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I have owned a number of other guns, da/sa and sa. P226's may shoot low. Give this a try before changing out the front sight. Put a single dot (quarter sized) on a backward target. Take 200 rounds of ammo to the range. Load 5 rounds into the mag a time. Bring the gun up from low ready dropping the safety as the front sight comes up to the eye. Put a finger in, squeeze the trigger. Fire the 2nd round. Remove finger from the trigger, put the safety on, lower to low ready. Repeat the process till all 5 rounds are shot. Repeat 5 rounds at a time till all 200 are shot. I am betting the point of impact will slowly shift to where you want it with prolonged steady deliberate practice. P226 grips are deceivingly large versus today's modern 1 piece molded grips. They require a bit getting used to as compared to newer poly guns. That extra grip size has an effect on how people hold the pistol when firing. That I think leads to a fair bit of the guns shooting low.

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bought p-220, .45 acp DAK. It is in good condition. I think the grips are wrong as they are cut for a decocker. if they are not original issue, what did the correct grips look like? Does it matter?

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Most DAK models were shipped with plastic grip plates designed for DA/SA models with the decocker. Some SAS DAK models as pictured above had wood grips without the decocker cut.

A P226 with the usual grip plates provided with DAK models.


A P220 with replaced grip plates, but the originals were the same except black.