I own two West German Sig's (P220 and P226) they are both ex-LEO guns and their finish is virtually gone on the slides and numerous scratches on the frames. I plan on sending them to Doug to Moly Resin coated flat black. I then was going to send them to SIG in NH for Action Enhancement Package. I just got off the phone with Sig customer service, who told me that "they would not do the AEP on my pistols since they have been modified". According to the CS rep I talked to, SIG considers refinishing a "modification". Has anyone run into this problem before?

Yep, swapping the order of things makes the most sense.

Same thing happened to me. Do Sig first, then refinish.

The others have offered the correct advice.

How beat up are the finishes? After having one refinished, I realized I erased the character that took years to achieve.


FWIW, I have had Sig perform the AEP on one of my P-220's and I am very happy with it.

I have had Klein, ROBAR and CCR performing refinishing, I have been happy with the work they have done for me. I do not believe ROBAR is refinishing guns any longer.

P220, the p226 finish is BAD. All high spots on the slide are bare metal and the rest of it is 30% at best. The edges of the right side of the frame have zero finish. Do you remember those beat up Israeli P228's that were imported five-six years ago? Mine is not that bad but you get the idea.

CCR has done several full firearms and endless parts for me in the past..
I highly recommend their work.
It does sometimes take some time, but the results are worth it..

This was a WG P226 two-tone I took in a trade several years ago.
Pretty abused, take down lever idiot scars, mismatched grips, and all..
This pistol had more slide to frame wiggle than any gun I ever bought.
But even with the loose slide, it shot dead on, 100%..





CCRs Dave and Mary worked their magic on it..
Ceraplate silver finishes and Cerahide black frame finishes..
I did find some appropriate stock grips for it...





Ultimately sold that pistol to buy more Glocks...

That was back when I refinished guns, I no longer do that.
Whatever I buy now remains as I bought it as long as it functions 100%.

I have my Holy Grail WG P226 now..
It sits in the safe where it belongs...






As well as it's WG P228..






And it's heritage..

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1lowlife, thanks for sharing the before and after pics. For years most of my guns were working guns that spent lots of time at the range. They got carried, they got shot and they had character. I have come to a point in my life where I pocket carry a KT P32 most of the year and when I carry something bigger its a P365. This is my first foray into send a gun for gunsmithing and refinishing. My Sig's need some loving after years of loyal service

Not to thread drift the OP's original topic into a refinish discussion, just my observation.

Coyote Killer does excellent work. So does CCR.
CeraHide by CCR is a more durable coating in the long run than MolyResin, this coming from some one who used to do a lot of refininishing with Moly Resin.

Some more examples of CCRs work.
I'm a big fan and promote them when ever I can.

They did the slide and some parts of my LCP, my most carried firearm.



Think it was CP or maybe CPII.
Still looks as good as the day I had it done.







All of these Sigs have since been sold.
Probably should have kept at least one of the P239s..

CCR did this P229 SAS in Cerahide.
I have no experience with MolyResin or Cerakote to compare it to.
I converted the Sig from DAK to DA/SA and back to DAK.
You can see the wear on the rails, probably after only a few hundred rounds.









CCR also did 2 of my Gen 1 P239 SAS pistols.
One had CPII on slide, barrel, and controls.
Cerahide black on the frame.








The other Cerahide black frame/slide with Ceraplate controls and barrel.





They also did a few Glock slides and barrels for me in CPII..

1lowlife, those are great looking guns!