Sig single action vs single action only trigger.

[srawl]

I plan on purchasing a Sig P226 9mm in the near future but I am having trouble deciding between da/sa and sao. It will either be an elite or legion. Possibly an x5 but those are a bit pricey.

So those of you who have used both, are the single action triggers different? Did you get one and wish you had gotten the other?

This may end up being my duty pistol but for now is just for fun.

Thanks

 

[Morgo]

I think you need to decide on its purpose.

For me SAO, my guns are range guns.

 

[Coyote3855]

I agree with Morgo. Decide what you want to use it for. Personally I don't like SA/DA handguns although my Sig 225 and 220s are excellent handguns in every respect. What does your agency say about SA only handguns? Or other requirements/restrictions for duty carry?

 

[srawl]

We can basically carry whatever we want.

It will be used for the range and potentially a duty pistol.

People in my dept carry glocks, sigs, 1911s, 2011s, xdm, and even a walther ppq... i think one guy even carries a revolver.

 

[strambo]

For duty, the DA/SA, the DA first shot is a good thing under stress. I didn't like DA/SA at all until I had to carry a P226 my first time in a combat zone. Now I love it and I can run it as fast and accurate as anyone else in training courses, better than most. The DA might hold me back if I was an IPSC GM, but even then Langdon won a national championship DA/SA against single actions quite a ways back (I don't remember which one, I think IDPA).

 

[MAKster]

I think what the OP is asking is there a difference between the SA trigger in a DA/SA and the trigger pull in a SA only SIG pistol? If they are the same, why limit yourself to SA only when you can have the flexibility to shoot your DA/SA in SA or DA.

To me the only advantage of SA only semiauto pistols is you can carry it cocked and locked. It wouldn't be wise to carry a DA/SA in SA mode with no safety engaged.

 

[Morgo]

SAO triggers are generally quite different to the SA pull of a SA/DA trigger, noticeably in the trigger take up, over travel and reset.

That said there are SAO triggers and then there are SAO triggers.

As far as Sigs go the X5 SAO trigger is quite good.
An X5 SAO trigger makes the standard Sig SA/DA feel like crap.

Would I want to carry around an X5 all day? No way, they are big and heavy.

 

[srawl]

Thanks, the x5 tactical is only an ounce heavier than the 226 according to sigs website.

So in less general terms, since i hear great things about the sig trigger especially in s/a the gray trigger being even better in the legion, would the s/a version be worth it over the da/sa.

And i should probably start a different thread for this but with sig base models being so highly praised from the factory how much better could the x5 be?

 

[Jed Carter]

Shot both a DA/SA and SAO Legion P226s both are great...But the SAO trigger reset was nothing but excellent. Way better trigger overall than the DA/SA in SA. That being said, for duty uses I would choose the DA/SA version. That being said I want a SIG Legion SAO, not the DA/SA. Did not think I would like the flat trigger on the SAO version, again I was wrong, really good feel. I am fortunate to have a friend that runs a GS in Indiana, he let me shoot his. Unfortunately I am from Kentucky and could not take it home with me. When he gets another I will have him ship it to my local dealer...Can't wait.

 

[pintler]

Not an expert. I have a DA/SA Sig 229, and 1911s. Have shot, but don't own Glocks.

SA only:
pro: great trigger pull
maybe a bad guy who grabs your gun won't know how to use safety
con: you must train enough to activate/deactivate safety instinctively.
there are real world incidents of people dying because they forgot to disengage
safety in a close range fight, or shooting themselves on the reholster because
they forgot to reengage safety (and keep finger off trigger)
DA/SA:
pro: can't forget to disengage safety
heavy DA trigger might prevent some negligent discharges
con: must train for DA to SA transition
in a gun grab, bad guy won't be stopped by safety
must train to decock before reholster or same as SA only...
Glock style:
pro: can't forget to disengage safety
same trigger pull for all shots
con: if not an NYPD trigger, light enough that you better keep your finger off until you
want to shoot; no heavy trigger pull to save you

What's the right answer? I don't think there is one. They all have advantages and disadvantages. Whatever you pick, train until you can't do it wrong. Train, train, train, and train some more. Note that much of this training (SA to DA transition being the exception) can be done via dryfire.

 

[JDR]

That Sig P226 Legion has the nicest, smoothest DA/SA trigger that I know of. I dry-fired a Wilson Beretta 92G Brig-Tac alongside a P226 Legion, and both of these are great pistols, but I thought that the sights & trigger on that Legion were just that much better. I'd want one as a duty gun I can shoot with at the range, or a range gun I could carry!

A cocked & locked Sig P226 SAO for carry is something I'd have to get used to, but I'm sure I could get used to it.