Quoted: Anyone have any experience with these, specifically in a P226?
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They get harshed on pretty bad here and sigforums, mostly for the loose fit of the front bushing and for the difficulty installing it initially. I'm running one in my .357 SIG P226 and it doesn't suck. It was reasonably inexpensive (a strong argument could be made for cheap), it goes in much easier once you've done it a couple of times and the gun has been fired with it in there, and the rod/bushing can easily be rotated so the location of the gap can be lined up to match, or mirror, the gap of the barrel in the slide.
Does it do anything? Who the hell knows! I'm the absolute worst at assessing even mildly subjective phenomenon. Like my car picks up a detectable HP gain when it's washed or the wiper fluid is topped off, but I've supercharged vehicles and wasn't sure I could detect a difference. That said, the buffer doesn't make it shoot any worse (still cycles flawlessly with a range of ammo), but any improvements are slight at best.
Firedragon used to make something for lots more money that got better reviews, again mostly on the fit and finish, but the link now says the product is currently unavailable:
www.efkfiredragon.com/proddetail.php?prod=SS2264DA&cat=51ETA: The Firedragon site says their e-commerce went TU recently but will be back on-line soon. I have a feeling it's pay a little for a buffer with marginal fit and finish that doesn't do much, or pay much more for something with impressive engineering, fit and finish that also doesn't do much.