Playing around the other night with my 226 and 229 Legion SAO's. I've got a 226 SAS in .40 with the DAK trigger system. The slide from that gun fits fine and functions on the 226 Legion SAO frame.

With the 229, my 229 SAS in .40 with the DAK does not function at all on the 229 Legion SAO frame. The safety level will not flip up and the hammer will not stay cocked and follows the slide down.

Is there a major difference between the 226 and 229 frames that explains this?

Legion P229 SAO's use the P229-1 frame that is a little wider and takes 15 round mags. You probably have a P229 (non -1) SAS DAK which I think were never made with -1 frames.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
Legion P229 SAO's use the P229-1 frame that is a little wider and takes 15 round mags. You probably have a P229 (non -1) SAS DAK which I think were never made with -1 frames.

The P229(.40) frame has always been "wide" and unchanged since the beginning. It's the P229(9) that SIG in 2010 changed from the original narrow frame to the 229-1 wide frame. So, his P229 SAS DAK (in .40) has the same wide magwell as the 229-1 frame of the Legion SAO.