Am I only one who hates Sig triggers?

[spartan20]

I have a Sig 226 9mm and a FN Hi Power 9mm.
The Sig came first, I like it, am better with it than the Hi Power. But before I bought the Hi Power everyone was saying how bad the trigger was. For every 5 people who said the HP had a bad trigger, 1 said it was good.

After owning both, I'll take the Hi Power trigger anyday, and I still have the mag-disconnet on it.
The Sig trigger I seem to pull and pull forever. It feels so mushy and deep, thankfully it is not heavy though. But I'd rather have the heaviness of the HP trigger than the looooong pull of the Sig. The Sig just had a trigger job to about 2 lbs, but have not yet been able to shoot it to see the difference, I doubt it'll be that big though.
Am I the only one who feels this way?

 

[Cliff47]

Any comparison between a SA trigger (Hi-Power) and a SA/DA trigger (SIG) is comparing apples and kiwi fruit...it just is not on equal footing. Is the long, mushy trigger on your SIG in SA mode or DA mode?

I recently purchased a SIG P220, and am doing some dry-firing to get used to where the trigger breaks in SA mode, as opposed to DA mode. On my Hi-Power, I KNOW where it breaks.

 

[md7]

i guess everyone has a preference of one type or another. personally, i really like the trigger on the sig 226. the trigger on my 226 feels long in DA, but is very light and breaks like glass in SA. not much takeup in it either. maybe it'll work a little better for you with the 2 lbs. trigger work.

 

[Brasso]

I prefer the double action trigger. I have no desire to "know" when the trigger is going to break. When I know that, I also know that my shot isn't going to hit where I want it to.

 

[Bravo11]

I also have a Sig226 and I'm curious on how easy it would be to clean up the trigger, ie polish the sear etc. I've never done this before but I'm not wanting to remove any material just polish it up.
Would that help?

 

[targatop]

I find the DA of the Sig 226 I own to be very pleasant. Seems that it transitions smoothly from DA to SA, and I can keep on point while doing so.

 

[sfmittels]

I've got four SIGs, all DA/SA; two are new and two aren't. All four are great. Yes, the DA pull is a bit heavy - it's supposed to be. But the trigger break is like glass, and the SA pull is heaven. Not quite tuned-1911-level heaven, but not far off, either.

One of mine is a P229 Elite with the short-reset trigger and controversial beavertail. You couldn't ask for a safer, faster and more controllable .40 S&W in a carry-size firearm.

 

[HorseSoldier]

I find the SA on my P220 to be pretty good. The DA pull is long etc etc, but I've felt worse DA triggers on various other guns.

While a big High Power fan, I would be one of those guys who think that the stock trigger is one of the weaker points of the design that gets better with some work or at least taking out the mag safety.

 

[scubie02]

i have to admit, I have never warmed to Sig's either. The one I owned and the ones I have fired always went bang, but I never seem to shoot them well. 1911's, XD's, CZ's...shoot em all great, but Sig's somehow never seem to shoot well for me.

 

[AK103K]

I have a number of SIG's of different models, including a couple of P226's. They all have what I consider to be real nice triggers, both DA and SA. They certainly are not hard to shoot well with.

Have you actually given the SIG a real chance? (I'm guessing not, with the 2# trigger thing) If your only accustomed to a single action type pistol, and have no real experience with DA, the DA trigger will seem pretty bad at first. Once you practice a little, the troubles usually go away.

There is nothing wrong with heavy triggers, I actually prefer them for a carry gun, even a SA gun. Once you put a little time and effort into the DA guns, you will have no troubles shooting pretty much anything, something that seems to elude many SA only shooters. The old SA war cry about DA triggers, transition and shootability is BS, if you cant shoot one, its not the guns fault.

Is it safe to assume the SIG is now a "target only" gun with that 2# trigger?

 

[full metal]

It's better than the beretta 92F,Worst double action I ever owned.

 

[AZGlock13]

I used to have a Sig P226 DA/SA 9mm. The only thing I didn't like about the trigger was the reset (the trigger pull was very good). It had a long and weak reset (IMHO). I guess maybe because I'm used to the quick and crisp trigger reset on my Glocks, though the trigger reset on my P239 DAK 9mm is pretty good. If I ever buy anymore Sigs (maybe a P220 or a P229), I will most likely get another DAK version.

 

[irishscott]

Sig Trigger Pulls

i can't speak for all sigs because i've not shot all sigs,but the ones i've shot that are DA/SA the double is a bit heavy(by design)but SA is awesome.i've got 3 220's and love shooting them all.triggers feal pretty good to me for factory triggers.

 

[BigG]

The SIG has a long mushy reset and take-up on single action similar to a Mauser military rifle. It's a German thing, I guess.

 

[Coronach]

Am I only one who hates Sig triggers?

No.

Anyone saying that a HP trigger pull is "bad" must be asked what it is being compared to. A competition 1911 trigger? If so, sure; the box stock HP trigger is bad. That, however, is hardly a fair comparison. Comparably tweaked, a HP trigger will be very good indeed. In fact, a well-done HP trigger is probably second only to a well-done 1911 trigger.

Sig triggers are just....ehh. I have two, a P225 and a P232. The DA is long and stiff, though clean. The SA is pretty good. I'm biased against DA/SA, though, so that is the root of my lack of enthusiasm.

Mike

 

[Master Blaster]

I have two SIGs a p220ST, and a p226, the problem with SIG triggers that keeps them from being great and severely effects the actual accuracy of the guns is the fact that their triggers have a HUGE amount of overtravel. After the sear breaks and the hammer begins to fall the trigger still has about a 1/3" of travel till it bottoms out on the trigger guard. This causes the gun to twist slightly in the hand, and turns stellar mechanical accuracy, into mediocre actual accuracy.

 

[eastwood44mag]

I dislike the Sig trigger. Just seems way too long for a SAO pull.

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

Send them to Bruce Gray.

 

[Golddog]

My BHP had an excellent trigger, and the Sigs I've shot were as crappy as all the rest of the lousy TDA's and DAO's - Smiths, Berettas, Rugers. My CZ's allow me a cocked and locked SA trigger better than the BHP's, with a DA option if I want it (I don't, except under very rare carry conditions).