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

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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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.

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.

I stand corrected.

 
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: