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I am no fan of Sigs, I have yet to experience a bobble in any Sig I have or have owned. I have umpteen thousand rounds through my P226 and it just keeps chugging along. Regards, Richard 
brand new p226 suffered break-in period
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now,it's time to jump a conclusion there are couples of causes:
1.new recoil spring was too tight. something wrong with the designing? sig sauer is supposed to consider the new spring 's strength could cause some extract problem.
2.too less lubrication on moving parts.this is also controversial,I think sig p226 should have dead reliability,not too picky on lubrication
3.ammo was underpowerful,but this is a little bit controversial.
4.shooter had limb-wristing,since someone else shot without problem. but this is a controversial factor.
so anyway,sig p226 gave me bad experience. I am gonna looking for my .45ACP. maybe s&w 1911
there are couples of causes:1.new recoil spring was too tight. something wrong with the designing? sig sauer is supposed to consider the new spring 's strength could cause some extract problem.
2.too less lubrication on moving parts.this is also controversial,I think sig p226 should have dead reliability,not too picky on lubrication
3.ammo was underpowerful,but this is a little bit controversial.
4.shooter had limb-wristing,since someone else shot without problem. but this is a controversial factor.
so anyway,sig p226 gave me bad experience. I am gonna looking for my .45ACP. maybe s&w 1911
Trigun said:
Not to start a flame war but the first round I fired out of my Beretta Inox failed to eject - no I didn't limp it.
That being said it was the only problem I've had of the 50 rounds it’s ever shot – ha ha ha (read: safe queen) my black Beretta 92FS is great though 1000+ without a single prob.
Also, the crappiest gun I've ever seen was the CZ2000 pistol (I think that’s what it was) I’m not sure if the shop ever got it working right. What a piece of SH*YT! Most CZs are great though.
My Ruger P345 got 4 failures during the first 50 rounds (Norinco .45, and Winchester White box). I then removed the magazine safety, polished the guide rail and chamber block. Then I fired some high pressure loads to break it in. It’s been running without a hitch for the last 500-800 rounds – I cant seem to make the damn thing jam; I try limping it, shooting upside down, dirty ammo, etc, the damn thing wants to earn my trust back and I refuse to clean it until it does.
Glocks – I’ve heard of problems with them too. Nothing is perfect.
My advice; run some ammo through it and see if things don’t improve. My guess is it will loosen up. Also, maybe load the mags up overnight to reduce that initial high tension they have.
Part of my break in procedure for my P345, after it let me down on the first range trip, was to rack the slide and dry fire it, probably hundreds of times.
Sig, Beretta, CZ, and Glock produce pistols among the most reliable in the world. There are some lemons in every batch and others just require more break in.
Jeff
p226 said:now,it's time to jump a conclusion
1.new recoil spring was too tight. something wrong with the designing? sig sauer is supposed to consider the new spring 's strength could cause some extract problem.
2.too less lubrication on moving parts.this is also controversial,I think sig p226 should have dead reliability,not too picky on lubrication
3.ammo was underpowerful,but this is a little bit controversial.
4.shooter had limb-wristing,since someone else shot without problem. but this is a controversial factor.
so anyway,sig p226 gave me bad experience. I am gonna looking for my .45ACP. maybe s&w 1911
Uh...someone shot with no problem whatsoever......I reckon #4 should the #1 and basically the only one. I understand you are a new shooter and have lots of questions but don't blame a gun for what likely is a handling problem.
Limp wristing a 1911 will net the same. However, I suspect improper gripping is another issue in addition to limp wristing. How are you holding the pistol? The sig isn't a skinny gripped pistol...and the Blackwater is fatter.
hello,guys,Today I just shot 100 rounds through my gun,perfect shooter,instructor said my gun's trigger is awesome . so far 250 rounds through p226blackwater without any problem after that incident. so the only problem seems lack of lubrication. that time I cleaned the p226 with crud cutter but didn't put enough good oil(not sythetic oil).
. so far 250 rounds through p226blackwater without any problem after that incident. so the only problem seems lack of lubrication. that time I cleaned the p226 with crud cutter but didn't put enough good oil(not sythetic oil).p226 said:hello,guys,Today I just shot 100 rounds through my gun,perfect shooter,instructor said my gun's trigger is awesome
That's great. glad to know that it work out for you.
Trigun
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capp325 said:
Yes it is, I've seen it more times that I can remember.
I've owned something like twenty SIG-Sauer pistols and shot many more, I've only had three malfunctions I can recall (all failures to extract) where the gun hasn't physically broken, and I must be in six figures in total rounds fired.
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Big JD-From the hills
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- Saskatchewan.
Would it be possible that you put the recoil spring on backwards, because that would cause a bit of un nesasary binding on the guide rod. I have a p226 in .40, I have purposely tryed to limp wrist it with my lighter handloads, but couldn't get it to fail no matter how loose I held it. Although it does have close to 4000rds through it, but the spring is still tight.
The biggest issue with a Sig 226, is that when been held in a two handed grip, your thumb may prevent the slide release from working properly and the gun will not lock back when the mag is empty, just something you have to watch out for when holding the gun.
You said you were shooting 115gr Winchester ammo? Did you buy it from LeBaron's? They may have had a bad batch of that particular type of ammo, as I've had two jams with two pistols that have never had any sort of malfunctions up to that point (a USP and a P226) a couple of weeks and both jams happened with 115gr Winchester.p226 said:
