School me on the W German 226(gun shop find)

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Posted: 8/9/2017 12:57:48 PM EST

SO this nice looking west German 226 9MM followed me home today, came with 4 mags, original box, test target, and manual. It looks pretty sharp! So whats there to know about it(its my first p226).

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Posted: 8/9/2017 12:59:31 PM EST

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I got dibs if you are selling it.

There is a SN to production year thread on a major other forum devoted to SIG firearms. Check the pistol area.

Carbon folded slide. Those are probably zipperback magazines.

A used P226 like that changed pistol shooting for me. I was a bad shot with my 1911 and BHP, then a 1991 P226 entered my life. It was love a first sight.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:01:32 PM EST

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Great pistol, world class combat pistol. What did you pay for it?????

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:03:00 PM EST

[#3]

Back when SIGs were good to go

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:04:04 PM EST

[#4]

650

serial is U 186xxx

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:04:42 PM EST

[#5]

If it has tritium sights the lamps are probably dead

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:04:52 PM EST

[#6]

If it's mint it's worth some coin

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:04:53 PM EST

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Awesome pistol. However....one aspect conveniently left out by beretta haters in the m9 trials is that at 5,000 rds the roll pins on the slide must be replaced or risk destroying frame.

I live the classic p226. But its really no better or worse in terms of reliability then its direct competitor.

If either roll pin starts coming out stop shooting it and replace them.

Oh.....you can no longer find extractors for them. Sig will replace them.....but no one carries them anymore. Maybe $100 on ebay.

Still a great gun.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:05:19 PM EST

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Probably get almost double that to some.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:05:43 PM EST

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Sweet! I picked up one of those (box target etc) a few years ago at Scheels It is a great gun!

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:06:37 PM EST

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Mine aren't bright, but they are still easily visible

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:08:22 PM EST

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looks like 1988, kinda cool my birth year!

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:09:14 PM EST

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Posted: 8/9/2017 1:10:16 PM EST

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The W Germany marked guns have long been considered some of their best guns with the Tysons Corner VA from what I hear being the best.

Some sweet shooting firearms.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:15:08 PM EST

[#14]

Gewinnen

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:15:26 PM EST

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Damn man, nice! My W. German P226 is one of the finest shooting pistols I own, period.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:15:29 PM EST

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serial does match test target

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:16:47 PM EST

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I have a 84 West German 226 I won in raffle a few years back for $20.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:20:02 PM EST

[#18]

Beautiful gun!!

I've got a West German P226 on my hip right now

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:24:16 PM EST

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How's the DA pull? Nice pistola

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:25:57 PM EST

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It's pretty. I love mine, just keep the slide rails greased. How does the barrel look? As pristine as that thing is, I bet you barely have any smileys on it.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:26:13 PM EST

[#21]

This one rode along with me in my survival vest on every mission during Desert Storm A-10, still have it. U124144 S/N

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Posted: 8/9/2017 1:26:54 PM EST

[#22]

Good buy

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:29:04 PM EST

[#23]

Good buy OP! Now shoot the damn thing

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:31:26 PM EST

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It's pretty. I love mine, just keep the slide rails greased. How does the barrel look? As pristine as that thing is, I bet you barely have any smileys on it.

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honestly not sure lol

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Posted: 8/9/2017 1:37:18 PM EST

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Nice score!

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:37:20 PM EST

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This is mine got for 400 this is a police ttrade-in put in $700 worth of work into it love it I put in a new trigger new sites and paint job and a New barrel now I can take 20 round magazine's it's now a tactical 226

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:37:44 PM EST

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This one rode along with me in my survival vest on every mission during Desert Storm A-10, still have it. U124144 S/N

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Very nice. They allowed you to carry personal sidearms?

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:39:11 PM EST

[#28]

Have you dropped it yet?

Great gun, though. Now, go find a 228

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:40:29 PM EST

[#29]

shop also had a P225 right next to it in the case i think also w. german for 450

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:43:36 PM EST

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Fuck, you better go back and get that one.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:43:59 PM EST

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Pre 1991 are the ones most sought after. Like yours.

I bought the identical setup, yellow box, unfired, etc. back in 04.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:46:03 PM EST

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lol is it worth going back and getting?

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:49:02 PM EST

[#33]

IMO the best service pistol ever,fantastic guns.

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:50:09 PM EST

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Where the heck is this magic Sig filled gun store?

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:52:43 PM EST

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lol not telling so i can wait till after pay day this weekend to go back and get that 225

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:53:14 PM EST

[#36]

YES!!

Posted: 8/9/2017 1:54:25 PM EST

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Make sure you replace the recoil spring as well to avoid a cracked frame.

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:15:31 PM EST

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Yes, had to be either 9mm or .38 spl. I had bought this gun a few years earlier while in college. Before we deployed, first unit to takeoff for the war btw, it was announced that we'd be able to carry personal firearms. There was a big run on every gunstore in Myrtle Beach by a bunch of pilots. Kinda funny.

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:20:15 PM EST

[#39]

I have one a few years younger but in worse external shape. Was my first real pistol. Fits the hand and shoots like a dream. Produced when the Sig name actually meant quality.

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:39:54 PM EST

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If it doesn't have a dovetailed front sight, it probably can't have night sights.

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:41:55 PM EST

[#41]

West Germany is Best Germany

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:44:45 PM EST

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This one rode along with me in my survival vest on every mission during Desert Storm A-10, still have it. U124144 S/N

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no kidding

that's pretty awesome

Posted: 8/9/2017 2:47:11 PM EST

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This. Not the garbage they are pumping out these days (i.e. P320). Congrats on a great score.

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:11:24 PM EST

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That's older than 22 yrs. P226 was my first pistol purchase and it came in a grey and black cardboard box.

You should get one, see what they are going for on the internets and negoiate accordingly, but that is a reasonable price.

That's in great shape... Dealer in the Pxxx series is higher than that and they ain't W.German pistols.

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:24:35 PM EST

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That's older than 22 yrs. P226 was my first pistol purchase and it came in a grey and black cardboard box.

You should get one, see what they are going for on the internets and negoiate accordingly, but that is a reasonable price.

That's in great shape... Dealer in the Pxxx series is higher than that and they ain't W.German pistols.

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its an 88, i do think the box is original Cant wait to go out and shoot it!

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:26:18 PM EST

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its an 88...shit i wish i was 22 still haha.

i do think the box is original

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It is. I don't, I had hardly any money at 22

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:31:44 PM EST

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lol

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:37:29 PM EST

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1990. Same red foam box and target.

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:37:58 PM EST

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Beautiful. Don't ever sell that

Posted: 8/9/2017 3:39:25 PM EST

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looks like 1988, kinda cool my birth year!

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looks like 1988, kinda cool my birth year!

There's a code on the chin of the slide, under the proof mark
That will give the date as well

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lol not telling so i can wait till after pay day this weekend to go back and get that 225

I actually like carrying my 225 better than the 226 or 228, even though it's a single stack.

The 225 just feels right in my hand

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