New P226 on the way

[Stebs]

Hey all. I recently jailed a new P226 and was wondering what needs to be done to get it ready. How would I zero it and is there a break in period? If there is a break in period, how do I go about it properly? I have owned a pistol before, but I bought it used so all the hard work minus lubing it was done already. While I was going through MCRD SD, we zeroed our rifles with 5 rounds in the prone at 25yds. Is zeroing a pistol something similar?

[JPagaduan]

First things first. Field strip and clean out all of the factory oils before the range. Relube. I use tw25, I've heard good and bad things about frog lube.

It'll all be very helpful to get to know your sig. I've heard many people like to run theirs wet.

[QXSOUP]

Clean it, Lube it with grease, and shoot the hell out of it.

And disassemble the mags and give them a good cleaning too.

[tbc]

If yours has a non adjustable stock sights, then I doubt if it needs to be zero'd. Also use combat sight picture as shown in image #3




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[Mason McDuffie]

With my 226 it just took a lot of lead downrange. They are a great tool. Can handle tons of abuse.

[Khromo]

As was already mentioned, these pistols are pretty much ready for duty out of the box. Field strip the gun and clean off all the factory rust inhibitor. Almost any solvent will do this well enough. Then lube the whole gun and grease the rails. SIG recommends TW25 these days. Grease them up well.

Like any pistol, you should run a few hundred rounds of jacketed ammo through it to function test it, and make sure you rotate the magazines so you can be sure they each work well. Most of those P-series guns run flawlessly out of the box but you need to verify that yours does.

Trust, but verify.

I've been carrying a P226 since the mid 80's, if my memory is correct. We called high capacity 9 mm.'s "Wondernines" in those days. I recently bought my third one, because my second was from way before they had rails. I put a TLR-1S on it and it is my first line home defense gun.

The 9 mm. does fine when the shooter can place his shots.

[riderr]

Handguns (including Sig) usually come zeroed out of the box. Fieldstrip, clean, lube/grease it and go to the range. If it's not zeroed, file a warranty claim with Sig.
If you got 9mm, you'll start itching for .40 caliber slide soon. If you got .40, you'll want cheaper plinking and will go for 9mm conversion barrel/slide too.

[barca101]

All of the above are great and solid advice. Also, check your grip that your thumb don't accidentally press or sweep against the slide stop when your shooting, or you will experience the slide failure to lock back on an empty gun.
Practice makes perfect.

[trigger945]

Congrats! The above tips are very good. Clean first and then lube. And figure out the best sight picture through practice.

I have not been a big Sig fan, but it is starting to grow on me. I am considering the P220 Equinox in .45 or .40 cal. Uh-oh...

[Kilibreaux]

Hey all. I recently jailed a new P226 and was wondering what needs to be done to get it ready. How would I zero it and is there a break in period? If there is a break in period, how do I go about it properly? I have owned a pistol before, but I bought it used so all the hard work minus lubing it was done already. While I was going through MCRD SD, we zeroed our rifles with 5 rounds in the prone at 25yds. Is zeroing a pistol something similar?

Short trigger if it doesn't come with one.
Short reset kit if it doesn't come with it.
High cap mags - whatever way you need to acquire them.
Serpa holster modified to a Jackass style carry rig with at least 4 mags on the off-side, preferably 8.

Sights...fine
Reliability...the Sig P226 simply does not permit malfunctions to occur.
Grip...if it didn't come with it, the E2 is a MUST have IMMEDIATELY!

[obscura101]

It's fine out of the box. If you plan on getting it ready for IDPA/USPSA I suggest the competition trigger work by Gray Guns.