New SIG SAUER P226 XFIVE CLASSIC

[Johnny Rico]

Made in the good ol USA now.

That is not a good thing.

[G woody]

MY old 226 ALWAYS runs, even with sloppy reloads !!

[One More Time]

That is not a good thing.

Being made here at half of what it cost to get an imported DE model is not a bad thing.
It looks like the slide is using the current production long extractor and not the internal or short extractor.
Which will drive the purists nutz.

I could swing a current production one at $2k.
But with the DE ones going from $3,500 - $6,000, that's a lot of ramen for me.

[robbins290]

When did the SAO Sigs come out?

I have a SAO dated march of 2010 with a German frame, so at least that long for SIG SAO's.

[Mrgunsngear]

I have a SAO dated march of 2010 with a German frame, so at least that long for SIG SAO's.

I have one as well, can confirm.

Review for folks searching this thread for info on the XFive

[Renegade04]

Being made here at half of what it cost to get an imported DE model is not a bad thing.
It looks like the slide is using the current production long extractor and not the internal or short extractor.
Which will drive the purists nutz.

I could swing a current production one at $2k.
But with the DE ones going from $3,500 - $6,000, that's a lot of ramen for me.

A few months ago, I picked up a German-made P226S X5 Level 1 in .40S&W for $2600.





Here are both.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I thought the Xfive SAO, like the ‘Tactical’ were out pre-2010. I thought I had one in 2008, but I’m getting fuzzy on dates. Great gun. A little to front heavy with a 5 inch barrel.

[Todd.K]

I could swing a current production one at $2k.
But with the DE ones going from $3,500 - $6,000, that's a lot of ramen for me.

This explains why I never noticed them before, I’m very much not in the high end pistol market and don’t pay attention to the details when I see numbers like that.

[Renegade04]

I thought the Xfive SAO, like the ‘Tactical’ were out pre-2010. I thought I had one in 2008, but I’m getting fuzzy on dates. Great gun. A little to front heavy with a 5 inch barrel.

My P226S X5 Level 1 was made in 2013. From what I have read, that is the year the X Series was introduced.