Comments on: Still Great After All These Years: SIG SAUER’s P226 Mk25 9mm Pistol

By: Falah

Falah — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:14:07 +0000

Great write-up, Paul. It’s hard to beat that classic West German frame fit, and the P226 really is the gold standard for DA/SA. I’m actually planning to spend a few months training and shooting in Spain later this year, and I’ve been trying to figure out the legal side of staying there long-term as an expat. Do you or anyone here happen to know if I need to handle my paperwork through a specific agency, or can I just use a service like https://e-residence.com/nl/nie-spain-online/marbella/ to get my NIE sorted out beforehand? I’d hate to get stuck in bureaucratic limbo when I could be at the range.

By: Daniel Larson

Daniel Larson — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:27:04 +0000

I’m pretty sure Paul’s implication in this article, is that compared to the majority of standard issued pistols at the time, (mid 80’s) the frame mounted decocker was in fact somewhat unique. S&W 39+ series, Beretta 92, etc, were all slide mounted safety/decocker and extremely prolific in Law Enforcement and military at the time. Whereas the Sig was not.

By: JohnC

JohnC — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:37:42 +0000

In reply to tsbhoa.p.jr. Get what? That a military veteran loves the arms he was taught to shoot, disassemble, clean and use? Sure I do, I've got more than one 1911 and AR. But, I don't get obvious puffery.

By: tsbhoa.p.jr

tsbhoa.p.jr — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:35:40 +0000

In reply to JohnC. you just don't get it, man.

By: cm smith

cm smith — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:59:06 +0000

In reply to JohnC. Sauer M38. 1938.

By: JohnC

JohnC — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:53:38 +0000

Why doesn’t the comment censor want me to correct the author’s implication that SIG developed the frame-mounted decocker for the P226?

HK had it on their P9S two years before SIG put one on their P220, which was five years before the P226 appeared.

By: JohnC

JohnC — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:11:57 +0000

The frame-mounted decocker on the P226 was certainly not “unique”, as the author implies. It was first used by SIG on the earlier P220, which was developed in 1975, 5 years before the P226 was developed.

However, the HK P9S, with a frame-mounted decocker, first appeared in 1973, 2 full years before the P220.

By: JohnC

JohnC — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:47:41 +0000

However, the HK P9S, with a frame-mounted decocker, first appeared in 1973, 2 full years before the P220.