Dragonfly
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I’m a fan of SIG’s Legion P22x pistols. I’ve owned a couple, a P226 in 9mm and a P220 in .45ACP. I sold the P226 to get this West German P226 that I picked up a couple of years ago. I’ve always liked the classic look of the older non-railed P226 pistols, but I’ve never cared for their trigger pulls. The DA pull is very heavy, and the SA pull has a very long reset, with a lot of take-up after the slack. For their intended design they work well, but the DA and SA trigger pulls on the Legion were some of my favourite features, as well as the G10 Legion grips and SIG x-ray sights.
I wanted to undertake a light “Legionization” of my P226, while still keeping the original look as much as possible. I decided first to keep the stock Von Stavenhagen sights. I like them just fine—they’re easy to pick up yet still easy to be precise with. I decided to replace the trigger, install a short reset kit, and replace the grips.
The DA/SA Legions have a Grayguns P-SAIT (P-Series Adjustable Intermediate Trigger, I think) but I couldn’t find one in stock or on their website…maybe it’s been discontinued? I was able to locate a P-Series Dual Adjustable Curved Trigger trigger that is very similar—it has the overtravel adjustment of the P-SAIT but also pre-travel adjustment which can remove the little bit of pre-travel at the start of the DA pull. I must admit, that never bothered me much. I find the SIG short trigger too short myself in SA mode, while the shape of Grayguns trigger is much better in SA mode and just better enough in DA mode to give me a bit more leverage. I also like how it maintains a similar look to the factory trigger, too. The installation was pretty straightforward, thanks to some excellent YouTube videos (this would have been a much tougher project for me without them!). The only fussy part was the trigger bar re-installation—removing the firing pin safety (which was needed for the next step) made it a lot easier.
Old on the left, new on the right
Old sear and firing pin safety on the left, new on the right.
I think the Legion series has SIG’s SRT kit in it, but for my project I decided to go with the Grayguns kit. According to their website, they’re made from bar-stock steel and hand-finished—that appealed to me. They’ve also got a nickel PTFE finish too, which I can attest is indeed very slippery. Downsides are that it was more expensive, and it also came with a couple of mainsprings that won’t work on my P226, since it uses the older trigger strut. Installation was pretty easy, actually, with the use of a magnet to help guide the new sear into place.
Finally, the grips. Legion grips are not available separately from SIG—I guess it’s part of the Legion mystique! I could not find any suitable Hogue G10 grips anywhere in Canada, but I did find a set of Cool Hand G10 grips. I must admit I’ve never heard of this brand before but I thought I’d take a chance. They turned out pretty good—nicely grippy without being too sharp and with a nice combination of different textures on different parts of the grips. I would have preferred all-black for the classic look, but I’m happy with how these look. It’s the “Tactical Slant” texture apparently.
Here’s the before:
Here’s the after.
So, how did it turn out? Well, I’m really happy! The DA pull is improved more than I thought it would be—some of it is due to the fact I can get more leverage on the trigger, but the pull seems smoother and maybe a bit lighter. The SA pull is where the difference really stands out. The reset is much shorter with no take-up afterward and almost no overtravel. The pull is a wee bit crisper than my Legion P226 which had the tiniest hitch in the pull—there’s none with this one. And, at 4 lb, it's also one pound lighter than the stock trigger. As mentioned above, the grips are great too.
Here’s a before-and-after comparison:
I wanted to undertake a light “Legionization” of my P226, while still keeping the original look as much as possible. I decided first to keep the stock Von Stavenhagen sights. I like them just fine—they’re easy to pick up yet still easy to be precise with. I decided to replace the trigger, install a short reset kit, and replace the grips.
The DA/SA Legions have a Grayguns P-SAIT (P-Series Adjustable Intermediate Trigger, I think) but I couldn’t find one in stock or on their website…maybe it’s been discontinued? I was able to locate a P-Series Dual Adjustable Curved Trigger trigger that is very similar—it has the overtravel adjustment of the P-SAIT but also pre-travel adjustment which can remove the little bit of pre-travel at the start of the DA pull. I must admit, that never bothered me much. I find the SIG short trigger too short myself in SA mode, while the shape of Grayguns trigger is much better in SA mode and just better enough in DA mode to give me a bit more leverage. I also like how it maintains a similar look to the factory trigger, too. The installation was pretty straightforward, thanks to some excellent YouTube videos (this would have been a much tougher project for me without them!). The only fussy part was the trigger bar re-installation—removing the firing pin safety (which was needed for the next step) made it a lot easier.
Old on the left, new on the right
Old sear and firing pin safety on the left, new on the right.
I think the Legion series has SIG’s SRT kit in it, but for my project I decided to go with the Grayguns kit. According to their website, they’re made from bar-stock steel and hand-finished—that appealed to me. They’ve also got a nickel PTFE finish too, which I can attest is indeed very slippery. Downsides are that it was more expensive, and it also came with a couple of mainsprings that won’t work on my P226, since it uses the older trigger strut. Installation was pretty easy, actually, with the use of a magnet to help guide the new sear into place.
Finally, the grips. Legion grips are not available separately from SIG—I guess it’s part of the Legion mystique! I could not find any suitable Hogue G10 grips anywhere in Canada, but I did find a set of Cool Hand G10 grips. I must admit I’ve never heard of this brand before but I thought I’d take a chance. They turned out pretty good—nicely grippy without being too sharp and with a nice combination of different textures on different parts of the grips. I would have preferred all-black for the classic look, but I’m happy with how these look. It’s the “Tactical Slant” texture apparently.
Here’s the before:
Here’s the after.
So, how did it turn out? Well, I’m really happy! The DA pull is improved more than I thought it would be—some of it is due to the fact I can get more leverage on the trigger, but the pull seems smoother and maybe a bit lighter. The SA pull is where the difference really stands out. The reset is much shorter with no take-up afterward and almost no overtravel. The pull is a wee bit crisper than my Legion P226 which had the tiniest hitch in the pull—there’s none with this one. And, at 4 lb, it's also one pound lighter than the stock trigger. As mentioned above, the grips are great too.
Here’s a before-and-after comparison:
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