inspcalahan
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Well done! I'd have likely jumped on that as well. Sigs are fantastic pistols and it looks like you saved that one. It was on its way to getting the dingleberries and fuzzy dice installed.
My first SIG...
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thomasinaz
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I'll ad my congrats to the group. That 226 looks new, and it sounds like you got it at a good price. Those aluminum grips are about $100, if bought new, so ad some bonus value to the package. Sigs are addicting, so be warned, they will multiply. Enjoy it!
Beauetienne
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Sweet find. I'm a fan. My photos also make the aluminum panels look white. Doesn't do them justice.
KLYDE
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When we first transitioned to the autos from revolvers the 226 and 228 were the first offered guns. I chose the shorter barrel 228. EXCELLENT gun that was laser beam accurate. This was in the 90's. Every 10 years we upgrade and the next offering was the .40 S&W caliber. Again I took the shorter 229. Lousy gun. Sights were off. Miserable accuracy...hated the caliber. Must have been a lemon. I would have promptly sold it if it were mine. We now carry the 220. Again a very good gun. Sig makes an excellent product.
That 226 you bought is a beauty and it sounds like the price was right. Nice score.
That 226 you bought is a beauty and it sounds like the price was right. Nice score.
hotmerc
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I also like Sigs. I have a p239 in .357sig and a p290rs in 9mm. The p290rs is great for CCW.
I switched from 1911s to a Sig 220 in the late 80 as my carry.45... it will shoot clover-leafs at 50'...in the mid-90s got my first 245 compact .45.
About 8 years ago I got a great deal on a used 229 with both .40 and .357Sig barrels and 4 mags... added a couple more mags....it's my only .40 or .357........ a just in case gun.
About 8 years ago I got a great deal on a used 229 with both .40 and .357Sig barrels and 4 mags... added a couple more mags....it's my only .40 or .357........ a just in case gun.
scooter123
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The second handgun I every purchased was a 40 caliber P239. After seven years of carry and over 4000 rounds downrange it has never ever jammed, not even once.
It also had accumulated a LOT of lint after all those years of carry and the decocking lever was getting distinctly draggy. So, I purchased a second P239 and retired the original until I could find the time to do a full detail cleaning and spring replacement. Did that two weeks ago and it was mostly not too difficult with the correct tools and a helpful DVD I purchased. However, that helpful DVD didn't show re-assembly, Chris Orndorff stated re-assembly was similar to the P226 previously covered. Warning, Warning, Warning Will Robinson, the Cavity inside the P239 for the Sear is not wide enough for a Human Finger. So, while the process of getting that Sear in place is similar it is actually a bit beyond challenging. I am actually a pretty darned good mechanic and design industrial machinery for a living and it took me 1 1/2 hours to get that one single part positioned back in place so I could push the pin through it. Lost count of how many times I dropped that Sear inside the recesses of the pistol. The problem is that you have to "park" the Sear on about 0.04 inch of the pin projecting past the ejector while manipulating it with some toothpicks in an area that is about 70% obscured to direct viewing. Being an Engineer by trade has me wondering how they actually assemble the P239 on a production line and what kind of tool I could fabricate to fish that Sear back into place. Right now I've thinking a micro sized neodymium cube shaped magnet epoxied to a piece of 1/8 inch aluminum TIG Welding Stick.
I'm also thinking the reason why these pistols cost so much is because they take about 2 hours for a production worker to assemble. I am also pretty certain why Chris didn't actually show re-assembling the P239 is because it would have made him look fumble fingered and probably filled the video completely.
While I do love shooting the P239 I can't say I look forward to detail stripping one. The good news is that after being filled with enough lint to look like the lint trap in a clothes dryer they will still shoot without fail and they are very very accurate pistols.
