Anyone ever detail strip their SIG?

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

My trusty P220 has about 10 yrs. on the clock and 10k rounds down the chute. Last time out I was getting a failure to eject about once per magazine. I got a few FTF's too. I did some searching around and it turns out I should have changed the springs around 3k rounds. So I ordered a new spring kit, got the SIG Armorer's DVD and went to work.

Here's how it looked:

Totally nude:

I forgot to take photos while I had the breach block, firing pin and extractor out. But the new springs installed sure make this gun feel a lot tighter. I think the slide takes at leats 3x as much force to rack back now. Can't wait to put a hundred rounds through her later in the week.

HardDrive · 03-20-2006, 12:27 PM

Ummmmmmm....gun porn.

Drago · Drago's Garage

Not a Sig but I spent a couple of hours looking at, disasembling and reassembling an assortment of M1911's yesterday afternoon.

Great fun and quite informative too. I should be taking delivery sometime about two weeks from now. Yes, there will be gun porn pic's, don't worry.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I have a 1911 being built for me by CCR now. Should have it any day now.

Drago · Drago's Garage

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Originally posted by Rick Lee
I have a 1911 being built for me by CCR now. Should have it any day now.

A fellow Pelicanite is building mine.

dhoward · dhoward's Garage

For the FTFs change your magazine springs also. Check the lips for wear. FTEs, usually the ejector get pounded short, or the extractor spring gets weak. Gun parts have a finite life, either time or rounds. Especially springs. A spring kit is like buying a new gun!

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I thought about that, but I was jusing four magazines, two of which are about 2 mos. old. The originals are as old as the gun and the FTF's happened with all mags. I'll do some thorough testing later in the week.

FrayAdjacent911 · 03-20-2006, 04:31 PM

That's not totally nude! You left the magazine catch in!

The only pistols I've detail stripped were 1911s, and clones thereof. I swapped the trigger out on my previous SA 1911A1 Milspec. Not a difficult job. I'm glad I like to tinker and (usually) get things put back together in working order...

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I did take the mag. catch out, but put it back in when I saw how tiny that spring was, before I thought to take a photo.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

Noah, I've already started compiling the websites for doing this to "an" M4. It will be done and will be sparkly clean. I'll order a batch of .223 from lancerammo.com pretty soon too.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

I detail stripped a Davis P32 over the weekend, but no pictures...

HardDrive · 03-20-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by Drago
A fellow Pelicanite is building mine.

rdane?

alf · 03-20-2006, 07:34 PM

Cool, i love Sigs and old Walters. Got a trusty 228 that i just put night sights on about 2 hrs ago.

I replaced all the springs on my 30 year old PPKS. Learnt a lot about the gun in the process.

German engineering in da house. Yah.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

You'll get years and years more service from your pistil if you strip it down and R/R it. Springs, circlips, etc... can all wear down and it's better to avoid a failure! Good job!