Sig P226 9mm owners

[Dragoon]

Made in Germany too, like the gun.

North American market Sigs are not made in Germany.

Not true. They are made in Germany and only assembled in New Hampshire.

 

[redleg]

Made in Germany too, like the gun.

North American market Sigs are not made in Germany.

Not true. They are made in Germany and only assembled in New Hampshire.

Actually a bit of both. The US now has the capacity to make the entire guns. They do all the stainless gun parts, and recently started the aluminum receivers ( UU serial numbers). The folded steel slides and many of the aluminum frames are still made in Germany.

 

[capp325]

Made in Germany too, like the gun.

North American market Sigs are not made in Germany.

Not true. They are made in Germany and only assembled in New Hampshire.

False. Slides and barrels have been manufactured in the U.S. for quite some time now. And as redleg said, the U.S. plant has recently started making frames as well, and as production ramps up, German-made frames will no longer be imported.

 

[DARKSTANG]

147gr JHP works awsome but 125gr rn works good too!

 

[smgcon]

North American market Sigs are not made in Germany.

I don't know about that, my three Sig pistols are all made in Germany

 

[Slavex]

depends on the age and the model. Specific models started production over here before others. For instance I believe all the stainless steel slides (milled) are made in the USA, at least on SS framed Sigs.

 

[DARKSTANG]

depends on the age and the model. Specific models started production over here before others. For instance I believe all the stainless steel slides (milled) are made in the USA, at least on SS framed Sigs.

I thought all their slides were stainless? When I looked at my slide(although it was that Nitron finish) It said stainless steel.The frame was definately not stainless,possibly aluminum.

 

[redleg]

depends on the age and the model. Specific models started production over here before others. For instance I believe all the stainless steel slides (milled) are made in the USA, at least on SS framed Sigs.

I thought all their slides were stainless? When I looked at my slide(although it was that Nitron finish) It said stainless steel.The frame was definately not stainless,possibly aluminum.

If your slide says Stainless it was made in the US, they all are. If your frame says made in Germany it was (most are/were). Frames that say made in Germany are still most likely assembled in the US for NA sales.

 

[cybershooters]

North American market Sigs are not made in Germany.

Depends on the model. The stainless slides are made in New Hampshire, and so are the .40 and .357 barrels (and possibly the 9mm barrels nowadays as well, not 100% sure, but I don't think so). The frames are made in Germany.

Anyway, they've made 600,000 P226s, and the first ones assembled and sold in the US were around the U570000 mark, which means the first 470,000 or so were made completely in Germany and had sheet steel slides. (Serial numbers start at U100000 except for the XM9 prototypes).

So, generalising, they're made in Germany.

The only real difference between the guns sold in N America and Europe is that the ones sold in Europe go to the proof house in Kiel, and the ones sold in N America are proof tested at the factory in Exeter.

One thing that does piss me off constantly about Sauer and SIG Arms is that they seem to be incapable of agreeing on the same name for the same gun. About half the models sold in N America have different names from the ones used in Europe.

 

[mebiuspower]

One thing that does piss me off constantly about Sauer and SIG Arms is that they seem to be incapable of agreeing on the same name for the same gun. About half the models sold in N America have different names from the ones used in Europe.

I'm guessing they're doing this to stop or help identify illegal export of their guns?

A lot of Japanese cars are named differently in overseas.

 

[DARKSTANG]

depends on the age and the model. Specific models started production over here before others. For instance I believe all the stainless steel slides (milled) are made in the USA, at least on SS framed Sigs.

I thought all their slides were stainless? When I looked at my slide(although it was that Nitron finish) It said stainless steel.The frame was definately not stainless,possibly aluminum.

If your slide says Stainless it was made in the US, they all are. If your frame says made in Germany it was (most are/were). Frames that say made in Germany are still most likely assembled in the US for NA sales.

No wonder they cost so much!!

 

[Colin]

Question

I know a 226 in .40 will take the .357SIG barrel, but can it also be fitted with a 9mm barrel?

 

[DARKSTANG]

From what the manual says: NO!! I dont rightly know why though.