Sig P226 recoil spring

Woolf Gunsprings

velocette said:

Woolf Gunsprings

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Too many "o's" and not enough "f's"

Wolff Gunsprings https://www.gunsprings.com/index.php

Wolff thinks 15 lbs is stock and the only lighter one is 14. Springs are not expensive relative to shipping, I'd try a 14 and a 15, maybe a 16.

If you’re going to order recoil springs for an old gun may as well get hammer, trigger return and extractor springs, too. Save the shipping and you’ll have them on hand if the gun loses a spring.

Wolff shipping is a bit slow, I’ve been waiting literally a month for my order of Glock and S&W revolver springs to arrive.

Stay safe.

Cornhusker77 said:

Someone once told me if I changed the recoil spring that might fix it.

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Interesting. I suppose it's possible that if the slide moved slowly enough the forces acting on the fired case would be lessened thereby preventing the case from escaping the grasp of the extractor.

The only way I'm aware of for a hot piece of brass to fly straight back at the shooter's face is for the extractor to lose control of it, allowing it to float up into the path of the slide, and getting smacked by the forward edge of the ejection port. This results in a line drive to the forehead.

Unfortunately, I have no practical experience with the P226 so the best I can do is suggest finding someone who does and suggesting to them that the extractor is the cause of the problem and see what they think.

You can buy the springs from Sig directly, a 3 pk for about 19 bucks.

Could be the ejector (loose or bent), or the extractor (worn out or caked with crud) or the breach block (loose, broken or missing pins). Recoil spring might solve the issue but so could different ammo .Do the extractor test before you throw parts at the problem.
I have a W. German 226 as well, except it's NIB.

I had a Springfield Omega which had two extractors and cases were whacking me in the forehead every shot. Rather than wear an RCMP hat I sold the Omega.