59Bassman Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 This past weekend I got to put a 226 SAO in my hand for the first time. I did not walk out with it, but I did walk away pondering hard and significantly impressed. I grew up begging for opportunities to shoot my dad's Gold Cup National Match. My first pistol was a first-run Kimber Classic that I still have, and have put many thousands of rounds downrange through in competition. Like many others, I'm a 1911 guy. However, I've never been a 2011 guy. In 9mm, I have competed with Beretta 92's, CZ's, and the very occasional Glock. Sigs have been problematic because I have no flippin' idea what to do with my strong-hand thumb. I have decocked 226's under recoil before because I end up resting my thumb on the decocker. A safety solves that problem. I was very curious about this pistol, and I have to say that I am now thinking this could be a really decent choice for 3-gun. 20 round mags are readily available, it has a very nice trigger, and usable sights. I could see swapping out the front post for a full fiber optic sight, but that might be the only change I would make. I liked it enough that I'm probably going to put my backup rifle on the block to try to pick one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASE772 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On 10/26/2016 at 3:09 AM, 59Bassman said: This past weekend I got to put a 226 SAO in my hand for the first time. I did not walk out with it, but I did walk away pondering hard and significantly impressed. I grew up begging for opportunities to shoot my dad's Gold Cup National Match. My first pistol was a first-run Kimber Classic that I still have, and have put many thousands of rounds downrange through in competition. Like many others, I'm a 1911 guy. However, I've never been a 2011 guy. In 9mm, I have competed with Beretta 92's, CZ's, and the very occasional Glock. Sigs have been problematic because I have no flippin' idea what to do with my strong-hand thumb. I have decocked 226's under recoil before because I end up resting my thumb on the decocker. A safety solves that problem. I was very curious about this pistol, and I have to say that I am now thinking this could be a really decent choice for 3-gun. 20 round mags are readily available, it has a very nice trigger, and usable sights. I could see swapping out the front post for a full fiber optic sight, but that might be the only change I would make. I liked it enough that I'm probably going to put my backup rifle on the block to try to pick one up. I bought the Legion SAO just to have also but liked it so much I shot a couple matches with it Limited minor then put a MK25 RX slide on it and threaded barrel. It's now my main competition gun. And doing quit well shooting Open minor. Hoping to get a minor compensater for it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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