So, the goal was good... One full sized pistol, three calibers. The 'Black Watch' is the P226R in .357 SIG I bought three years ago, SN# UU72XXXX. The gun is in excellent shape and a fine shooter with the one piece ergonomic grips. I bought that pistol because I liked and like the performance of the .357 SIG and figured that SIG would build a good firearm for that caliber if anyone could. They did.
I ‘got the bug,’ and was such a SIG convert that I bought a SIG P229C in that pistol’s brief existence, which (Catriona) is also wonderful and my daily carry. I particularly liked the short reset trigger on the P229C, far more than I thought I would.
Last Fall I decided to have the work done locally on the P226R. It is out of warranty and used, and my gunsmith is superb. I bought a sealed PKIT-226-277-229 SRT conversion kit, a .40 S&W barrel, and a new, sealed blued metal spring guide for it, PN 1709180709. I also bought a Bar-Sto 9mm conversion barrel and a Wolff 15 lb. 9mm recoil spring.
I presented them to my gunsmith, a Master, and asked him to install the parts. The Bar-Sto took some fitting, but now it fits into the P226 like the proverbial glove and shoots. There were, alas, other issues. I overcame an issue with the new spring guide. My gunsmith found that the spring guide was infinitesimally too short for the pistol and did not fit snugly into my pistol’s slide opening. Consequently, it drooped down and blocked the action. The spare spring does work, and functioned when fired with the gun’s original metal spring guide. Turns out the new spring guide functions just fine with the original .357 SIG spring. As long as I keep the right spring with the right guide, I'm great, very do-able. It's probably a 'wearing in' thing.
I come before you all with the unsolved problem: My gunsmith then showed me how a stud on the sear on the SRT kit was too long to fit into the P226R’s mechanism like the original's does. He said that he could not make the kit work without major alterations to the SRT kit's sear. As my gunsmith is a man of proven ingenuity and skill, I admit to being at a loss. I would be grateful for your response and suggestions.
The ergo grips could be in the way... It's an older weapon, possibly there's something I don't know there... The new sear could be an issue...
Your thoughts, please?
Best!
I ‘got the bug,’ and was such a SIG convert that I bought a SIG P229C in that pistol’s brief existence, which (Catriona) is also wonderful and my daily carry. I particularly liked the short reset trigger on the P229C, far more than I thought I would.
Last Fall I decided to have the work done locally on the P226R. It is out of warranty and used, and my gunsmith is superb. I bought a sealed PKIT-226-277-229 SRT conversion kit, a .40 S&W barrel, and a new, sealed blued metal spring guide for it, PN 1709180709. I also bought a Bar-Sto 9mm conversion barrel and a Wolff 15 lb. 9mm recoil spring.
I presented them to my gunsmith, a Master, and asked him to install the parts. The Bar-Sto took some fitting, but now it fits into the P226 like the proverbial glove and shoots. There were, alas, other issues. I overcame an issue with the new spring guide. My gunsmith found that the spring guide was infinitesimally too short for the pistol and did not fit snugly into my pistol’s slide opening. Consequently, it drooped down and blocked the action. The spare spring does work, and functioned when fired with the gun’s original metal spring guide. Turns out the new spring guide functions just fine with the original .357 SIG spring. As long as I keep the right spring with the right guide, I'm great, very do-able. It's probably a 'wearing in' thing.
I come before you all with the unsolved problem: My gunsmith then showed me how a stud on the sear on the SRT kit was too long to fit into the P226R’s mechanism like the original's does. He said that he could not make the kit work without major alterations to the SRT kit's sear. As my gunsmith is a man of proven ingenuity and skill, I admit to being at a loss. I would be grateful for your response and suggestions.
The ergo grips could be in the way... It's an older weapon, possibly there's something I don't know there... The new sear could be an issue...
Your thoughts, please?
Best!