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Do all P226's have Stainless Steel Slides?

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July 07, 2018, 11:58 AM
ducatiti
Do all P226's have Stainless Steel Slides?
Reason I ask is because my new P226 Scorpion does not have the wording "stainless" stamped on my slide?
July 07, 2018, 12:08 PM
Fenris
I believe all P226 and P229 have stainless slides though they may be finished in other colors. The P220 for many years as well.



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July 07, 2018, 12:13 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by ducatiti:
Due all P226's have Stainless Steel Slides?

Reason I ask is because my new P226 Scorpion does not have the wording "stainless" stamped on my slide?

Not all have SS slides. Original ones had the folded carbon steel slides with the separate breech block.
Then, when SIG started the SS slide P226s, the slides originally had "stainless" marked on the them. But a few years later, they no longer marked them "stainless", although we know they are stainless, as indicated by their one-piece construction, as opposed to the 2-piece construction of the carbon steel slides.

Btw, your Scorpion has the stainless slide.


Q





July 07, 2018, 01:02 PM
RHINOWSO
In short, all 40/357 SIG Slides for P226s are stainless, regardless if they are marked as such.

Older 9MM P226s were carbon steel, newer ones are stainless and have been for a good number of years.

The marking was dropped, as Q mentioned above.
July 07, 2018, 01:12 PM
Fenris
I stand corrected.



The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People again must learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. ~ Cicero 55 BC

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July 08, 2018, 09:21 AM
henryaz
 
A quick way to tell, visually, if you are looking on Gunbroker or otherwise online and you only see the side view, is to look at the "notch" at the front of the slide. You cannot mill a perfectly square corner, and if it is it's an older folded stamped slide. If it is rounded, then it is a milled stainless: