Took my 226 to the range and gave it an endurance test... 480 rounds fired as fast as I could load the magazines and put the rounds on target. I have 5 magazines, so it was 75 rounds, reload, then 75 more. I used a combination of WWB 115gr FMJ and Rem UMC 115gr JHP. The gun was quite warm by the end :smilez: :smilez:
Observations:
1. The 226 is a tack driver. I've won brigade-level shooting matches with the M9 and I look forward to getting in the groove with this weapon. Much better for me than the M9. Using standard NRA 25m slow-fire pistol targets at 25m, I was able to tear a single great big hole in the black... and I wasn't particularly shooting for accuracy. I changed targets every reload, so I was putting 75 rounds on each target.
2. I fired the first few rounds DA, then about 450 more SA, then finished up DA. The stock 24# DA trigger pull is no problem when you're fresh... but it felt like TEN TONS at the end. I still kept it on the paper, but MAN...
Questions:
1. Is it worth trading out the springs for a lighter DA pull? I hope to use this gun for IDPA or IPSC in the future as well as for carry.
2. If I were to change out the springs with some from Wolff, how light should I go on a carry gun? Wolff goes down to 16# for the 226
3. How much will this change effect the SA trigger pull?
