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Okay,

I'm starting to confuse myself with the different variations of the P226.

What is the difference between the P226, the P226R and the German P226?

A look up on the internet tells me the R is for Rail, but the modern P226 has a rail, without the R designation.

I saw someone post a P226R with E2 grips.

The Navy, has an anchor imprinted on it, but I can't see much of a difference.

There's the Elite and the Dark Elite, Enhanced? Scorpion? E2, I've seen some stamped on the slide withe he E2 designation?

I think when they say P226 Classic, I've seen them all as a .22lr

There's probably more variations out there that I haven't seen either.

I'd just like a late model nice P226, the E2 grips are nice as well.

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Years ago they were all made in Germany. For a number of financial and political reasons they opened a plant in New Hampshire, and most pistols available here are made there. Some prefer the German made as they assert they're higher quality. I've never seen a difference...

Whatever you get, make SURE it has the SRT trigger. If not, you'll be looking to update ASAP!

That said, Wild West is blowing out Mk25 Navy models for $1050, less than a standard p226. Pretty wicked deal!
 
Follow your reply, Phat Eagle should NOT get navy because it doesn't have srt trigger.
Phat Eagle, while it seems confusing, sig Web site does list out all the fine details on all the models, if you read carefully, you will know the differences. Mostly sights, trigger, finishes and number of mags. I would pay more attention on the sights and trigger I want.


Phat Eagle said:
Years ago they were all made in Germany. For a number of financial and political reasons they opened a plant in New Hampshire, and most pistols available here are made there. Some prefer the German made as they assert they're higher quality. I've never seen a difference...

Whatever you get, make SURE it has the SRT trigger. If not, you'll be looking to update ASAP!

That said, Wild West is blowing out Mk25 Navy models for $1050, less than a standard p226. Pretty wicked deal!
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Thanks for your input, however, how do I know it has an SRT trigger? I see the Sig Sauer P226R MK25 9mm on their site for $1099.00 A 1 cent difference from their posting here. No big deal.

It has the Anchor imprinted, so I'm guessing that's the Navy.



Phat Eagle said:
Years ago they were all made in Germany. For a number of financial and political reasons they opened a plant in New Hampshire, and most pistols available here are made there. Some prefer the German made as they assert they're higher quality. I've never seen a difference...

Whatever you get, make SURE it has the SRT trigger. If not, you'll be looking to update ASAP!

That said, Wild West is blowing out Mk25 Navy models for $1050, less than a standard p226. Pretty wicked deal!
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zephyr064 said:
Thanks for your input, however, how do I know it has an SRT trigger? I see the Sig Sauer P226R MK25 9mm on their site for $1099.00 A 1 cent difference from their posting here. No big deal.
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I'll tell you this, the regular base (cheapest P226) has an excellent trigger. About 10 lbs DA and 4.5 lbs SA. You do not need a short reset trigger, although it's nice to have. I shot my base P226 just as well as my Elite w/SRT and beavertail. What does the beavertail do? Not much. The night sights are a good investment though...

The MK25 is a great deal for that pistol, with our dollar currently in the crapper. That's around the price for a plain jane P226. Personally, if you have medium to large hands, go for the full sized grips that the MK25 has - I like them better from my experience. Of course everyone is different. It's best to hold a few and see what feels best.

zephyr064 said:
I'm trying to see what the difference between the P226R 9mm
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and the P226R mk25 9mm
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Other than about $200 when not on sale. (And the anchor imprint)
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P226R has the smaller E2 grips. Can't tell if it has SRT or Night Sights.

MK25 has the larger base polymer grips, Night Sights and anti corrosion coating on internal and some external parts, with Navy stampings.
 
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The Mk25 is used by SEALs, so it's sooooooo much cooler! Laugh2

Seriously, the Mk25 is corrosion treated, so it won't rust if you have it in sal####er (common occurance, right?). Also, I think it has night sights.

Neither has the SRT (short reset trigger), but you could have it installed after the fact. I'll respectfully disagree with st1264 and say thr SRT the trigger FAR better IMHO. Then again, I'm used to riding the reset on a tricked out Glock or PPQ.
 
Here are some differences I noted having had both a german p226r and a couple of newer Exeter made p226s. First off p226r = rail, all current production p226s have rails which are weaver style rails except for the mk25 and combat models which feature 1913 picatinny rails. The german models have an internal extractor (both w.german and current german p226r) while exeter models had the short external extractor up until 2012. Current production models have a long external extractor exc pt for the mk25 which retained the short one. Other notable differences are in the slides of the german models vs usa made ones. German models use folded carbon steel slides vs milled stainless slides for usa made sigs. The top of the slide is angled on the german models vs smooth on the us made. You can also notice a slight color difference in the slides with the usa made ones having a lighter shade making it seem almost like a two tone gun from some angles, this is due to different finishes used. I have noticed recent production sigs to have a looser slide to frame fit than german models but with no reduction in accuracy or reliability. German models tipically come with 'two dot' sights while the us made ones come with a more standard three dot setup with the possibility of night sights. Different variations of the p226 will come with different grips, newer p226r tend to come with the e2 grips which are slimmer and one piece, all models can have any type of grips retrofitted ( aluminum, hogue rubber, g10 etc.) but models that did not come with e2 grps initially need to have the e2 mainspring installed for the e2 to fit. All special edition models such as the Elite, Dark Elite, Scorpion etc. are the same internally as all p226s they just have sofferent features such as front serrations, beavertail, aluminum grips, cerakote finish, etc depending on the model.
 
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On the topic of the SRT trigger, I find the standard trigger to be amazing both in DA and SA. It will always be stated in the specs if you are buying any version of the p226 if it has the SRT trigger or not. Also having the short trigger (slim) does not necessarily mean that a p226 has the SRT as they can both be installed separately.
 
Omak47 said:
On the topic of the SRT trigger, I find the standard trigger to be amazing both in DA and SA. It will always be stated in the specs if you are buying any version of the p226 if it has the SRT trigger or not. Also having the short trigger (slim) does not necessarily mean that a p226 has the SRT as they can both be installed separately.
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I agree. Even the "poor man's 226" the 2022 has a great DA/SA trigger. Never met a Sig (other than a duty pistol) that had a bad trigger and I've owned several 226's, 220, 239, 1911, 2022. 250 has a long and stiff trigger, otherwise their triggers are a pleasure to use. Is the SRT better, yes it is but the base triggers are very good, 4.4 lb weight in SA.
 
st1264 said:
I agree. Even the "poor man's 226" the 2022 has a great DA/SA trigger. Never met a Sig (other than a duty pistol) that had a bad trigger and I've owned several 226's, 220, 239, 1911, 2022. 250 has a long and stiff trigger, otherwise their triggers are a pleasure to use. Is the SRT better, yes it is but the base triggers are very good, 4.4 lb weight in SA.
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I can't think of a better DA/SA trigger tbh, except for the HK 'match trigger'.
 
Something that I haven't noticed anyone mention about the Mk 25, as well as the Combat P226, is that they have a proper picatinny rail on the underside, as opposed to the curved Sig one. Not a huge deal, except apparently some lights/lasers can't mount to the normal Sig rail?
 
ianfroese said:
Something that I haven't noticed anyone mention about the Mk 25, as well as the Combat P226, is that they have a proper picatinny rail on the underside, as opposed to the curved Sig one. Not a huge deal, except apparently some lights/lasers can't mount to the normal Sig rail?
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I posted that in my first reply ;)
 
If you plan to participate in IPSC or any action shooting sport, the SRT is a must. If not, then it's not a big deal. The Elite serie have front cocking serration and beaver tail. The Elite Stainless have a SS frame and slide and loaded with options. It's a nice pistol but the grip is HUGE. I don't care for the beaver tail, it's more cosmetic than anything because the slide sits so high that it's impossible to have slide bite.
 
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