I am looking for a set of wood grips for the P226 that my son has. He has the rubber grips on it but wants to go back to the original ones.

Check the Hogue website; they have wood grips for
the P226 I'm sure.

Thanks Michael. Looking for the original grips though.

Don't suppose you could enlighten us as to which grips were original on his particular pistol, SIG has sold quite a few different styles over the years from multiple vendors. Simply requesting original is like saying I want a pop-tart without specifying a flavor.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:
Don't suppose you could enlighten us as to which grips were original on his particular pistol, SIG has sold quite a few different styles over the years from multiple vendors. Simply requesting original is like saying I want a pop-tart without specifying a flavor.

Yeup. There are the original Sile wood grips, and the Blackwood grips, and the Rosewood grips, just off the top of my head.

Not to cause any trouble, but why does he want the wood grips? I only ask as they will make the pistol grip a bit larger if he uses it to ccw. I had some wood grips on my pistol and went with Hogue G-10 for a better grip and they are not as wide.

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Originally posted by patw:
Not to cause any trouble, but why does he want the wood grips? I only ask as they will make the pistol grip a bit larger if he uses it to ccw. I had some wood grips on my pistol and went with Hogue G-10 for a better grip and they are not as wide.

Maybe it's just a range gun, or a home defense gun? He didn't say anything about ccw. And, maybe he's one of those folks with large hands and prefers the thick wood grips? Stick with the program. The man wants the original wood grips. But then, not sure if he even knows which original wood grips.

Not sure which original grips and was unaware there were three different kinds. Gun was purchased used. Probably rosewood though.

I am in Maryland. What is this concealed carry thing you speak of patw?

Sorry, I didn't mean to cause any derailment or trouble to the thread but just trying to offer some options/perspective. As far as the ccw idea went, I guess you sometimes take for granted the options we have in some states compared to others. I didn't realize Maryland was a non-ccw state. Cheers.

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Not sure which original grips and was unaware there were three different kinds.

I would say there were at least 3 and perhaps more(no one mentioned KN Nill), pick a color, profile and thickness that suites his tastes and go from there... Do you know a bit more about the weapon? Production date, model?.?.?...

Actually it is my son's weapon. I am looking at grips for him.

why don't you just go to Sig's site? They have rosewood grips in stock.

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Originally posted by BigCity:
Actually it is my son's weapon. I am looking at grips for him.

Gathered that from your initial post. SIG factory wood for a plain Jane P226, we're guessing... You've never mentioned anything about the gun except the model(P226), how old is it? Rail, no rail, beaver-tail, DA/SA, SAO, DAO, DAK, X-Series? Any one of these things may play a role in what will actually fit it properly. Seriously, information?

The problem with wood grips is that they are very subjective regarding thickness, shape, and texture. If you don't have much experience with the variations it can be very easy to settle on something he may not like for any number of reasons. My personal favorite is KN Nill, which has sold both SIG-factory logo(harder to find but not impossible) and non-factory logo SIG grips over the course of time.

SIG currently lists Equinox/Blackwood and Rosewood(not in stock), here: SIG Grips

I personally don't consider either of those "original" to older SIG's, as those were almost exclusively made by Siles and KN Nill(X-series pistols) for the older German SIG's. Siles is out of business as far as I know, but KN Nill can still be purchased here: Nill US or here: MacTec

Walnut stippled thumb-rest(RH) Nills on a P226:


Walnut checkered Rhomlas Nills on a P225:


Walnut checkered Rhomlas Nills on a P220ST:



Walnut checkered Siles on a 9mm P220EU:


And then as mentioned above, Hogue

If there is any way to have him try various grips, admittedly probably not simple, you would be better off.
Just how important "original" is depends on the gun and you/him.

Here's a pic of a P226 I had with Hogues. I never measured them but they felt and shot about the same as the Sig OEM grips of the day (Before the E2 grips). I thought they looked pretty cool.

Beautiful grips, Navy...well done...are they much thicker than OEM's? Rod

Thanks for all the insight guys. I will show this to my son.

It is a West German Sig made in 1994

I would think that with the SN you could call Sig and find out what was originally on your Sig.

Are you talking about New Hampshire?

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Originally posted by BigCity:
It is a West German Sig made in 1994

Question: How do you know the original grips are wood?
It is more than likely that a 1994 SIG will have the typical plastic grips as came from factory.