Posted: 10/16/2007 7:01:51 PM EDT
| I came across a near NIB, 226 in 9mm today. Its a German 226. The barrel and slide are serialized. The ejection port is lowered on the left side as well as the right. The frame rails are not uniform for the full length. The dealer said they are sand cuts. The top of the slide at the rear is beveled along the cocking serrations. The dealer aid these were manufactured this way for 1 year when Sig was competing for the military contract. Anyone familiar with these? Are they more desirable than any other 226? Any idea of a value? Thanks in advance. |
| I think I may have one of these too. It's my wife's gun so I'll check it when I get home. It definitely has the beveled slide near the rear top strap and has a W.Germany marked slide. I never really compared the rails to my other P226's. I purchased it used and never had a problem with it. |
| From what I have been able to gather, this is a 1st generation pistol. I have was also that once you have owned one, you will not want any other variation of the 226. This is just hearsay and no flames intended. Just learning about the Sig line myself. I have been dry firing the pistol as I have very little experience with the DA/SA trigger system. The double action is very smooth while the single action is pretty light and very crisp. I'm planning to use this as an IDPA pistol and will be sending it to GrayGuns for the short reset pkg and sights. |
| I have one exactly as you have described. The serial number on mine is U166XXX and is date coded as JH as well. I know that the slide is different than on a later model 226 and does indeed have the lowered ejection port on the left side of the slide. I don't know if they are any better than the later model pistols, but this one has been utterly reliable for about 12,000 rds. |
| The earlier 226s were somewhat prone to cracked frame rails...I have seen several over the years...so Sig beefed them up somewhere around SN 365500 IIRC. I have also seen many, many early 226s take thousands of rounds with no cracks whatsoever, so not all necessarily have the problem. You might, however, be interested to know that Sig will no longer stand behind those early frames and if you do manage to crack one you will get no warranty satisfaction from them on it unless they have changed their policy very recently. Keep good springs in it, don't shoot a ton of +P+, and you will probably be fine. |
