Range: indoors

Guns: P226 Combat and P226 LDC (US made)

Ammo: Speer Lawman 9mm 124 Gr TMJ

Magazines: 2x 15-rd USA made factory and 1x 20-rd Mec-Gar (for the Combat); 3x 17-rd Mec-Gar as came from SIG (for the LDC)

Position: standing 2-hand

Rounds fired: 100 each pistol

Malfunctions: none

Comments:
- The initial review of the LDC is ->here<-. Again, I will maintain that the trigger really sucks on this one LDC. My trigger scale doesn't go above 8 lbs, so can only measure the SA pull, and it weighed in at 6 & 3/4 lbs averaged. That's just unacceptable and unpleasant to shoot. The Combat SA weighed in at 5.5 lbs averaged. Normally, I would have said that's still a little heavy. But, today, next to the LDC, it was a pleasure to shoot. And, it broke more cleanly that the LDC's trigger.

- Sights on the LDC is much better to pick up, which is no surprise, when you have the red fiber optic front.

- Grips on the Combat wins by a mile. No contest here. The Aluminum checkered grips are so comfortable. The E2 feels very good, but the Aluminum checkered is much better.

- Recoil: It's obvious the LDC wins here due to its all stainless construction plus the the extra weight of the LDC, but really not by much. This is a 9mm. Recoil is not going to be a real factor. Oh, and about the white recoil spring on the LDC, instead of the orange, I was worried there were going to be some malfunctions. But, there were none, thankfully.

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Great write up. I am really surprised at the LDC trigger. Maybe I don't want one...

I'd love a LDC, but between the grip options and trigger weight they are making it an easy decision to skip.

Maybe down the road they will refine it a bit more.

The freaking Combat's trigger is better than the LDC's. Yeah.

Have you opened it up to see if there are any obvious burrs or rough spots in the action that could be causing the crappy trigger pull?

A couple of awsome pistols. Send the LDC off for trigger work. Nice shooting too Q. Post a pic some time of your heavy barrel vs standard barrel. I wish all SIG's had a heavy barrel.

Thanks for the comparison. It would appear you shot them pretty similarly despite the difference in triggers?

I have a couple allrounds and have dabbled a bit shooting them with a standard 226 slide. Makes for a very low recoil fast cycling pistol that, I suspect, might handle pretty similarly to an LDC.



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Excellent report, 12131. The combat is certainly sweet.

WJR

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Originally posted by WJR:
Excellent report, 12131. The combat is certainly sweet.

WJR

It is certainly sweet. Thanks for letting it go, Bill.