Posted: 7/28/2005 4:21:53 PM EDT
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Took my new sig 226 to the range today. i cannot make the darn thing misfeed, holding it with just my thumb and forefinger- hehe, even upside down- after 300 rounds today i'm very very happy with this thing over all. now, i intend to carry this thing with a round in the chamber and the hammer down- pretty standard with sigs i think. when i practiced DA today no matter how much i concentrate on a good steady squeeze when the trigger broke all my shots would go right of target. if i push the thing left while i squeeze it's on target. are there any techniques for overcoming the hump of the DA pull- SA is an absolute joy, but the DA just seems tough to hit anything with. thanks for the help. |
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The Sig P226 is a remarkable pistol, built like a tank, accurate and reliable. All the things you want in a pistol. The 9mm is an good round especially with the right rounds. For as long as I have had my Sig sorry bud, not one hiccup or misfeed or malfunction to speak of. As far as the DA pull... Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice. Like you really need another reason to go buy more ammo and shoot  My only complaint about the pistol are the lollipop sights. Could never shoot as well with them compared to the 3 dot sights. |
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I have a Sigma DAO pistol and had similar problems. The only answer I came up with was practice, practice and more practice. I had to conciously slow down every aspect of my trigger pull routine. It was very frustrating at times but after a few visits to the range in a row with only that gun it finally came together for me. I bet with a little more time you can get it just right...  Here's a chart that I found that helped too. 
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Cock the hammer. Why is this such a no no? I realize it's not as fast but dang, some of them gunslingers with single actions are pretty fast. If you had to take a first shot long distance, I'd cock the hammer. If it was up close and personal, a little off wont matter anyways. So pull away. |
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As stated, practice. In addition, an action job with a reduced power mainspring can do wonders on most DA pulls. I had two 225's done and they were much improved for me. Sig did one [do they still perform this?], and the other by a gunsmith. The spring you can even change out yourself if so inclined. |
| Dry fire practice. Take an empty 226 and an empty 9mm shell. Place the empty shell on the end of the barrel. Aim, dry fire. The object is to keep your sights on target without the shell falling off while dry firing. Dry fire again, again and again. After a while your first shot will be your best shot. |
+1 but I use snap caps but whatever works. You will be suprised at how much this will help and it is a lot cheaper than a case of ammo although nothing can replace actualy shooting at the range. |
The 226 and 228 are SIG's finest, but I had the same problem with the first DA shot. I trained really hard to perfect my speed draw from the holster but my shot would always go wide or miss the paper. My solution was buy a G19 and I never had that issue again. My friend who had similar DA issues went with an HK USP and worked on his cocked and locked draw and it works well. I have seen people that are spot on with DA/SA guns, I just couldnt perfect the method myself |
| The weak hand still holds the gun and the strong hand is along for the ride and running the trigger. When I play with a double/single I have to bypass a balanced approach in the grip(Brian Enos) and think more of a 60/40 grip to keep the sights consistant. Strong hand or weak hand only shooting is tuffff for me. good luck and don't forget to dry fire several hours a day. for tips from the action shooters try www.brianenos.com |
| over comming the DA first shot usually implies a low first shot. The fact that you are off to one side indicates you have good control over the anticipation of the shot. You may want to try adjusting yorr grip. Don't do the what you see in hollywood where the firing side hand is cupped into the support side hand (the "tea cup"). Try griping the pistol in your firing side hand with a nice firm (but not crushing grip). Then wrap your fingers of your support side hand around the fingers of hte firing side hand with the support side hand resting on the frame forward of the firing side hand. hold the support side hand a bit more firmly thant he firing side hand. If you are right handed it is important to not touch the slide stop with your firing side thumb. basically get as much of the meat of your hand onto the stock of the pistol grips. |
That is a great grip, tried it out today. Much more comfortable, and I can actually use the thumb reliefs in the frame of my XD. Anyone have a link to pictures of the different pistol shooting grips? |