Posted: 5/3/2013 3:22:09 PM EDT
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I am looking into another 9mm SIG only !
P229 vs P226 Which one is better and why? I compared the two and they are close to the same as far as characteristics... |
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Wouldn't touch a DAK or any Double action only sig. My vote is 229 Feels better, and I shoot better with it than the 226. Me thinks the 229 would be better suited for me. I have a 220 equinox, the 229 would complement well with my 220...Soon I'll make my move! 
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I was going to post a shity comment to this. But I'll keep it to myself. Enjoy your MK25. 
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I was going to post a shity comment to this. But I'll keep it to myself. Enjoy your MK25.
Good points here...Like I said I have the P220. I've decided to go with the P229 which I will use for home defense, carry, and target shooting. I would probably get the P226 later. Pics will be up when I pick it up
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I was going to post a shity comment to this. But I'll keep it to myself. Enjoy your MK25.
While his post does come off as "fanboyish", it is quite telling how many top tier SOF around the world choose to issue/carry the P226. One of the main reasons why I would and did choose to buy a Mk25 is because it has the proven short external extractor. A lot of the newer P226's and P229's are coming with the long external extractor that still has a few bugs that need to be worked out. Another reason is that all of my other SIGs have the short extractor, and it makes it easier to have a few spares just in case (all have been problem free). |
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I really like my 226. I would base which model you purchase on your intended use of the pistol. For a bedside/home defense gun I would get the 226. If you want to carry it concealed quite a bit you might get the smaller version. This... 226 fits my hands better, but trying to conceal a 226 is tough. I like my 229. |
| Niether, there is a reason why the P228 is considered to be the Holy Grail of 9MM Pistols. I have three and nothing balances like the P228, not just me, plenty will say the same. I have HK's, Glocks, Berreta's etc....... but the P228 is what gets caried daily. Not the newer railed guns, get a German made pre rail. |
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Niether, there is a reason why the P228 is considered to be the Holy Grail of 9MM Pistols. I have three and nothing balances like the P228, not just me, plenty will say the same. I have HK's, Glocks, Berreta's etc....... but the P228 is what gets caried daily. Not the newer railed guns, get a German made pre rail. I'm a Sig guy and I can't agree more with NCHornet.... I have sold all my 9mm's except for my Sig P228.. This gun is Sig 9mm perfection in my opinion. It is my daily carry gun. I recently got a 40cal P229 SAS. Although it may look similar to my P228 it is not. The stainless steel slide makes the P229 feel a bit top heavy compared to the P228. My vote would be find a nice used German P228. |
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Yup the 228 is a primo 9mm...the 229 is a boat anchor in comparison. Wow, 2.8 oz must make a hell of a difference. 
I would take a "boat anchor" with the SS slide over the older stamped models every time. The SS slide models require less maintenance, are more robust, have a lot better finish, and don't rust if you look at them wrong. |
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I have both a 229 and 226 in 9mm. Both are outstanding in my book. If you are going to carry, get the 229. For a range gun, I would stick to the 226. But you can use both, well, for both. LOL
I will say this, I like the E2 grips on both, and most of all I suggest the short trigger / short reset. Every Sig should have both from the factory. |
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I thought SIG quality had fallen and people recommended buying the older models. |
| I have never had a problem with Sigs. I have heard the recent rumors that their quality was going down hill. I own 3 Sigs, 2 (P232 and P228) of them are old German made guns and the other is a 1 year old US made 229 SAS. Like I stated above my P228 is my favorite handgun no matter the caliber. The 229 SAS is similar to the 228 because it is rail less, it is a bit top heavy due to the stainless steel slide. I feel this is an advantage when shooting 40cal. I like the folded 228 slide in 9mm. In my opinion it balances better for the 9mm round. As far a rust goes I live in humid Florida and use my 228 as a carry gun. I have not seen any rust issues at all and I do have some holster wear. I do wipe the gun down with a light coat of hopes oil on a regular basis. I don't think you could go wrong with a 226, 228 or a 229 in 9mm. All 3 have there advantages and disadvantages, but all three will have an awesome SA trigger from the start and they will only get better the more you shoot them. |
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I thought SIG quality had fallen and people recommended buying the older models. Here's a little snippet from a post on another forum. I'm sure he has more rounds through SIGs than anybody else on the forum do to his day job. The Sig Sauer P226 pistols has been in use by the Navy SEAL Teams since 1989 and the P239 for the last 5 years or so. Nobody on the Teams is complaining about these guns after 23 years of continuous service from workup through deployment year in and year out. I've seen the older rebuilt guns- which a few can be spotted, to the newer MK25. I believe as a whole the MK25's; which are currently issued to the Teams to be the best incarnation of the P226 to date. These SIG Sauer Pistols come out of the same factory in NH as those offered commercially to the civilian market.
I know someone is going to chime in with, well such and such said this or that... Fine, if someone's word has that much effect on your psyche then by all means follow it to the end. Don't letmy objective view of SIG Sauer Pistols in the form of the P226; which comes from a large sample size of guns that have seen very hard use over a period of almost a quarter century get in your way. |
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Well, I'm bummed out. I was going to pick up my P229 today and it only comes with 1 magazine.  I think that's messed up to pay such a higher price and it comes with 1 mag only. Because of this, I did not pick it up, YET.If it is new in box recently made Sig there will a certificate in the box for a free 2nd mag. Sig just started doing this within the last couple months. FYI the new M11's come with 3 mags. This gun is the new version of the P228. It has a stainless steel slide. The only thing I don't like about it is the new oversized extractor. |
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Sig P226 MK25 here are the reason "S" -war tested -100 ft under ocean tested -desert dry heat tested -united stated navy seal tested -90% of the world elited ops tested P226 quality is that good I thought SIG quality had fallen and people recommended buying the older models. I hear this frequently. I'm the AR15 and Sig pistol armorer for a small municipal police dept here in St Louis. I'm responsible for 10 226's in 40 cal, and 25 229's in 40 cal. All were manufactured in 2007. We have had the following issues with our Sig's: Sig changed the followers on the 226's and didn't tell anyone. The old followers (pre 2007) did not lock back the slides on the new (2007) guns. The also got jammed in the gun so you had a tough time ripping the mag out to reload. Sig replaced the followers at no charge and we had no further issues. We had two pistols (226's) where the sights fell off the gun. Meprolite machined a run of sights that was a few thousandths of an inch too small and they wouldn't stay put. We sent them back to Sig and they were replaced at no charge. We just discovered one of the 229's has a burr on the feed ramp. This burr is located in the middle of the recurved portion of the feed ramp, meaning that there is almost no way to accidentally drop the barrel and have it damage that portion of the feed ramp. We just discovered the burr when the officer was at a training class and using Federal American Eagle 40cal 165 gr ammo. I was at the same class and noticed that the ammo was pretty weak in terms of felt recoil. Winchester 180 gr White Box ammo was noticeably snappier in comparison, and I had a few slow to chamber situations while shooting from the same lot. The burr would bite the edge of the bullet about 1/8th of an inch from the tip and keep it from chambering. This happened at least once a magazine. The gun has been sent back to Sig and we will see what happens. I suspect that the burr was always present and we just got a bad batch of American Eagle that has a lower than normal powder charge and that's what's allowing the burr to grab and hold the round, preventing it from chambering. I suspect that if the ammo had a normal load of powder, it wouldn't have been an issue. This gun has been carried by the same officer since it was issued to him in 2007. It has approximately 4500 rounds through it and this is the first time this has ever happened with the gun. Prior to this year, training ammo was WWB. I'm also friends with several other armorers who's dept carry Sig's. St Louis County went to Sig P229's in 2008. They have approximately 950 guns. They were transitioning from the S&W 4006 which had a slide mounted safety and a magazine disconnect. St Louis County requested that Sig put a mag disconnect in their 229's, and Sig obliged. St Louis County had the following problems: Sights fell off a couple of guns. (This was most likely from the same batch of night sights that Meprolite made where they were machined too small) Sig replaced them free of charge. The magazine disconnect did not work reliably and was eventually pulled from the pistols returning them to the normal function. No one I know blames Sig for this malfunction as the gun was not designed with this feature in mind. I have friends who are armorers with other municipal dept's that carry Sig P229's. Most are DA/SA, at least one is DAK trigger. No issues have been reported in the 3-4 years they have been carrying them on duty. All told I have access to information on about 1500 guns in the St Louis area, and the only problems I've heard of are the ones I mentioned above. I personally don't put much faith in the internet rumblings about Sig quality going downhill. The only negative I have with regard to Sig is that I can no longer buy parts directly from them, (for personal use) I have to go through a distributor now. Dept issued guns needing parts can come directly from Sig. Previously, I could just order parts straight from Sig. |
