There is a lot of information being thrown around about German vs. American, Stainless vs. Stamped Carbon Steel Slides, Pre-'07 vs. Post-'07, some is right and some is not. The first comment that told you to compare your serial number to the SIG Forum list is the best starting point. Getting an idea of the year of manufacture will tell you whether it is West German, German, German-Frame with American-Slide, or All American.

Mar 08, 2015 SIGforum.com Main Page SIG Pistols Sig Sauer Classic P-Series - Serial Number List and associated manufacture/import years/information. P226 DA/SA ILAFON. Feb 25, 2013 This is a discussion on p226 serial number mystery! Within the SIG Sauer Pistols forums, part of the SIG Sauer Forum category. Sig sauer p226 serial number uu. Feb 02, 2006 Handguns » SIG Sauer. The serial number starts with an AL, which I'm guessing is old. Fotoquote Pro Serial on this page. P226, 1991 vintage and in like new condition. May 20, 2011 They are similar to the German/US Sigs, but their serial number start with 'UU' Sig also have an all Stainless Steel p226 and P220. I have a Exeter Made Sig P226.

The pictures in the following album show two of my SIGs, one is a P226 manufactured in 2008 during the transition to US manufacturing, and one is a newer P225 manufactured completely in Germany, note that the all German one is still marked SIG SAUER INC. EXETER NH, because that is the importer. Not all SIG pistols are made in the US, even today. Certain lines such as the X-5/X-6 and Mosquito are still made in Germany. Gta 4 Superhuman Strength Mod Minecraft. If you are interested in learning more about the history of SIG pistols I would recommend either of the two Gun Digest Books of SIG Sauer, SIG Forum, or even the Wikipedia articles on each of the models. They have a very deep-rooted history in Europe and the United States, from the Legendary P210, to the P220 initially imported into the US as the Browning BDA in 9mm and.38 Super, to the P226, P228, P6/P225 and newer models such as the P229, P224, and P227.

The SIG P226 was the first handgun I ever bought. I had just turned 21, was already issued a concealed handgun license by the great state of Pennsylvania, and had some money to burn. Not too much money, though — starving college students have that problem. So I picked up a police trade-in P226, and at first glance it looked rough. The bluing was completely worn away on some parts, others had dents or dings in them.

But despite the wear, the thing still ran like a champ. And there’s a reason for that. In the 1980s, the U.S. Military was looking for a replacement for the M1911A1 handguns that had been in service since World War One.

The platform was still useful and deadly, but NATO was standardizing around the 9mm cartridge and the powers that be decided that 8 rounds wasn’t enough for their soldiers. They wanted a new gun. SIG SAUER saw the opportunity to get in on some of the sweet government contract money that the U.S. Was being thrown around and redesigned their existing service handgun that they had designed for the German military (the P220) as a double stacked 9mm and submitted it to the trials.

Download Free Donella Meadows Thinking In Systems Pdf Creator. Thus, the 226 was born. When the dust cleared, only the P226 and Beretta’s 92FS remained standing over the corpses of FN, H&K, Colt and S&W’s entries. The 92FS was eventually chosen, it’s said, due to a lower cost of ownership, but the Navy SEALs and police departments nationwide dismissed the results and purchased P226es anyway. The biggest difference between the P226 and the 92FS is plain to see — there’s no safety on the P226. There are only three controls: the slide stop, the magazine release and the decocker.

The gun is meant to be carried with a round in the chamber and the hammer decocked. That converts the relatively light single action trigger to heavier double action that’s much less likely to be accidentally pulled.