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I picked up a P228 from a LEO a couple of years ago and it has set in my safe since then. My Sig serial number is AJU 7977*, box is standard blue box with a small white sticker that reads "P228 9mm German NS" and "E28-9-BSS" and serial numbered box matches...born date on white sticker reads "April-2013".
This P228 was sold to me as coming from a group buy LEO order and it had 7 rounds through it and condition looks as such.

The slide is marked P228 but in checking serial numbers in the serial number list the P228's don't start with a AJU prefix but the P229's do.

Did Sig ever produce the P228's with a P229 frame?
 
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I picked up a P228 from a LEO a couple of years ago and it has set in my safe since then. My Sig serial number is AJU 7977*, box is standard blue box with a small white sticker that reads "P228 9mm German NS" and "E28-9-BSS" and serial numbered box matches...born date on white sticker reads "April-2013".
This P228 was sold to me as coming from a group buy LEO order and it had 7 rounds through it and condition looks as such.

The slide is marked P228 but in checking serial numbers in the serial number list the P228's don't start with a AJU prefix but the P229's do.

Did Sig ever produce the P228's with a P229 frame?

The last ever batch of P228s that SIG released was from late 2012 to April 2013, and they have AHU-, AJU-, and AKU-prefixes. So, yes.


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Here is one that I used to own.





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Thank you very much for the quick clarification and my P228 is identical to yours.
 
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Don't forget, SIG used P229 frames for the P228 a few years before that, in 2009.
-The SAS frame P228
-The railed P228.

These have B-prefix serial numbers, but we all know the frames are P229 originally.


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I'm considering doing some modifications on this P228 and if it was anything special/collectors handgun I would just leave it stock.
I only have 1 two-tone Sig at the moment and got the urge for another. It is either send my P228 to CCR or buy another 228/229 that has holster wear and customize that one....decisions, decisions...
 
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At this point in the life of 228's, I'd never modify a pristine factory one.


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Please don't refinish that pristine P228. Buy a beater if you want to refinish it.


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My P228 has one small (but noticeable) scratch on the slide and if it did not have the scratch I would not touch the finish.
Mary at CCR has been great at answering all my questions and my P228 will go out to her on Tuesday.
 
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Are you going to CPII the slide?


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CPII would be nice for a two tone look or house black to match.

I'm in the market for a beater 228 or 239 to send to CCR as a 21st bday gift for my daughter in law.



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Are you going to CPII the slide?


I'm going with CPII on the slide and controls and Cera-Hide Black on the frame and CCR is running the special right now and cost is $259.00.
I thought since I had it in to CCR I might as well do the frame too...going to order wood Sig Sauer Rosewood grips to top it off.
 
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btw...I am not planning on having the barrel refinished....it is in perfect condition. Should I do the barrel also? I've tried to research this and find more "don'ts" than "do's" if the barrel is in good condition.
 
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Sounds like it is pristine, except for the small scratch on the slide. Refinish the slide in CPII, if you wish, but I don't see any reasons for refinishing the frame. You can't CPII the frame, anyway, so all you do is Cera-Hiding it, which is nowhere near as good as CPII.


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You are comparing apples and oranges. CPII is a plating process you are putting metal onto metal

Cera-Hide is also a very durable hard finish that is offered for Alloys and steels in color choices We DO NOT remove the factory anodize which is the hardest so the Cera-Hide adds to it


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You are comparing apples and oranges. CPII is a plating process you are putting metal onto metal

Cera-Hide is also a very durable hard finish that is offered for Alloys and steels in color choices We DO NOT remove the factory anodize which is the hardest so the Cera-Hide adds to it

I know they are apple and orange. No matter how you put it, Cera-Hide not a plating process like CPII. Spray on, paint on, or whatever fancy term, it is not plating. CPII is better/more wear resistant, period.


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Originally posted by SummersAtTheLake:
My P228 has one small (but noticeable) scratch on the slide and if it did not have the scratch I would not touch the finish.
Mary at CCR has been great at answering all my questions and my P228 will go out to her on Tuesday.

I would not refinish what is otherwise a pristine P228. The SIG Custom Shop will re-blue your carbon steel slide for $99.95....Just sayin'! Wink

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