SIG 226 Markings?

[mark k]

I just got a used 226 from Gunnar at Armco and it's got a marking I can't identify. It's a crowned shield with a lion on it's hind legs on either side. Anyone know what the stamp means? I'm guessing it's a property mark of some sort.

 

[scotty]

Where on the gun are you talking about? Is the on the underside of the frame at the muzzle end? You will see the "date code" IE two letters. For example, I have KA stamped, therefore I have a gun that was made in 1990. The key is as follows;

SIG-Sauer Proofmarkings
Proofmark Letterings
Letter - Digit
A 0
B 1
C 2
D 3
E 4
F 5
G 6
H 7
J 8
K 9

Heres the part of the thread that I link to below that you care about;

European firearms manufacturing tends to be more heavily regulated than the U.S. industry: governments often set standards on the amount of pressure gun barrels are required to withstand before bursting. Special extra-hot "proof loads" are fired through all guns to indicate their ability to withstand regular pressure loads over long periods of time. This is often done in government-operated "proof houses". When a firearm has been so tested, the proof house marks it by stamping one or more symbols onto the gun. On most SIG-Sauers, the symbols are placed on the underside of steel slide just forward of the front of the frame, or near the P230's ejection port.
German manufactured SIG-Sauers typically come with three proof marks. The first is an ornamental crown with an N beneath it to indicate it was proofed with smokeless (nitrocellulose) powder. The second looks like a "squished 8-legged 2-pincered bug". This is the proof mark for the Kiel, Germany proofhouse. Lastly, the proof house adds a two letter code to indicate the year the gun was proofed. The table at right shows the letter to digit mapping. For example: a SIG-Sauer stamped KB was proofed in 1991. One stamped JJ was proofed in '88.
American-made SIG-Sauers, namely the P229 and P239, are proofed by SIGARMS to SAAMI specifications at the factory. Once proofed, a circle-'P' emblem is stamped into the lower lug of the barrel.

This thread, http://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/430601935/m/747108059 has alot of anwsers about the history of the gun, identifying the gun and other great stuff. This PDF is a FANTASTIC resource of proof markings from many different manufactures that I like having.

 

[Travis]

Call Sig customer service and ask them to give you info based on the serial number. If you have a gun manufactured in the past couple of years, it won't have a date code. Sig's CS dept. can also tell you when the gun was made.

 

[mark k]

Sorry I wasn't more specific. The marking is in between the rear sight and the ejection port. It's about 8mm high by 12mm wide.
Thanks Scotty, now I know i have a West German '86 production gun.