I have just purchased a Sig Sauer P220 22lr kit , for my west German p220 38 super auto. For the life of me i can not get the recoil spring guide to be flush with barrel .

Try posting your question in the Sig Armorer sub forum. It might get you the help you are looking for. Best of luck.

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/150601935

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Originally posted by Classic Captain:
I have just purchased a Sig Sauer P220 22lr kit , for my west German p220 38 super auto. For the life of me i can not get the recoil spring guide to be flush with barrel .

My factory P220 .22LR conversion kit will not function on my W. German P220 38 Super, but performs flawlessly on the German P220 .45acp.

Thinking you may need to get a locking insert for a P220 chambered in .45 Auto. The rimfire kit may not be compatible with an insert for 38s.

I also believe that the locking insert is the issue

Have you tried the kit on a 45ACP version of the P220?

I need to try this to see what is going on.

The locking insert seems plausible, but my P220 22lr conversion kit also works just fine on my P226, which uses a different locking block.

And the P226 9mm barrel fits/functions just fine in my P220 .38Super.

So- locking block 'could' be it- but I don't know what it is for sure.

If I have time, I'll pull out my P220 .45 and compare the kit on that to on the p220 .38super.

Don't know if the fact that my p220 is a stainless carry will matter, but it is.