Sig P226 Slide Made in USA?

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I was looking at a p226st today and I am seriously thinking of purchasing it. I noticed that the slide was made in america and I wanna know if this is how all of the sigs are now. How do you guys feel in terms of them measuring up with the one's that are 100% manufactured in Germany or Switzerland or where ever they made them. Am I just being nit picky? Or is it worth me finding a 100% overseas made one. I know that on my p99 it is advantagous in getting a 100% german made because only the german slides are tenifer treated.

Also I was curious on the black barrel, trigger, decocker and what not. Do they make st's that are 100% silver?

What is the average price of a new p226st in 9mm these days?

thanks
 
$1129 at TSE call and ask for James
I just got mine and shot it yesterday, it's fantastic, very accurate (despite me) I would easily recommand this gun.

My slide was made in the US also on a German frame, Might actually be best as I hear having different types of stainless rubbing each other means less spalling problems. Even if they are supposed to be made the same, The metals in Germany will differ slightly from those made in US.

Having the mix of colours helps the contrast I think, you can get a silver or gold trigger, decocker and hammer if you look at the Sig Sauer site.
 
Uh sure...steel processed in a different fashion or from different raw will cause for a difference in the end product. German guns manufactured in Germany don't necessarily use metal sourced from Germany....

In any case I see no difference in the quality. In Germany, Sig Sauers sell for quite a bit more than North American versions. Think EUR1100 for the basic version.

You can get various decockers, take down levers and mag release buttons in black, silver, gold plated, coloured versions...

so bubba, yes, you are being picky...unless you want to spend about EUR1250 on a very similar pistol because it says Made in Germany, don't bother. Sig Sauers are rather expensive in Germany, HK USPs for example go for about EUR700, Walther P99 maybe about EUR650, Glock about the same...
 
Oh yes, the xfives...very nice, but also not cheap. I think once Sigarms in NH coordinates their plant accordingly, they'll probably start producing xfives as well. And of course the x-six as well...
 
from what I understand only the US slides are solid steel (or stainless) that is milled. The Germans are still using the rolled steel slides with the insert breach blocks. Give me a solid one piece any day.
 
The Stainless parts are all made in the US. All the new model slides are stainless. Therefore...

Not all guns are assembled in the US but most available to NA are. Germany still makes all the parts for the "classic" guns with pressed slides. The US has recently started making aluminum frames they all have UU prefixes to the serial number.
 
Beware of early guns, I had one I bought in the US in .357 SIG, American slide, German frame and the tolerances were off, it was serial# U570162, which was one of the very first P226s with the stainless slide. The slide was way too tight on the frame. It wasn't just my gun either, another guy who bought one from the same batch had the same problem according to the dealer who sold it to me.

I haven't heard of anyone having this problem since however.

I've given up frankly trying to figure out where the parts are made (although the stainless slides are definitely made in the US), I'm certain that the stainless steel frames were being made in Germany too, but I'm not certain they still are (as Redleg points out, SIG Arms now makes the aluminum alloy frames). Also if you buy one in Europe, the slide has been supplied by SIG Arms but it's been fitted by the Sauer plant in Germany and proof-tested in Germany, and I noticed when the P229s first came out that the German fitted ones seemed to be a bit better in overall fit than the ones assembled in the plant in New Hampshire.

A somewhat subjective analysis, I grant you, but I've noticed the quality of other guns (such as Glocks and certain models of Beretta) is slightly better when the guns are assembled in Europe rather than the US. Pistols are generally only bought by target shooters in Europe (and in small quantities) who are more demanding than the average US consumer, plus they have to pass the proof test at the local Proof House, which I think tends to focus the minds of the people assembling them.
 
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Yes, in Germany, just about everything one can imagine has to go through TÜV....So if there was a situation of tolerances being off and etc, there would be a serious issue...
 
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