I don’t think this is uncommon but I’m just posting for anyone that may find it interesting. I have an older P226 with the carbon slide. The breech block is held in place by a set of roll pins – an outer and an inner. During the beginning of a match, I noticed the pins sticking out one side of the slide. I looked at the other side and it was flush with the slide, so obviously it was broken. I found something to bang it back in and continued on with the match without any stoppages.

I believe the broken pins are original. I bought this gun (used) last year for competing in local matches. It has a good amount of wear on the rails. Apparently, the previous owner didn’t believe in using any lube/grease on the rails. I put around 6K rounds through it before I noticed the break.

The pins are discontinued by SIG so I bought a few since I can also use them in my other carbon slide models. I also bought a couple of new recoil springs (should have done that first thing when I bought the gun). The old spring is almost a half inch shorter than the replacement.

Well used gun. Things get worn out and break. Not a surprise.

Yep, broken my share of double roll pins, and especially the solid FPPP's. I believe they sell the new spiral version as a direct replacement, I know I've used several, and haven't broken one yet.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Well used gun. Things get worn out and break. Not a surprise.

Absolutely. If I'm correct about the pins being original, then they surely exceeded their round count life.

I've only experienced a few stoppages with this gun and they were due to my reloads. I haven't had any stoppages with factory ammo.

Stoic, the SIG packaged pins I bought look the same as A. I'm not sure if the Grayguns pins are after market replacements or OEM old stock.

SIG recommand to replace them every 5'000 rounds.

Go to your local hardware store and buy a bunch for 50 cents or so.

Bob