Hello,
I bought the Sig P226 used and based on the serial number and markings it is was made in 1988. The gun looks like it has some minor wear on the outside (small surface scratches no dents or gouges or rust).
I am have a couple of problems when the gun cycles. First when I shoot the last round, sometimes the slide does not lock in the open position. If I manually grab the slide and pull it back it will lock every time (of course only when the mag is in). This isn't a huge problem but is more of an annoyance. Secondly, and the bigger of the two problems, is the gun has failure to feed issues. Most of the time when I have a FTF issue the bullet will be jammed with the tip of the bullet above the opening of the barrel. Other times the FTF will be that the old casing is ejected and the next bullet just doesn't feed into the chamber. I can just pull the slide back and release and it will properly load the next round.
The FTF sometimes happens once but sometimes 3-4 times in a row but is never the first bullet in the mag always 2-5 (gun club sets limit of 5 rounds in mag). I have the original Sig mag and an after market mag. I have tried using each mag and the problem persists. I have also tried different ammo (Tula ammo brass maxx and Federal Ammunition) but still no improvement.
I read up on this issue and the consensus seems to be limp wrist shooting or mag issues. I cleaned all of the mags and the gun and went back to the range. I held the gun tighter than I normally would and still have the same problem. So far I have fired about 550 rounds through the gun and have probably had around 40 FTF issues and about half of the time the slide doesn't lock back. I don't know if this is relevant but when the next round jams it usually hits me in the face with the spent brass. That probably pisses me off more than the gun not working properly.
The next thing I am going to try is to buy a new mag and buy a new main spring. The gun is 25 years old and as far as I know has the same spring so I hope maybe a new spring would cycle the slide correctly.
Before I go out and buy the replacement parts I would just like to ask if anybody here has experienced similar problems with the P226 and what the solution was. From what I understand the P226 should be a reliable gun. If you need any pictures of anything or more info let me know and I will throw some up here.
Thank you
I bought the Sig P226 used and based on the serial number and markings it is was made in 1988. The gun looks like it has some minor wear on the outside (small surface scratches no dents or gouges or rust).
I am have a couple of problems when the gun cycles. First when I shoot the last round, sometimes the slide does not lock in the open position. If I manually grab the slide and pull it back it will lock every time (of course only when the mag is in). This isn't a huge problem but is more of an annoyance. Secondly, and the bigger of the two problems, is the gun has failure to feed issues. Most of the time when I have a FTF issue the bullet will be jammed with the tip of the bullet above the opening of the barrel. Other times the FTF will be that the old casing is ejected and the next bullet just doesn't feed into the chamber. I can just pull the slide back and release and it will properly load the next round.
The FTF sometimes happens once but sometimes 3-4 times in a row but is never the first bullet in the mag always 2-5 (gun club sets limit of 5 rounds in mag). I have the original Sig mag and an after market mag. I have tried using each mag and the problem persists. I have also tried different ammo (Tula ammo brass maxx and Federal Ammunition) but still no improvement.
I read up on this issue and the consensus seems to be limp wrist shooting or mag issues. I cleaned all of the mags and the gun and went back to the range. I held the gun tighter than I normally would and still have the same problem. So far I have fired about 550 rounds through the gun and have probably had around 40 FTF issues and about half of the time the slide doesn't lock back. I don't know if this is relevant but when the next round jams it usually hits me in the face with the spent brass. That probably pisses me off more than the gun not working properly.
The next thing I am going to try is to buy a new mag and buy a new main spring. The gun is 25 years old and as far as I know has the same spring so I hope maybe a new spring would cycle the slide correctly.
Before I go out and buy the replacement parts I would just like to ask if anybody here has experienced similar problems with the P226 and what the solution was. From what I understand the P226 should be a reliable gun. If you need any pictures of anything or more info let me know and I will throw some up here.
Thank you