sig p226

[killuminati]

hey guys just got back from canyon sports in martinez and was wondering if i paid too much???? i paid 899 for a sig p226 stainless 40 cal is that legit ?

[odesskiy]

Go to sigsauer.com and look at the MSRP's. If you got the gun for less than MSRP you did good

EDIT: the MSRP is $907 without night sights (siglight).

[oghl888]

Sounds about right for an all stainless (including frame).

[Kelvrick]

Stainless frame? Was this a new one?

EDIT: I paid 699 for my new 226 9mm. Stainless slide, alloy frame, all black.

[killuminati]

didnt get a deal but didnt get ripped i can live with that. i was talking to dude at the gunshop and he said no one sells guns in original unopened box which kind of bothered me i dont like the idea of getting the floor model that everyone and there mother has handled, is that a true statement or was dude selling wolf tickets

[killuminati]

yea it was stainless and new but was on display and not in a new box or anything

[killuminati]

damn 700 for the 9mm stainless, but i quess the black ones are a little cheaper right?

[BONECUTTER]

I look at it this way.

Can you find one cheaper.....just like everything...im most case yes....shopping=deals.

Now what are you saving??? A couple bucks for a few hours of you time and maybe some headaches.

I try to buy from friendly neighborhood gun stores. A couple extra bucks isn't that big a deal and in the end Im helping keep a good shop in buisiness.

Congrats on your new toy.

[naimad]

I just picked up a 226 stainless in 40s&w it is a shooter you will be happy
btw i paid 950.00 for mine with night sights nib

[oghl888]

I paid $570 for a new 226... in 1992

My first 226, alloy framed, was $570, back in 1992.
My second 226, alloy framed, used in 2006, was $599.
The used Stainless 226 I saw last month, with some galling in both rails, was $700.

So you did well with your purchase.

[CWM4A1]

How I look at this one:

1. SIG already discontinue their all stainless P226 product line (unless we are talking about the X5), so the shop has a good reason not to lower the price; same as paying MSRP or higher then MSRP for some fancy sports car when their supply is limited.

2. Unless this is for collection, and you are never going to shoot it, otherwise there really is no difference buying a display vs. new in box, as long as display gun does not have serious handling marks. You still have to take it out of the box and perform safe handling part of the HSC anyway.

Enjoy your gun. Heck, knowing the fact that SIG don't make this gun anymore, it will fall off list soon and will be PPT only in the future. If you decide to sell it you might get the same amount or even more here in Cali, just because it will be "off-list" in the future.

ETA: Some small gun shop does not have the $$ in their pocket to have multiple inventory of the same item. They order one, at most two of the same model each time. So their display gun may be the only one they have in stock.

[naimad]

How I look at this one:

1. SIG already discontinue their all stainless P226 product line (unless we are talking about the X5), so the shop has a good reason not to lower the price; same as paying MSRP or higher then MSRP for some fancy sports car when their supply is limited.

2. Unless this is for collection, and you are never going to shoot it, otherwise there really is no difference buying a display vs. new in box, as long as display gun does not have serious handling marks. You still have to take it out of the box and perform safe handling part of the HSC anyway.

Enjoy your gun. Heck, knowing the fact that SIG don't make this gun anymore, it will fall off list soon and will be PPT only in the future. If you decide to sell it you might get the same amount or even more here in Cali, just because it will be "off-list" in the future.

ETA: Some small gun shop does not have the $$ in their pocket to have multiple inventory of the same item. They order one, at most two of the same model each time. So their display gun may be the only one they have in stock.

the 226 stainless as well as the 220 stainless models are still avaliable as per sig for the california market because they are on the list,they are no longer a catalog item

[CWM4A1]

Yes, it's still on California list, but SIG is not making them any more, thus SIG will not renew the certification to keep it on the list. Once the ST model dropped they are dropped for good.

[naimad]

Yes, it's still on California list, but SIG is not making them any more, thus SIG will not renew the certification to keep it on the list. Once the ST model dropped they are dropped for good.

Oh my bad i was just going by what i was told by sig,i guess the guy from sig did not know what he was talking about

[CWM4A1]

There's no conflict here. SIG might have residual stock; I got a "franken P226" from SIG using SIG stainless frame and Navy slide as replacement for my broken P228. There may even be CPO ST models available from time to time. Who knows, you might be right... P225 is not on their catalog too... Let's Wait till end of March 08 to find out as P226 ST (all cliber) are schedule to "drop" after 3/11/08 and P228 is schedule to "drop" after 3/27/2008, and they are not on Sig catalog now.