Outstanding.
Eagerly anticipating range report.

It has chamfers machined onto its upper and lower edges of the frames rail. I dont recall seeing that on regular ST guns. Nice gun Q.

Gorgeous.

That is a beauty. The top end of that gun is much newer than the frame. It would be interesting to know how they came together.

Where did you get those grips? I checked out the link you had on the post but no grips there.

Great story and great looking gun. Bet range time will be great too.

RANGE REPORT: 8/19/20

Ammo - 250 rounds
100 GECO 115 FMJ - no malfunctions
50 Fiocchi 124 FMJ - no malfunctions
50 Magtech 124 FMJ - 2 identical malfunctions (discussed below)
50 Speer Lawman 124 TMJ - no malfunctions

Observations - As noted in the OP, trigger is a little on the heavy side. I'm so used to triggers that have been worked on so, this is not very pleasant to me. Also, being used to triggers with short reset, shooting this one without any (SRT or QTR) during rapid sequences is almost like relearning, because you squeeze too early before the reset, resulting in nonfiring. Strange sensation it was.

Now, onto the 2 malfunctions. After 100 rds of GECO and 50 rds of Fiocchi, next up was Magtech. After 10 rds, the next one went click. Checked the gun and it looked like either a failure to extract or maybe simple failure to fully return to battery (see pics below). But, the slide was locked solid. Would not budge, back or forth. Asked to range guy for some muscle. Nope, wouldn't budge, either. Then, he did the maneuver that is somewhat similar to mortaring of the stuck case in the AR-15. Gripped the slide firmly and gave the backstrap a big whack, and out came the live round. Checked the round over, I saw nothing obviously out of the ordinary that would explain the malfunction. Shot the next 10 rounds no problems. Then, *BAM*, the exact same thing happened again. This time, I was able to whacked it out myself using the same maneuver. Saw nothing obviously wrong with this round, either. By this time, I said to myself, I've seen enough Magtech. So, onto the next 50 rds of Speer without any issues.

So, now I have 30 rds of Magtech left, including the 2 "bad" rounds. Should I pack up and go home, or should I take another chance with Magtech? Finally, I said screw it, I'll give you a 3rd chance, better not fail me. Luckily, all went without a hitch. That's great, but I'm at a loss trying to explain what heck happened with the 2 malfunctions.

Gorgeous! Still enjoying that P226 Combat I won from you.

Tony.

Junk ammo is junk ammo. Shooting more junk ammo will have the same outcome IMO. Still hoping for some idea where I might find those blue grips?

Those grips were sold on SIG's website for a brief time last year. After they sold out, that was it.

Were the truncated cone rounds the ones which caused the slide not to lock? What brand are those?

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Originally posted by David Lee:
Were the truncated cone rounds the ones which caused the slide not to lock? What brand are those?

Those are Fiocchi. They were not the problem ones.