2nd thoughts Sig P226 Dark Elite sadly disappointed.

I have 3-1911, 2-P226,P238,SP2022 All Sig Sauers.

I had trouble with the SP2022, the slide would jam on the way back after firing. Brand new, the jam would happen often.

I sent it back to Sig on their dime, turn around was like a week. Got it back new barrel and slide. Works perfect now.

All my other Sigs have been trouble free, 100% of the time. I shoot the 1911's and the P226's in IDPA. They get shot alot.

Loose sights? ok, Sig is fixing that. That is what warranties/guarantees are for. Your gun is being fixed, and I'll bet a dollar to a hole in a donut that they have gone over EVERYTHING to make sure that gun is good to go!

That gun is probably in the best shape it could ever possibly be. I'd keep it.

be safe

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=772045

As someone else mentioned, he's already posted it up to sell.

I made a thread about a new P226 that started malfunctioning with a trigger bar spring coming undone twice in 250 rds, each time rendering the gun inoperable. I contacted Sig about it and they offered to send me a new trigger bar and spring, or to have me send it in. I opted to have them send me the parts. I didn't update the thread because I didn't install the parts yet. However, so far my experience with Sig has shown that, while their new products aren't quite what the Made in Germany stuff used to be, their customer service is good.

Guy I shoot with occasionally is a firearms instructor for Mass SP, he tells me that they used Sigs for the last 20-25 years but over time the quality had noticeably declined with more and more problems related to manufacture. Problems with trigger bars, firing pin blocks getting stuck, etc. When they recently went to switch over from .40 to .45 the Sigs didn't make it past the first round of testing before being eliminated due to failures. Now all 2,000+ members are carrying M&P 45's.

Guy I shoot with occasionally is a firearms instructor for Mass SP, he tells me that they used Sigs for the last 20-25 years but over time the quality had noticeably declined with more and more problems related to manufacture. Problems with trigger bars, firing pin blocks getting stuck, etc. When they recently went to switch over from .40 to .45 the Sigs didn't make it past the first round of testing before being eliminated due to failures. Now all 2,000+ members are carrying M&P 45's.

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The Texas State Troopers switched to M&P and quickly went back to their tried and true P226 because they had so many problems with failures with the M&P.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...andguns-reliability-issues-returns-sig-sauer/

Texas DPS started switching over to the new Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm handguns recently for their state troopers. The polymer framed striker-fired handguns are popular with police departments and competition shooters. The ability to carry more rounds per magazine (9mm vs. .357 SIG) in a lighter gun were among the stated reasons for the change. But it appears that the latest wave of recruits in training have experienced an “unacceptable” number of issues with the new gun, and the department is rolling back the changeover, moving back to their tried and true SIG SAUER P226 pistols in .357 SIG. As an owner of a P226, I can’t say I blame them. Here’s the word to the troops from the man himself, forwarded by a source close to TTAG . . .

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So, after seeing this thread back when it started, I checked out the rear sight on the P220 Elite Dark that I bought on black Friday. Lo and behold, the rear sight was loose. Optimistically, I tightened down the windage adjustment screws but to no avail. I called Sig and sent them the slide and 13 days later I received it back with a work order saying they fixed it and it tested out at 500 PSI, whatever that means. I shot it today, and the fix seems to have worked.

I give them a B for customer service. They should have paid for my shipping (I forgot to demand it). There is no risk to them for doing that; if the repair isn't a warranty issue, charge me for the shipping along with the diagnostic/repair fee. Sig needs to place a test call to Springfield's customer service to see how its done (Springfield emails you a prepaid label while you're still on the phone describing the problem). But, the slide was repaired and sent back quickly, so I don't have too many complaints.

The fact that so many of the Elite Darks are shipping with loose rear sights is very disappointing for a $1k gun. Sig fixing them under warranty is expected; they don't get kudos for that. But on the other hand, my P220 is one of the nicest guns I've ever shot. It is simply outstanding.

So I guess the moral of the story is, buying a premium gun is gonna be like buying a Mercedes. You'll get a super nice product, but don't be too heartbroken if/when it breaks down.

SIG Sauer (USA) has been slipping for many years. This is the inevitable consequence of the implementation of Ron Cohen's Kimber playbook. Cut corners wherever possible and continually jack up prices, trading on the company's formerly well-earned good name to move a product of declining quality, and advertise like hell to increase volume. Cohen's might have saved the company -- but at the expense of what once made SIG Sauer a great brand.

I shudder to think of what will become of the X-Series guns and the P210 when all production shifts to Newington this year. I have less than zero interest in any American SIG Sauer pistol produced in the last decade, and I see no reason for optimism as long as this clown is running the show. I'm not sure I see much optimism after he leaves, either, because buyers aren't informed enough for the company to suffer at all for its decisions. Cohen's been gone from Kimber for more than a decade, but the company's operating model sadly still has his fingerprints all over it.