Boss,

Please post pics of the P220 9mm you had assembled from a P226 sesams slide. Thank you!

-Tony

I thought that was a special 9mm P220 slide made for testing and evaluation.

I suspect an interesting story lies behind this neat pistol.

The slide is one of a small number of one piece, stainless 220 slides with breechface dimensions compatible with the 9mm cartridge.

The part was originally intended to be a Force on Force conversion kit for the 220, that ultimately was never developed. The basis of the kit was a 9mm cartridge necked down to a .30 cal paint pellet. This is a beta prototype, which means that it is produced with the correct materials, on the correct machines, and processed correctly. This slide is complete with the exception of any markings of any kind. I obtained the part directly from SIG USA.

The slide is mated to a P220ST frame which has the correct 9mm locking block installed.

Action work and finish by Grayguns.

Thank you for the details, I could have seen myself buying it if it ever came to market, especially when you consider it combines DA/SA in a single stack profile.

Out of curiosity, how long ago was Sig working on this? Trying to get an idea of the age.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
The slide is mated to a P220ST frame which has the correct 9mm locking block installed.

If I may ask, what type of magazine does this pistol use?

Cool!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
This slide is complete with the exception of any markings of any kind.

I have a P320 X-Five that was done the same way.

What a magnificent example of the P220.

SIG was working on the project around 2005 or 2006. The pistol takes P220 9mm mgazines.

I'm really digging the checkering on that front strap.

good looking gun... when I took the force on force classes at the Sig Academy back in 2016 &2017 this is the ammo (on the right) we were shooting at each other.. 9mm on the left:

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Originally posted by Frenchy1004:
Thank you for the details, I could have seen myself buying it if it ever came to market, especially when you consider it combines DA/SA in a single stack profile.

Out of curiosity, how long ago was Sig working on this? Trying to get an idea of the age.

Sig sold a P220 S (Sport) 9mm conversion kit in 1999. Had the slide, locking block, magazine and slide catch for the early folded slide alloy frame guns, not the all Stainless guns with the 2 port compensators sold in the US.

Too bad we can't convince Ron Cohen to bring these back into production!

Just out of curiosity, what would SIG require as a minimum order to produce and sell a Stainless 9mm conversion kit for the P220 including all necessary new parts? They could break the order down into different kits with different barrels to have 9mm/38Super/.30 Luger options to broaden the appeal. It probably wouldn't be cost effective but if marketed right it might sell enough for a small run. Maybe.

Cool

How do the 226 and 220 9mm slide differ?

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Originally posted by PGT:
How do the 226 and 220 9mm slide differ?

the control cam for the sear is positioned differently