Sig Sauer P226 X-Five

[TMan]

I shot the Sig X-Five for the first time today. Prior to shooting it, I warmed up with 50 rounds of .45 through the 1911. After settling down, I then switched to the X-Five.

Wow, I thought the P220 Sport was impressive, but nothing like this thing. It comes with the trigger adjusted to 3.0 lbs, but can be lowered to 2.2lbs. Because of the wide trigger, it feels even lighter. Well, the only thing light about this gun is the trigger. It is a heavy gun with very light recoil.

Accuracy is dead-on. The sights were already adjusted from the factory, and they were perfect, as was everything else about this fine german made machine.

After around 20 rounds it failed to go completely into battery. It took just a little nudge and worked well from that point on. Given the extremely tight slide to frame fit, it wasn't too surprising. I had this problem with the S&W 952 when it was new too.

Somewhere around round 80, one of the casings came over the top of my glasses. I pulled the next round out of the 10 ring.

Expensive? Yes, but I've shot other guns that were expensive too, but never impressed me the way this one has.

I expect to be able to take some pictures next week, weather permitting, and I'll add them to this thread. The guide rod is really different and interesting.

My hat is off to the German engineers and technicians that put the X-Five package together. I like it much better than I do the Sig P210-6.

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; No doubt, This pistol would be one to shoot and shoot often. I could live without the Langdon Sig, but this one would be very hard to resist owning.

[TMan]

Okay, the sun came out, but it was getting a little late in the day so I ended up with a shadow. (I'm better shooting with the gun than I am with the camera.)

Anyhow, first we have the left side of the gun. Notice the absence of the decocking lever. I like the beaver-tail too; sure wish my P210 had one - I'd shoot it a lot more.



Then from the right side:



This is the slide, but you smart guys probably didn't need to be told that:



The rod is actually two pieces:



Note that all of these were shot on the same piece of white paper. So much for the auto color balance of the Nikon D100. With the lens it cost more than the Sig too.

The biggest problem I have with the X-Five is that it has spoiled me. After 100 rounds Monday, I had pulled two rounds, which for me isn't bad. However, because of poor planning on my part, I was out of ammo, but still had a WWB of .45 so I decided to shoot the Colt. It was really a poor performance. In fact it was so bad, I went back on Tuesday just to shoot the Colt some more, and did quite a bit better. I could probably shoot the X-Five with my eyes closed and do a better job than I did with the Colt.

The X-Five is quite an improvement over the P226 Sport, the weight and recoil is about the same, but the trigger is definitely better on the X-Five. As good as the gun is, it still isn't as impressive to shoot as the P220 Sport, which just amazes everyone that it is a .45 ACP.

Of course, everything is relative. Tuesday when shooting the Colt (.45 ACP), my buddy wanted me to shoot his new Ruger P90. It still had factory grips. Wow, did I notice the recoil compared to the Colt, but the Colt does have a Shok-Buffer in it.

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; Very unusual looking recoil guide rod system for a Sig. Looks like Sig's version of a buffer system. I'm wondering if this this rod type will become available for other existing Sig pistols in the future.

[TBT]

Wow ... nice gun Tman!