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Hello. This is a range report on the Sig Sauer P226 in 22 caliber long rifle.
Before we get started, let's make sure the gun is safe.
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No magazine. And the chamber is empty.
Let's take a look at some of its standard features.
It has an adjustable rear sight.
I would like the sights more, if for the elevation and windage screws,
they would have an indicator that shows up and down, and left and right.
As you can see, it uses a white, three dot system. And the dots are a good size, which I appreciate.
It is a double action. As well as a single action pistol.
Comes with a decocking lever. The version I bought has the beaver tail.
This is the standard, Sig take down lever. Comes with a tactical rail.
And what I really like, are the full size, fully textured grips. Has texturing on the front strap.
Texturing on the side panels. And texturing on the back strap.
This helps me during the warmer months to maintain a firmer grip on the gun.
It also has a textured front trigger guard. But since I'm a one-handed shooter, I don't use it very much.
The weight, without a magazine, is 1 pound 7.5 ounces. Which is about 666 grams.
This makes this the lightest gun I actually own. As I mentioned, it shoots 22 long rifle.
And the owner's manual recommends high velocity.
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I bought it as a 22 caliber. And it came with two magazines.
As you can see, the magazines are quite wide. Which is not typical of 22 caliber.
But, this is built on the standard P226 frame, which is a centerfire pistol.
In fact, you can buy conversion kits.
Where you can replace the slide, barrel, recoil spring, recoil rod. With a centerfire version, such as 9mm.
And then with 9mm magazines, you can use this exact same frame and have a 9mm gun also.
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Now let's look at disassembly and reassembly.
To disassemble, you first, of course, make sure the gun is unloaded, which we have already done.
You rack the slide all the way back. Then you push the takedown lever down into the 6 o'clock position.
And then you release the slide. And let it go forward.
Now, on this particular gun, it actually kind of stops right here.
But that's because the takedown lever is not completely in the 6 o'clock position.
So a small push. And the slide comes right off.
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Next we remove the record rod and recoil spring. And then we remove the barrel.
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In removing the recoil spring from the recoil rod.
The diameter at the very end here is slightly bigger than the rest of the diameter.
So that holds the spring in place. But when you remove it, you don't want to pull on the spring.
You can either reach up here, and pull it off. Or, if that's difficult.
You can actually just hold the spring, and then grab the record rod.
And kind of turn it like you're unscrewing something.
And you can pull it right out.
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And that completes disassembly.
For reassembly, the steps are essentially reversed.
The spring goes onto the rod. And it does not matter which end of the spring goes on.
As you put it on, you'll see that it kind of comes to a natural stop right there.
Again, that's because the diameter of the rod it's a little bit wider than the rest of the rod.
So you just have to get a slight push to get it fully seated.
When we assemble, barrel and rod.
We want to make sure that the rod, fits up against the flat part of the barrel lug.
And let's take a close look at that.
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And the barrel, of course, goes into the slide. Make sure that it's fully back.
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As we put the rod assembly into the slide.
This end of the rod, is going to go, hit up against the edge of the opening.
So we have to give it a firm push, to get it all the way in.
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So now we have the slide assembly completed. And we're going to put slide on the frame.
As you're doing that, if it comes to a stop and it won't go any further.
That's because, this little lever here, is up. You just have to push it down, to get it out of the way.
And then, push the slide all the way up. Raise the slide stop.
One thing I found interesting. But I don't know whether it's unique to this gun.
Or is, somewhat common to all P226s with the 22 caliber conversion on it.
But if the gun is pointing down, it's actually difficult to raise the takedown lever.
But if you raise the gun up, it's quite simple.
At this point we want to check for operation.
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Since this is a 22 caliber pistol, I do not dry fire to test for operation.
I rack the slide. And I make sure the decocking lever works.
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Finally, let's take a look at its performance on the range.
To date, I have tried five different brands of ammunition. And have yet to find one that feeds and shoots reliably.
I experienced two issues. Failure to eject. And failure to fire.
The brand that gives me the least trouble, is Winchester Super X.
It is a 40 grain, round nose, copper plated bullet. And the muzzle velocity is 1,300 feet per second.
Now, we will be looking at some still photographs.
To show the shooting conditions, and the performance of the gun on the range.
The first image shows the range conditions. It is an outdoor range. It was sunny. With no wind.
And the temperature was 43 degrees Fahrenheit, which is around 6 degrees centigrade.
The shooting conditions.
The target was 15 yards away.
I was standing. Shooting one-handed.
No support. No bench rest.
I was using NRA B8 target.
Which has a 10 ring diameter of 3.34 inches.
Which is approximately 8.5 centimeters.
An X ring diameter of 1.66 inches.
Which is approximately 4.2 centimeters.
At first, my sight picture
was center of the target, which is the X ring.
And I fired three shots. To see where they would hit.
And you can see them labeled on the target, as 1, 2 and 3.
This tells me that the gun was shooting a little high for me.
So I adjusted the sight downward. But after only about two clicks, the sight bottom out.
And I can not adjust it down enough for me.
So for the rest of the session, my sight picture was in between the nine and the ten ring at 6 o'clock.
I fired 100 shots, which included the first three.
Seven were in the 8 ring. Twenty three were in the 9 ring.
And the remaining seventy were in the 10 and X rings.
I had three failure to ejects. And three misfires.
So overall, I was quite pleased with its accuracy.
But will need to continue to look to find ammunition they will work with this gun.
I hope this information has been useful to you. Thank you for watching.