Well, I think I'm finally done messing with the old P6 I originally bought as a beat up Simunition converted trainer.

What took me the longest was sourcing a P225 barrel. Finally, after 6 months, EFK had one in stock, it has been an outstanding barrel. Drop fit, tight, accurate, and reliable.

The trigger was atrocious, so in went a GGI spring kit, a 19# mainspring and gently polished the internals (left hammer/sear contact surfaces alone). That was a huge help, took it from the worst DA pull I've ever felt to solidly serviceable.

It still has the original mainspring strut and seat, I got the wrong size seat, the one I "think" I need is never in stock so I'm past that now. I polished the metal strut real good.

Final touches were having CCR do the controls in CPII and I had a local guy do the slide in a brushed stainless type Cerakote (looks like metal not "paint" and wears nice to the raw slide under) and install Trijicon HDs. Final item was Hogue G10 Piranha grips in black/grey.

Compared to my GGI tuned P226 with short reset mod...I rated this trigger about 85% as good. The stock reset felt shorter than a stock P226 (subjectively, who knows?), but longer than my GGI P226 of course.

Well, Top Gun got the P226 SRT kits back in stock so I got it installed.

Wow, I put masking tape on the trigger guard and marked the stock reset point. After install, it is a full 3/16ths or 5mm shorter! This is a huge difference in reset when actually pulling the trigger.

I think I'm done now, time to leave it alone. It is a great carry gun (of course I have over $900 in her now so it ought to be! )

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Originally posted by Strambo:
I think I'm done now, time to leave it alone...

Aw come on. You're just getting started... You just don't know it yet! <-- Thats how mine seem to go. Can't seem to stop sometimes.

I was curious enough to try the SRT kit in a P220. Told myself I'd only put it in one P220. Now they are in all of my P220s that see range time.

Now they all have the SRT kit, checkered aluminum grips, and solid guide rod.

You should try the P225 with a high torque trigger and a QRT. Freakin’ incredible!

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Originally posted by Dakor:
You should try the P225 with a high torque trigger and a QRT. Freakin’ incredible!

No! Stop it I’m done.

I will take a look at that high torque trigger tho, haven’t heard of that.

Another note on the SRT kit, the sear must be machined real nice because I swear almost all the stacking I felt before is gone. The trigger is really sweet now.

About 7 years ago I used the Sig special to have the SRT kit installed in my P225, and have the short trigger installed at the same time.

I agree- a WORLD of difference!

Now, the short trigger isn't available from SIG.


I don't shoot it enough to justify more changes, but it feels VERY nice, and works VERY well.

The only characteristic that I would like to change is impossible: I would change the slide's design to a solid one form the stamped one, as I don't want to worry about the breech block pins every 4000 rounds in the future.

Otherwise- this is about perfect for an OWB carry single-stack!