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I just bought a Sig P220 Legion and tonight I put in a threaded barrel and noticed a small portion of the frame that appears to not be treated with the proprietary Legion gray coating. Is this something I should contact customer service about, or not be concerned about? I just didn't expect to see this for the price of the gun.







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Try rubbing some gun oil on the spot. It is sort of a dry, matte finish.


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Try rubbing some gun oil on the spot. It is sort of a dry, matte finish.


I will try, but I don't think that is the problem. It looks like it either flaked off or was not coated. I am seeing on the internet there are many Legions with this issue.




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In my experience with the Legion finish, this simple trick will work. I hope it works for you!


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Now I have found more areas missing the coating.

Slots under the rail.



Area under trigger guard.



Inside the rail.







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Legion finish appears to be 'meh' all around.
 
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That kind of sucks, especially for the price.


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Legion finish appears to be 'meh' all around.


My husband and I have three--no issues with the finish. It is sort of dry and scratchy, so much so that my P226 Legion SAO took some time to sound smooth when you racked the slide.


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My 229 and both 226's are like the pictures. I just put extra Lucas oil on them and haven't seen any further issues in fact some of the faded areas have gone back to looking normal.
 
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The inside of the frame looks like a fail to me.

Maybe it's my monitor or my old eyes but it looks like chipping or a missed spot.
 
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Legion finish appears to be 'meh' all around.


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The inside of the frame looks like a fail to me.

Maybe it's my monitor or my old eyes but it looks like chipping or a missed spot.

Yup, and yup.
It's the "new normal". Eek


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Really looks like flaked off finish in your pictures, if some oil did not help, then send that bad boy back.

I am so happy I have had zero issues with mine. I am sorry you did not have the same experience.

I trust SIG, they will make it right if it's not fixed with CLP/Oil.



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Tomorrow I will oil it and see what that does before I go shoot it. If the oil doesn't fix it, then I will contact Sig. I just hate to send a gun back that I have waited so long to get and just got.




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Try rubbing some gun oil on the spot. It is sort of a dry, matte finish.


Well you were correct. I oiled the gun and it now looks just fine. It was just dry in those spots.




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Try rubbing some gun oil on the spot. It is sort of a dry, matte finish.


Well you were correct. I oiled the gun and it now looks just fine. It was just dry in those spots.


Excellent! I am glad to hear that!

Have you shot it yet?


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Try rubbing some gun oil on the spot. It is sort of a dry, matte finish.


Well you were correct. I oiled the gun and it now looks just fine. It was just dry in those spots.


Excellent! I am glad to hear that!

Have you shot it yet?


About to leave now to go to the range.




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Mine looked exactly like yours when I first brought it home. The PVD coating is very tough and durable but it does look strange when very dry and will appear goldish where it is rubbed a lot like on the frame rails.
Tis normal so shoot with confidence!
 
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That's good to hear. You see this a lot on AR15 receivers.


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About to leave now to go to the range.


Very good! Let us know how it works!


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It shot nice; I really love the trigger! I brought my P226 9mm along as well and I just love that gun. I can shoot way more accurate with it than the P220.




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