Couple of SIG questions

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Just picked up my first SIG, a like new red box 226. Like new as in the finish. The barrel has had rounds through it from the outside marks. I'm amazed at the absolute match between the slide and frame- what is it? Normally alloy guns just don't match.

I really like the old dash dot sights. But has anyone experience with using a tritium front dot with it? How does it work out?

Thanks.
 
Gun was most likely refinished in Nitron which helps with frame and slide color match.

You can install the proper height tritium front dot and still use your old bar dot sight.
 
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It's already been "Cpo'd", so new springs throughout. What is the right height front sight?
 
If it's the same as the older models, there will be a number on each sight (on the side of the front sight, front of the rear sight.)

If you go with replacement Sig sights, buy the same number to keep the same POI. Brownells sells them. Sig may vary the sights at the factory to get their desired POI, but most 226's should have #8s front and back if I remember correctly.

To change brands, you will need to measure them.
 
Congrats on the new P226 - what an awesome weapon!

Yeah maybe it was refinished as some CPOs are. Still an amazing value. I own a P226 and P229 CPO and both have been flawless through thousands of rounds.
 
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Be very careful with Sig Handguns, they are overly addictive. I started out with a surplus P6 a few years ago and now own 14 Sig's. The only big complaint about them is that most do not come standard with the SRT kits. But they are a very simple install and very much worth the effort.
 
I really like the old dash dot sights. But has anyone experience with using a tritium front dot with it? How does it work out?

I use Trijicon three dots exclusively on my SIGs. They work great. I used to use Meprolights, but they kept breaking.
 
I use Trijicon three dots exclusively on my SIGs. They work great. I used to use Meprolights, but they kept breaking.

I use Trijicon HDs on my P226, and they are the cat's pajamas, best sights I've ever owned or used anywhere on a handgun. And my P228 came with Meprolights, which are plenty bright so I kept them on and liked them enough that the next time I bought night sights I went with Meprolights for my Glock 21. I like them over the STANDARD Trijicons but not the Trijicon HDs. The HDs are just too pricey to put on every gun.

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My current EDC is a SIG P239. It is a 10 year old law enforcement trade-in with factory night sights. My company was closed for the holiday which gave me the chance to play with the night sights in the empty building. I practiced with it in all lighting conditions from daylight to total darkness and everything in between.

The gun has all green night sights which I concluded I do not like. I found it slower than I like trying to find the front sight and properly lining them up. In addition to being the same color they are the same size.

I have another gun with night sights that have totally gone dead. It used to have yellow and orange sight combination. I am planning to get it relamped soon and after playing with the green on green I am going to use the yellow / orange combination. As the SIG night sights are coming to the end of their useful life I am going to change them to the yellow / orange combination also next year.

Just having the front sight lamped doesn't make sense to me as without being able to see the rear sight blade how will you know if the sights are properly aligned. I can tell you from persona embarrassment how easy it is to miss the target at 7 yards in darkness.
 
My son now has a tactical set up with a non-outline tritium in front and a wide notch plain sight in the rear and it seems to be a very good set up. More and more shooters on the tactical and competition side are going to either fiber optic or plain tritium front with a blacked out rear ledge type of sight and it seems simpler, faster, and better. The older I get the more complicated three dots gets . Looking at the dash dot system in daylight having a single dot in front at night would be fine because I'm not going to shoot things at 20 yards or more with simply night sights. The dash rear with the half moon in the rear looks decent in many light conditions.
 
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