them self. Very impressive and make me think this could be my most accurate Sig.
The gun didnt care if it was shooting 180 Ranger or 165 Critical Duty. Point of impact was identical. I even mix ammo in one mag just to see if I could tell and I couldnt. What ever you point the gun at, you hit it.
Junk ammo shot fine and didnt seem to matter what grain of bullet I shot. Everything was just flying where I was aiming. Even getting sloppy after a few hundred rounds and the groups stayed pretty tight. Shooting from the hip and without sights at 7 yards and you would swear I was using the sights. This is the gun I would want to go in battle with.
So how can you not love a gun that isnt ammo picky, is extremely accurate, ,low recoil and easy to shoot???
This new (old) P226R fit in many of my P229 Dark Elite holsters which made me very happy. Weight between the two are so close I cant tell on the hip.
It has some honest minor holster wear but the slide rail and internals look outstanding and the gun was never dropped or abused by a novice owner. I didnt need another gun but sometimes your best guns come when you are not looking.
