Sig P226 Question..

[davebee456]

Sig P226 Question why is my trigger marking and chipping off the black on the frame behind the trigger,

Sig said this is normal because there is no trigger stop.?.!.?
Weird has anyone seen this???

try to get pictures up soon.

[Hayuya]

Mine has that too. Finish of the frame is not that great. It has come off on several places with metal to metal contact such as trigger, mag well and rail. I don't treat my guns as beauty queens, but not as durable as the finish of my other weapons.

[ChicagoTex]

Normal, and while it looks crappy, it's not like the aluminum frame is gonna rust on you.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Totally normal, since the frame serves as the slide stop. Some will chip while others will only get a shine where the trigger impacts the frame. The hard coat anodizing is very easily chipped on Sig frames. Nothing to worry about.

[Entropy]

Normal.

[davebee456]

i hope the rails coating and anodizing is a little better,

[ChicagoTex]

i hope the rails coating and anodizing is a little better,

Anodization and color coating are two different things. It's the coloring that chips/wears, but the anodization remains.

ETA: this is very similar to Glocks, where you'll see the black finish wear off, but the hard and corrosion resistant tenifer process is still very much present.

[socalav]

Totally normal it sucks mine has the same problem.

[Skyyr]

Anodization and color coating are two different things. It's the coloring that chips/wears, but the anodization remains.

ETA: this is very similar to Glocks, where you'll see the black finish wear off, but the hard and corrosion resistant tenifer process is still very much present.

Completely incorrect.

Anodizing is not a chemical treatment like Glock's Tenifer finish (nitrocarburizing). Nitrocarburizing reacts chemically with the metal to permanently change its composition and is absorbed into the steel itself - it's not a surface treatment and cannot be "scratched off." Anodizing is a surface treatment which compounds and hardens the natural oxidation of a metal - it IS a surface treatment and can be scratched off.

The colored material on the aluminum IS the anodizing.

[ChicagoTex]

Anodizing is not a chemical treatment like Glock's Tenifer finish (nitrocarburizing). Nitrocarburizing reacts chemically with the metal to permanently change its composition and is absorbed into the steel itself - it's not a surface treatment and cannot be "scratched off." Anodizing is a surface treatment which compounds and hardens the natural oxidation of a metal - it IS a surface treatment and can be scratched off.

I was using the parallel only to highlight that just because the black finish came off, it doesn't mean that bare aluminum is exposed.

The colored material on the aluminum IS the anodizing.

More correctly, it's a part of it. The colored material coming off is the painted portion of the anodized surface, just because the black is gone doesn't mean all of the anodization is, it's thicker than that (now if you dremeled on it or something , you'd lose the anodization).