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I'm tellin' you all, I love this site. You were all so helpful in my decision to go ahead and purchase my latest restoration project, a 2008 P226R pistol.
I only say restoration because it is after all, an old girl. Perfect bore, shows some holster wear, tight in battery condition, functions flawlessly in my office, lol, needs a good cleaning (probably inside as well as out), But damn, I like her! Especially for the $450 price of admission.
I like the trigger system ok...for a home gun...not so much for a range gun. Will someday convert, I'm pretty sure.
Here she is in all her glory? Lol. Warts and all. Came in original Sig plastic box with 3x12 round magazines.
Home gun? Clean it and shoot it! The 2 different trigger resets take getting used to and are a lot of fun to practice with. The long reset is lighter and smoother. The short reset firmer and shorter - I like that one best but that's just me.
Cool, looks good. Let us know how she shoots. ( not that I doubt that it would not great). I’ve got a 226 with a dak trigger, still kinda on the fence if I like it or not. But like you said some day I might covert it. ENJOY!
Yes do let us know, I'm thinking about adding one of these. The idea of two different trigger pulls feel counter-intuitive to a DA gun so I am interested in what a new user thinks.
I see by your picture , that you fired it on an empty chamber. It is the only way {other than a misfire} to get the hammer all the way down. If you wish to see how the actual trigger is when using the gun, you will either have to run the action or pull the trigger slightly until the half cock position. You will hear the click, then release the trigger and when you go to pull it, it will be the way it actually will be when firing.
These trigger systems are an amazing invention and I'm sure the only reason it isn't offered is cost to produce. {and probably having to pay a royalty to Kellerman, companies hate paying royalty }
A firearm that upon firing automatically de-cocks to a half cock position. Love it!!! My 220 DAK is smoother than any revolver I own. {Probably having to not turn a cylinder for the next round helps}
After some dry firing with a laser bore light (o-ring type), my conclusion on the trigger system is that it isn't TOO heavy, the travel isn't TOO long. It's a little of both, but for a house gun, it makes perfect sense to keep it the way it is. You have to REALLY mean for this gun to go off, but if you should, it's pretty easy-peasy to make it do so.
My wife loves it for the added safety of keeping a round chambered with this trigger system. Hey, happy wife, happy life, right?
She doesn't know I'm already looking at conversion kits to SA/DA...shh! It will then be a pistol I've always wanted to have a copy of but on the cheap.
Pics after field stripping and washing with a little Dawn dish soap and water. Cleaned up some.
Curious, have you actually dry fired the gun cycling it trying both resets? If you have ignore the rest of this:
While the gun is empty rack the slide, keeping the gun pointed safely away pull the trigger, and keep it pulled back. Without releasing the trigger rack the slide again then slowly let the trigger out. The 1st "click" on the way out is the short reset where if you pull the trigger again there it'll be heavy and a short stroke. Keeping the trigger pulled back rack the slide again and again slowly let the trigger back out. Let it pass the 1st reset until it clicks again at the 2nd longer reset. When you pull the trigger off that reset it will be a longer stroke but easier and super smooth compared to the short reset. The gun was designed that way for a reason and is a lot of fun shooting both ways.
I strongly suggest before simply deligating as a "house gun" you and your wife thoroughly familiarize yourselves with it at the range.
If you already knew all this I apologise but I wasn't sure in reading your posts you understood and wanted to be sure you stay safe!
You know, it does work well using the method you described. Not bad at all. Looong pull, but not heavy or nasty at all. Thanks for that.
This pistol, however, is destined to become a SA/DA proper Sig P series. I love that configuration and seriously only bought this one for the price and availability.
I'm just an old single action semi auto guy from way back. Always preferred my old 70 series Colt 1911 for competition.
The P226, my favorite P320 Carry, and changing up to .40sw caliber is as modern as I've ever been, lol.
The smoothness is more like a long pull single action.{trigger pull weight, is closer to a single action, than it is to most double actions. a little less than half what the pull is for the first round in a DA/SA sig} Sorry to see you didn't just buy what you want in the first place. The day will come when the DAK will be difficult to get just because those that really don't care for them are buying them and converting them. {and adding $200 more into the gun, they are not really saving much}
Save the parts, especially if you have DAK only grips. The DAK could be the collectable of the future. {and it is a Proper Sig BTW}
I took a DAK - P226 - in a trade, it was thrown in to make it a better deal. My plan was to convert it to DA/SA. I started looking up the costs, some of the parts were just not available, I couldn't find any of them in stock. The parts I did find added up to a little over $200. The Sig C.S. converted it for 199. + shipping, They had all the parts in stock. I don't know what else they did, but the trigger was (and is) amazing. It's one of the nicest shooting pistols I have..
Sig as well as a couple other armorers will do it for ~ the same price.
I believe it's a totally worthwhile investment. Nothing like a good SINGLE action trigger at the range!!
Shows my age, but who cares, lol.
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