sig p226 magazine release problem?

[ct126x]

I noticed that if I put in a full mag, I have to slam it into the gun or it won't fully sit. It's harder if the slide is not locked back. Also noticed that if the slide is locked back, it goes in fine. However, if I put force the magazine in with the slide forward, pull the slide back just enough to see if there's a round chambered, and release the slide back to the original position, the mag will not release properly via mag release button. I have to push the mag up while pushing the release button for it to come out.

[ChrisTKHarris]

Are you using aftermarket grips/screws? Make sure the grip screws are not protruding into the magwell.

[ct126x]

Are you using aftermarket grips/screws? Make sure the grip screws are not protruding into the magwell.

Everything is factory. I'll check the grip screws, but it's only hard to put the magazine in if the slide is forward.

[ChrisTKHarris]

Everything is factory. I'll check the grip screws, but it's only hard to put the magazine in if the slide is forward.

Seating a full magazine with the slide forward and/or a chambered round is usually more difficult with most guns.

[cpiaaq]

The resistance you feel is the 10 rounds in the magazine (already very tight) being pushed down even further by the slide. It is normal. If you release the mag it should spring out. Maybe contact sig, I've had good luck with their email support.

[gorenut]

The resistance you feel is the 10 rounds in the magazine (already very tight) being pushed down even further by the slide. It is normal. If you release the mag it should spring out. Maybe contact sig, I've had good luck with their email support.

Ditto. Almost every P226s I've had, in 9mm or 40sw, it didn't matter. I'd have to slam it in really hard to get it seat. Its due to the 10 rounder thing. The only one I didn't have issues with this was 357SIG. Probably because they're a slight more narrow than 40sw and use the same mags.

[Sturnovik]

Ditto. Almost every P226s I've had, in 9mm or 40sw, it didn't matter. I'd have to slam it in really hard to get it seat. Its due to the 10 rounder thing. The only one I didn't have issues with this was 357SIG. Probably because they're a slight more narrow than 40sw and use the same mags.

I agree.

OP, are you trying to describe that sorta "false click" you hear before its finally seated? I notice that on all Sigs really, there's 2 clicks in very, very close succession when pushing the mag in really slowly into seating.

[Bullwinkle]

Get an HKS speedloader. As you're putting cartridges into the mag, when you get to the point where you start to feel resistance (6th round?), start using both hands to push the follower down; i.e. use the HKS speedloader, but also use the thumb on your free hand to help push the cartridges down into the mag body (I push at the junction of the case and bullet). At some point--around the 8th or 9th round in the mag--there's going to be a snap and the follower is going to suddenly plunge deeper. Then you can get that 10th round in no problem, and the mag will insert into the gun a lot easier, too. I can even depress the cartridges in a full mag with my index finger alone.

I don't know what that 'snap' is... I suspect (meaning I really don't know) that the mag follower is snapping over the compressed spring coils inside the magazine body.

That's how mine work, anyway (seven of them, 18 if you count the P229 & SigPro mags too). Never once had any sort of a feeding problem, so whatever that snap is, it doesn't affect operation. It takes a fair amount of pressure, so don't baby it when you're pushing down those cartridges. I mean, don't crush the things, but give it a nice firm push (with both your free thumb and the speedloader).