My old Sig 226

baboon · 12-15-2023, 06:06 PM

Well after to much time & energy & a few dollars I have upgraded my Sig Sauer 226 into a suppressed pistol with a Trijicon SRO. I bought a case of Fiocchi 258 grain subsonics that would not cycle the action. It really pisses me off as the old Italian version are very quit & cycle. That SRO is tits. Great for getting on target fast& even better for my watery ass eyes(I have dry eye disease and the water non stop). Yesterday I got it sighted in at 50 yards banging the 3 inch plates on a dueling tree.

Sanders · 12-15-2023, 07:05 PM

Looks like fun! I'd pop a coyote with that, except maybe the subsonic stuff wouldn't be fast enough to catch Wile E. He can really go when he feels threatened.

RetVet · 12-15-2023, 07:06 PM

I had an RMR optic on one of my pistols and finally took it off. I just got tired of searching for the dot every time I pulled the pistol up to aim.

Sanders · 12-15-2023, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

I had an RMR optic on one of my pistols and finally took it off. I just got tired of searching for the dot every time I pulled the pistol up to aim.

Wife and I were in a new gun store the other day and she saw some of the optics on the pistols. Now she wants one. I told her we'd have to get her a new pistol, because nothing we have will take one and I don't want to pay the cost of conversion.

baboon · 12-15-2023, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

Wife and I were in a new gun store the other day and she saw some of the optics on the pistols. Now she wants one. I told her we'd have to get her a new pistol, because nothing we have will take one and I don't want to pay the cost of conversion.

My Sig is an older West German gun from the early 80's. The slide is not cut for a red dot, nor did I want to have it done to it. Trijicon sells adapted plates for various guns. Push out the rear sight push in the adapter plate. Their are other companies that also make adapter plates. I went with Trijicon's because the SRO is a Trijicon.

I really like my set up. My eyes water a lot & when I really push my eyes the water even more. Even with blurry eye sight I have no problem picking up the dot. The dot does have adjustment for its size & I like the smaller sized dot. The dot also adjusts down enough that I can use my PVS -14 with it.

Sanders · 12-16-2023, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by baboon

My Sig is an older West German gun from the early 80's. The slide is not cut for a red dot, nor did I want to have it done to it. Trijicon sells adapted plates for various guns. Push out the rear sight push in the adapter plate. Their are other companies that also make adapter plates. I went with Trijicon's because the SRO is a Trijicon.

I really like my set up. My eyes water a lot & when I really push my eyes the water even more. Even with blurry eye sight I have no problem picking up the dot. The dot does have adjustment for its size & I like the smaller sized dot. The dot also adjusts down enough that I can use my PVS -14 with it.

The adapter plate is interesting - I see they make one for the RCR that will work on her XD9. That would make the optics worth more than the pistol, itself.

It would be like polishing a turd.

MrKalashnikov · 12-16-2023, 09:31 AM

I have one just like it I bought around 2005, minus the can. Best auto pistol I've ever owned.

baboon · 12-16-2023, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

The adapter plate is interesting - I see they make one for the RCR that will work on her XD9. That would make the optics worth more than the pistol, itself.

It would be like polishing a turd.

I thing my Sig is worth (at least to me) more then the SRO, adapter plate, new factory threaded barrel. The suppressor was on my H&K USP that I sold to a friend who begged me to sell it to him. I had to have a new booster made for the pigs barrels thread pitch. The guy making the booster took way to long to complete it

What I really would like is to find a holster that allows for the surrpressor to say attached & with a cut for the SRO. The closest thing is a London Bridge Trading holster made for the S.E.A.L.'s. It $250.00 & has no optic cut.

Sanders · 12-16-2023, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

I thing my Sig is worth (at least to me) more then the SRO, adapter plate, new factory threaded barrel. The suppressor was on my H&K USP that I sold to a friend who begged me to sell it to him. I had to have a new booster made for the pigs barrels thread pitch. The guy making the booster took way to long to complete it

What I really would like is to find a holster that allows for the surrpressor to say attached & with a cut for the SRO. The closest thing is a London Bridge Trading holster made for the S.E.A.L.'s. It $250.00 & has no optic cut.

My sister's nephew (on her husband's side) makes Kydex holsters. He started out making them for airsofters and built a little factory, but he's now doing holsters for CCW and tactical carry pistols. He could probably make you one, if you want me to put you in touch with him.

Hang onto that German 226 - they aren't being made there anymore.

baboon · 12-16-2023, 04:14 PM

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My sister's nephew (on her husband's side) makes Kydex holsters. He started out making them for airsofters and built a little factory, but he's now doing holsters for CCW and tactical carry pistols. He could probably make you one, if you want me to put you in touch with him.

Hang onto that German 226 - they aren't being made there anymore.

Absolutely I have struck out on asking several custom holster makers. My friend Leon wanted me to sell him my Sig, so I told him $2K. He tells me he can buy a new one for a lot less, so I told go buy it.

One thing that pissed me off about Sig was I bought a factory threaded barrel. First they only offered it in one thread pitch metric at that.The big thing was the new barrels locking lug needed to be honed down. When I called Sig about why didn't the say it may need fitting, they got all indignant. I told the guy I get it Y'all get a government contract & start acting like H&K. Sig hates you too.

Sanders · 12-16-2023, 05:07 PM

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Absolutely I have struck out on asking several custom holster makers. My friend Leon wanted me to sell him my Sig, so I told him $2K. He tells me he can buy a new one for a lot less, so I told go buy it.

One thing that pissed me off about Sig was I bought a factory threaded barrel. First they only offered it in one thread pitch metric at that.The big thing was the new barrels locking lug needed to be honed down. When I called Sig about why didn't the say it may need fitting, they got all indignant. I told the guy I get it Y'all get a government contract & start acting like H&K. Sig hates you too.

He makes this one for Airsoft - https://www.mckydex.com/mk23-compati...-5-suppressor/

I bet if you talked to him, he'd be able to come up with something like it for your Sig. Never hurts to ask, anyway.

12-15-2023, 06:06 PM	#1
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,320	My old Sig 226 Well after to much time & energy & a few dollars I have upgraded my Sig Sauer 226 into a suppressed pistol with a Trijicon SRO. I bought a case of Fiocchi 258 grain subsonics that would not cycle the action. It really pisses me off as the old Italian version are very quit & cycle. That SRO is tits. Great for getting on target fast& even better for my watery ass eyes(I have dry eye disease and the water non stop). Yesterday I got it sighted in at 50 yards banging the 3 inch plates on a dueling tree.

12-15-2023, 07:05 PM	#2
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,511	Looks like fun! I'd pop a coyote with that, except maybe the subsonic stuff wouldn't be fast enough to catch Wile E. He can really go when he feels threatened. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

12-15-2023, 07:06 PM	#3
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,673	I had an RMR optic on one of my pistols and finally took it off. I just got tired of searching for the dot every time I pulled the pistol up to aim. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

12-16-2023, 09:31 AM	#7
MrKalashnikov Deplorable Join Date: May 2008 Location: Behind The Iron Curtain Posts: 8,077	I have one just like it I bought around 2005, minus the can. Best auto pistol I've ever owned.