My P226 frame is toast
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- Lower Mainland BC
just curious, yours having an old model German frame (no rail) comes refurb with a heavy new machined US made slide?
when you bought it, did you change the recoil spring with a new calibrated original braided coiled model?
you shot only factory ammo or also reloaded...possible hot loads?
I have only German made pistols P226, P220 in 9mm - both with original stamped carbon steel light slides and I always change every 5K the recoil spring with original SIG OEM braided spring.
Never used hot loaded rounds, only factory 115/124/147gr.... and never shot any kind of +P+ ammo.
when you bought it, did you change the recoil spring with a new calibrated original braided coiled model?
you shot only factory ammo or also reloaded...possible hot loads?
I have only German made pistols P226, P220 in 9mm - both with original stamped carbon steel light slides and I always change every 5K the recoil spring with original SIG OEM braided spring.
Never used hot loaded rounds, only factory 115/124/147gr.... and never shot any kind of +P+ ammo.
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- Location
- West Quebec
That's what I would do...
I had a German made P226 I bought it slightly used. I was at the range one day
and after putting quite a few rounds through it I found that it lost accuracy.
I thought it was me so I called it a day and went home.
When I took the Sig apart to clean it I found that one of the rails had cracked and
was almost ready to come off.
The distributor said 2nd owner no warranty, too old warranty on older Sig P226s
was one year, shooting reloaded ammo no warranty.
I sold it to a gunsmith for $300.00 and bought a CZ75.
Terry
and after putting quite a few rounds through it I found that it lost accuracy.
I thought it was me so I called it a day and went home.
When I took the Sig apart to clean it I found that one of the rails had cracked and
was almost ready to come off.
The distributor said 2nd owner no warranty, too old warranty on older Sig P226s
was one year, shooting reloaded ammo no warranty.
I sold it to a gunsmith for $300.00 and bought a CZ75.
Terry
I had a German made P226 I bought it slightly used. I was at the range one day
and after putting quite a few rounds through it I found that it lost accuracy.
I thought it was me so I called it a day and went home.
When I took the Sig apart to clean it I found that one of the rails had cracked and
was almost ready to come off.
The distributor said 2nd owner no warranty, too old warranty on older Sig P226s
was one year, shooting reloaded ammo no warranty.
I sold it to a gunsmith for $300.00 and bought a CZ75.
Terry
Thank you for posting those pics! My crack is not as bad as that, but very close. From viewing this thread, I was actually contacted by MD Charlton Co this morning in a PM. Let me say that I was very impressed by this. I sent him my serial number and contact info. Hopefully they will be able to help me out.
I will update after I hear back from them.
- Location
- West Quebec
I hope they respond positively if not I'm seriously wondering about Sig quality after having bad experiences with the Mosquito and warranty in the past..
- Location
- West Quebec
Well said.. good guns should not fall apart
I hope that MD will respond positively to your demand (new frame). This kind of negative answer by a big compagny like Sig is against logic... Why on earth do they let people with defective guns. It's like saying:" we don't trust our Products for more than one year because we are not sure about their quality" anyway that's what I understand.
Sig guns that are CPO are supposed to be extremely gently used guns that are next to new. Likely what happened is that the gun was not in CPO condition but somehow went through anyway.
I would definitely contact Sig USA, tell them you're Canadian and they will simultaneously dismiss it because you're from Canada whilst trying to locate Canada on the map and also be thinking, "Canada has guns?"
They should at least be aware that one of their CPO guns failed so horribly.
I would definitely contact Sig USA, tell them you're Canadian and they will simultaneously dismiss it because you're from Canada whilst trying to locate Canada on the map and also be thinking, "Canada has guns?"
They should at least be aware that one of their CPO guns failed so horribly.
