Hello, I am new to Sig pistols.. My friend has a 226, he can pull his trigger and hammer will cycle every time. My used law enforcement trade in, will only cycle the hammer once, then I have to completely cycle the slide and hammer will be back, can decock, and can pull trigger and hammer will cycle.. I know this probably user malfunction, so please help..

Thanks,

JD

No, a 226 DA/SA will function the same as a DAO dry firing. You can pull the trigger as much as you want and the hammer will cycle each time.

@Flash-LB, If I am reading the OP correctly, he has a different problem. He says “will only cycle the hammer once, then I have to completely cycle the slide and hammer will be back, can decock, and can pull trigger and hammer will cycle”

I don’t know enough to know what is causing the problem he is seeing, but it sounds like something isn’t resetting.

@jdowens, have you tried pressing the trigger through once so that it does cycle the hammer, then taking your finger completely out of the trigger guard before trying again?

Have the grips been removed or replaced? Examine the trigger bar spring & it’s seating.

jdowens welcome to the forum. If you need the answer to just about anything, you came to the right place.

Are you saying you can't fire the gun more than once w/o manually manipulating the slide yourself to fire the next round?
Or maybe this is a single action?

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Originally posted by dsiets:
Are you saying you can't fire the gun more than once w/o manually manipulating the slide yourself to fire the next round?
Or maybe this is a single action?

I'm guessing the OP is talking about dry firing, and I'm also guessing there's something wrong with his pistol.

Something is broken. There is no single action 226.

Trigger, trigger bar, hammer, sear, and all associated springs are the suspects.

This sounds similar to what happens when you use new style grips with the old style trigger bar spring or vice versa. Some people will get an old trade in and dress it up with new grips without realizing they need yo change the trigger bar spring to match.

Are the grips new or old? Is the trigger bar spring the bent style or looped?

To test, you can pull the right grip panel and try it and see if it works like it should.

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After firing I would pull the hammer back a 1/4 of an inch, incase the hammer reset spring is bent or broken. Change the hammer reset spring by removing the pin and stop and spring Under the back of the hammer.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Something is broken. There is no single action 226.

Huh?
What is a SAO P226 then?

I suspect the OP may be a one post wonder... Simplest advise is to take it to a good gun smith...

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Something is broken. There is no single action 226.

Huh?
What is a SAO P226 then?

I suspect the OP may be a one post wonder... Simplest advise is to take it to a good gun smith...

Though OP said he can decock, so it's a DA model.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:


Huh?
What is a SAO P226 then?

I didn't know there was one.

This is a lost cause... one post wonder....

the third time I read the original post I think I understand that the gun has a problem... I'm slow.... but we are making the assumption that the description the OP is giving has the correct terms and such....

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Originally posted by jdowens:
Hello, I am new to Sig pistols.. My friend has a 226, he can pull his trigger and hammer will cycle every time. My used law enforcement trade in, will only cycle the hammer once, then I have to completely cycle the slide and hammer will be back, can decock, and can pull trigger and hammer will cycle.. I know this probably user malfunction, so please help..

Thanks,

JD

It sounds to me like the Hammer return spring is broken. By installing a new hammer return spring and installing a new (new style) Trigger bar spring, the trigger will reset every time by itself.
Then, make sure the used pistol is clean and greased and try to see how it goes. Come back -

Just to follow up on my previous post, I did a mix & match with new grips/old trigger bar spring and old grips/new trigger bar spring in an older W. German 226. In both instances got the same malfunction the OP described above.

Could it be that what he has is a DAO P226. here in Michigan there was a period when the Dundee Cabela's was flooded with DAO P226 pistils in the Gun Library that were being discontinued by the MSP. A Double action version of the P226 that I remember as not having a restrike capability. If my memory and hunch is correct that explains why he must cycle the slide completely while dry firing it.

To be blunt the pistol is probably working perfectly. It's simply a design variant that was very popular for LE use and one that most civilians avoided.

^^^You cannot Decock a DAO P226...

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I have to completely cycle the slide and hammer will be back, can decock, and can pull trigger and hammer will cycle.

I don't have the solution to the OP's issue, but it appears from what's been posted that the Pistol is a DA/SA P226.

The OP REALLY needs to part of the conversation here...