Tighten that sig slide!!!

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Well I have a 91 sig 226 and it is a great 9mm. It had a bit of slide "rattle" and I have read that it is alright but annoying. So I used a C clamp with a piece of envelope around the slide for protection and gave it a little pressure along the slide rails and it tightened it up nicely. The slide works back and forth smoothly with no more "rattle" I am not saying for you to try it but It did work for me. I got the idea from the 1911 guys so I tried it on my sig. No more "rattle"!!!:)
 
Don't be scared!!! It's only a sig!!! 918v I agree with you to a point but I probably squeezed it 5-10 thousands of an inch. I will watch my rails for excessive wear but she does ride smoothly. It might haunt me, Time will tell!!!
 
Pistols are usually designed with some inherent rattle because it improves reliability. Have you shot your new out-of-spec pistol yet? I bet you will be missing that rattle soon when it turns out you have turned your pistol into a paperweight.
 
Yes, I have shot it and I don't see a future problem. You guys can keep your baby rattles that I find annoying. In the mean time my 226 is tight and slides smoothly, I didn't say "YOU" should try it. I would do it again on another sig that rattles!!!
 
If anything, the slide will spring back. I just dont want to see the altered geometry chip the ano off the rails.
 
Keep your eyes on the rails - check em for cracks every so often. I got mine in 85 maybe?, and wore it out in a few hard years. Factory gave me a new one.

Dave
 
You did this wit hthe breechblock still in place inside of the slide?

Next time just smack it with a hammer or crush it in a vise. Maybe lay it in the driveway and park a cheap import car on top.
I could see "adjusting" a cheap gun...but a precision engineered SIG....made me cringe.
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Eh, it's his gun. He can always get another. I applaud 870 for trying out new things. It's pretty funny how some folks are affraid of their expensive stuff.
 
That still doesn't explain the rather heated reply of "park a cheap import car on top" et. al. His actions don't express any lack of valuation for his gun, nor does it mean he's rolling in dough or something. Just letting us know about his experiment is all.

It doesn't sound like he did any major damage, if any. As 918v said, metal has a "memory" and will likely slowly return to the previous position.

Some people use gunsmiths; some people try it at home. Often the latter suddenly become the former ;)

Wingmaster, let us know the long-term effects! I, for one, am curious!
 
I will fill you guys in on my gunsmithing choice in the long run. I am surprised at the negative response to be honest with you. I am by no means rich or not have any pride in owning my sig. I did not do this to ruin my 9mm. I just think I can tighten the slide for no $$$ with a little common sense. Like I said earlier, I did not say for "YOU" to try this but don't see the ''OH MY GOD NOT ON YOUR SIG'' response. I don't think I was the first to do this mod and probably wont be the last. Good luck!!!:)
 
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Some of you seem to think a handgun is a very precession peice of machinery. When compared to other mechanical devices they are very crude. What he did, is what a gunsmith would have done. It has been done for years. It is the tweaks that the factory didn't do, that make a firearm better.
 
Well, it's your Sig and your C clamp. I would have been downright interested in this experiment if you had shot 50-yard rested groups, before & after, with good accurate ammo.

Of course you might have found the gun capable of excellent accuracy at 50 yards, just like it came from the factory- shake, rattle & all. This 220 sure was:
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Let us know how it works out.
 
P226 Slide

I would not have felt I had the expertise to make a slide adjustment on one of my SiGs and be assured I had not done something to the gun that would create a problem later by weakening something or causing it to go out of spec and tolerances.

Sometimes what appears to be a simple common sense solution can turn out to be a "stupid" thing to do once you know what you needed to know to begin with to perform an operation like that.

But hey, perhaps you're a gunsmith or machinist or something of that sort and know exactly what you are doing. Personally I would not have done it without some careful research and questions asked to someone who does gunsmithing for a living and perhaps had adjusted slides before.
 
For crying out loud!!!!!!! Get off the guys back!!!!

Pistolsmiths have been doing this as long as autoloading pistols have been around. It can be overdone, done wrong, and all of that but it does not mean that it should never be done.

I wonder what some of you would think if you saw a 'smith with a hammer and punch tightening the rails:eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Not me

I would not try that on my rattly Sig, but I might let a smith do it if he could do it well. The idea is to make the slide tighter, but not in a random way. 1911 smiths have special blocks that they can put in the slide so the results come out even. Usually they actually make it a bit tight or undersized, and then carefully lap the slide to the frame so there is constant contact and minimum clearance. I tried that once on a cheap Chinese Tokarev to try to tighten up the slide a bit. I think it was slightly successful, but would not do it on anything more valuable. Some Sigs rattle, some don't. I think it depends where the frame was made, as I think the slides are German, but that needs research. I read complaints about it alot. Since the frame is alloy, I wonder if a loose slide reduces frame wear or not.
 
Guys ---

Give it a REST!!!

I congradulate the man on having a spirit of experimentation that is a heck of a big part of what made this country great. He did not do something patiently unwise or foolhardy as many of us have seen amature gunsmiths or reloaders do. Besides a sig is a nice gun but by no means the holy grail of firearms... not like using a Singer 1911 to build up a bullseye gun or something.

At the same time the observation that if not done well / or apropritely that damage or little benefit may result is valid, however this message need not be delivered with the sharpness presented here.

Frankly the think I like about most "gun folk" as opposed to say "sheepeople" is that in my observation and experiance they are more likely to work on or experiment with their equiptment within the confines of good sense.
 
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