SIG owners I need your help I may have a cracked/chipped slide!!!

If its not a defect or chip, the seller would have no obligation to mention it would he? So you have your answer and all is well. Time to move on and let it go...
Cheers:)
dB
 
daBear said:
If its not a defect or chip, the seller would have no obligation to mention it would he? So you have your answer and all is well. Time to move on and let it go...
Cheers:)
dB
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I have no idea but, but yes time to let it go.

I,m going to call SIG though and ask them why they hire chimps to machine there guns.
 
I hope MRCLARK that you get some sort of reasoning from the company about why some have, and do not have these, and why the ones that have are not cut the same(and wich serial number range its in). Even with a dremel, or die grinder one could have done a better job.

Rt can you post some pictures of that area on your non gouged slides? I assume the barrel clears that area with ease? My guess is that they had a large run with problems, and this was a quick fix for something(but what?)
 
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+1 on the chimps for sure! There must be a reason for it to be there and hopefully they can provide that to you as a courtesy. Maybe its a legit mod or some hi-falootin' new fangled way to save Euros....After about a million slides, that save enough to blow it on beers and fraulines at Oktoberfest!
Cheers
dB:)
 
wow stop worrying about this small chip its in a non stress area and you cant see it when its assembled. So put the damd thing together and injoy shooting!
 
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As if I could'nt tell, thats cute. I guess I posted this then because I must have known the answer beforehand and just enjoy typing.
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Well, I'm just pointing out that this can't be a chip because the finish on the edge is not missing. Also, like Bartledan said, it is too uniform to be a chip. Therefore, it's obvious that the gun left the factory this way and it wouldn't be fair to accuse the seller of misrepresenting the gun's condition (which is what you seem to imply).

If you do a search on sigforum, you will find a long thread discussing this very issue. In that thread you will see pictures of every imaginable size and variation of this particular cut. My guess is that the variance is due to the fact that this area of the slide is milled with some primitive tool after the rest of the gun is finished on the CNC machine.
 
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capp325 said:
Well, I'm just pointing out that this can't be a chip because the finish on the edge is not missing. Also, like Bartledan said, it is too uniform to be a chip. Therefore, it's obvious that the gun left the factory this way and it wouldn't be fair to accuse the seller of misrepresenting the gun's condition (which is what you seem to imply).

If you do a search on sigforum, you will find a long thread discussing this very issue. In that thread you will see pictures of every imaginable size and variation of this particular cut. My guess is that the variance is due to the fact that this area of the slide is milled with some primitive tool after the rest of the gun is finished on the CNC machine.
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now this info would have helped your now back on my x mas list. But on mine just to end my paranoid dribble(and yes the world is out to get me) the chip is not uniform at on mine.

Also keep in mind I didnt say he was misrepresenting me I was asking if he was misrepresenting me.

Do you have the link to the thread you mentioned on the slide issues?

I,m going to tell the buyer I'll keep it and explain its just a nice gift from SIG to drive us nuts.
 
Dsiwy said:
wow stop worrying about this small chip its in a non stress area and you cant see it when its assembled. So put the damd thing together and injoy shooting!
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Agreed (still going to call SIG and maybe PETA as well to inform them about the chimps being used a slave labour that they are using for machining work)

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It is not a chip. It is a required releif cut due to the nature of tilting barrel designs.

I've had 6 sigs all have them in some variation.

Oh and I am a Sig pistol Armourer...
 
ok MRCLARK... I am home now from work, where I claimed earlier that my SIG does not have a chip like your SIG. To confirm, I went straight to my vault and stripped the 226 slide out of the frame. My P226 has a similar cut like yours, BUT it's not as rough as yours. Mine is smooth and even, which maybe one of the reason why I did not notice this cut while cleaning the slide all these time.
My bad on my claim earlier that my P226 does not have a cut... confirmed!!! there is a cut, BUT mine is smooth, even and neatly cut not as rough as your P226.:) :D :D
 
I have an older SIG with the internal extractor and that entire area is almost hollow so there was no metal to have to machine out. It does seem a bit chinsy to remove the excess metal in such a crude way.
 
seller

I am the seller of this particular firearm ! Thank you to all you knowledgeable sig owners for clearing this up ie: KevinB

I just wished the buyer had contacted me first.
My goal is not to misrepresent anything I sell; I would not sell anyone f**king s**t!

THANK YOU...
 
ZULU said:
I am the seller of this particular firearm ! Thank you to all you knowledgeable sig owners for clearing this up ie: KevinB

I just wished the buyer had contacted me first.
My goal is not to misrepresent anything I sell; I would not sell anyone f**king s**t!

THANK YOU...
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Actually I did contact you first and did not mention your name or CGN handle here at all simply due to the fact I am not familiar with this gun and that I was not 100% sure you had done anything wrong which is why I posted the thread in the first place.

Before I asked for a refund I felt it best to do some asking around and to be honest I was hoping for the best.

I never stated you sold me ####ing #### or you would sell me ####ing ####. I sent you numerous emails about the area and you later replied back with pics of other slides and I appreciate that.

Keep in mind I never mentioned the fact to you that the gun had not been cleaned or that the front sight was found like this when I opened the case. I was willing to take care of this minor concern myself without issue.
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But you have to understand that as I do not personally know you at all and when I saw this
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very rough uneven chip out of the slide of what was described as a well kept gun in good condition. On top of everything else although minor I was surprised and concerned.

You were surprised as was I about the chip, as were most of the people here. You also were not 100% sure why the cut was there at first as was I and you offered tonight to refund price of the gun due to this.

Again I appreciate this very much and you will get a positive sell rating and I apologise that my inquiries angered you. Its rare these days that someone would offer to refund a sale without hesitation and again I thank you.

But honestly alot of the posters in this thread also did not know about this cut and why SIG who makes such precision made firearms would drop there quality control in this area on some of there firearms and make such an rough and ugly cut when the rest of the gun is so well made.

I,m sure you as well as I and some of the others are still concerned that SIG would do this in such a unkept manner. Perhaps a bit dissapointed even.

So I apologise for what its worth but I,m sure you now understand why I was concerned.
 
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Just FYI. The older West Germen Sig 226 I have seems to not have this issue because, as you can see below, the area of the slide on your Sig was not as long in the older models.

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KiwiMatt said:
Just FYI. The older West Germen Sig 226 I have seems to not have this issue because, as you can see below, the area of the slide on your Sig was not as long in the older models.

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The older model slides were made from seperate pieces welded into the slide body. They were not machined out of a billet. Because the machining of the new slides requires complicated machining processes, this type of thing happens. It is a pity more time is not spent making the inside look pretty, but that would cost us all more $$
 
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