It also had accumulated a LOT of lint after all those years of carry and the decocking lever was getting distinctly draggy. So, I purchased a second P239 and retired the original until I could find the time to do a full detail cleaning and spring replacement. Did that two weeks ago and it was mostly not too difficult with the correct tools and a helpful DVD I purchased. However, that helpful DVD didn't show re-assembly, Chris Orndorff stated re-assembly was similar to the P226 previously covered. Warning, Warning, Warning Will Robinson, the Cavity inside the P239 for the Sear is not wide enough for a Human Finger. So, while the process of getting that Sear in place is similar it is actually a bit beyond challenging. I am actually a pretty darned good mechanic and design industrial machinery for a living and it took me 1 1/2 hours to get that one single part positioned back in place so I could push the pin through it. Lost count of how many times I dropped that Sear inside the recesses of the pistol. The problem is that you have to "park" the Sear on about 0.04 inch of the pin projecting past the ejector while manipulating it with some toothpicks in an area that is about 70% obscured to direct viewing. Being an Engineer by trade has me wondering how they actually assemble the P239 on a production line and what kind of tool I could fabricate to fish that Sear back into place. Right now I've thinking a micro sized neodymium cube shaped magnet epoxied to a piece of 1/8 inch aluminum TIG Welding Stick.
I'm also thinking the reason why these pistols cost so much is because they take about 2 hours for a production worker to assemble. I am also pretty certain why Chris didn't actually show re-assembling the P239 is because it would have made him look fumble fingered and probably filled the video completely.
While I do love shooting the P239 I can't say I look forward to detail stripping one. The good news is that after being filled with enough lint to look like the lint trap in a clothes dryer they will still shoot without fail and they are very very accurate pistols.
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The P226 has been my EDC for the last several years. It's my absolute favorite pistol model and is my go to for carry, training, and instructing (I'm an NRA-certified LE firearms instructor). My wife's pistol is a P229.
I'm sure you'll enjoy yours. Best of luck with it!
P.S.- It looks a million times better with the changes you made!
Here are mine.
P226 Enhanced Elite (my EDC)
P226 TACOPS (house/training gun)
P229 Scorpion (wife's pistol)
I'm sure you'll enjoy yours. Best of luck with it!
P.S.- It looks a million times better with the changes you made!
Here are mine.
P226 Enhanced Elite (my EDC)
P226 TACOPS (house/training gun)
P229 Scorpion (wife's pistol)
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TexasRaider
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Nice choice, you improved it nicely. And I agree with the above sentiments, Sigs are the Cadillac of pistols, especially the Classic P Series. I have a 1989 W. German I bought new, only malfunctions were 2 decades ago trying to get through a box of surplus Egyptian army ammo (stuff was turning green!), otherwise it's been 100%.
I have several, including a P226 DA/SA .357 Sig ex-Texas DPS Highway Patrol I bought when we transitioned to the DAK system, a DAK P226 .357 Sig ex-THP, 9mm M-11A1 in FDE, 1994 DA/SA P229 .357 Sig, P239 DAK .357 Sig, a P229R like yours in .357 Sig (my Dept. still issues that round, so as long as I can get it easily I fortunately don't have to struggle with its price) and a blue P230 in .380.
Next up, whenever I can, will be a P225 9mm (the old one, not the new one), a P227 in .45 ACP and lastly, when I sell the kidney I don't use, a P220-10 in 10mm.
Great, great guns! Enjoy it, it'll last forever!
I have several, including a P226 DA/SA .357 Sig ex-Texas DPS Highway Patrol I bought when we transitioned to the DAK system, a DAK P226 .357 Sig ex-THP, 9mm M-11A1 in FDE, 1994 DA/SA P229 .357 Sig, P239 DAK .357 Sig, a P229R like yours in .357 Sig (my Dept. still issues that round, so as long as I can get it easily I fortunately don't have to struggle with its price) and a blue P230 in .380.
Next up, whenever I can, will be a P225 9mm (the old one, not the new one), a P227 in .45 ACP and lastly, when I sell the kidney I don't use, a P220-10 in 10mm.
Great, great guns! Enjoy it, it'll last forever!
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