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- From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: SIG Sauer P226: I now understand the cult
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.002153.22386@ttinews.tti.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:52:17 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: The Cat Factory
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- In article <1993Jan22.022042.26338@netcom.com> pauly@netcom.com (Paul Yoshimune) writes:
-
- }... Apparently, they had a P226 there that lastest about
- }25,000 rounds, then peeled the frame rails clean off. ...
-
- }Upon calling SigArms, he was told that 25,000 rounds was not unreasonable for
- }the gun (!), and there was nothing they could do. ...
-
- }The upshot of the whole deal was that the SIG was far and away the best combat
- }or duty gun to have, but was less than ideal for constant target shooting. ...
- }... Anyone else had similar experiences or heard
- }similar info?
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- The latest issue of SIGARMS' magazine talks about a P226 that's had
- 23,000+ rounds put through it with no cleaning or maintenance beyond
- lubing the slide rails (they were attempting to test it to destruction).
- Apparently it's still going strong, but maybe it's only got ~2,000
- rounds left to go.
-
- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
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