Sig P226 X-Five

[HayesGreener]

My son in law shows up this afternoon asking for assistance to disassemble and lube his new pistol. Then pulls out a SIG P226 X5 Legion he just bought this afternoon. It has a new re-designed takedown lever. Wow! What an awesome pistol. The quality and tolerances are superb. Another fine pistol from SIG. He was heading out to shoot it, awaiting the range report now.

 

[ECS686]

I wish I could get the 226 x5 Legion grips for my standard DA/SA Legion 226.

The x5 226 is a nice gun if I was in the market for just a range/competition 9mm it’d be up there on the list.

 

[HayesGreener]

Has anyone here found a holster for this new gun?

 

[SimonRL]

I’ll tell you as soon as we get the promised range report!

 

[HayesGreener]

Well, he told me it was the first pistol he had ever shot that put all the rounds where he wanted them, (he was a Marine), but I was not there to witness. It has a fabulous trigger and he tells me it drops the brass close by. When I get a chance I want to pry it from him and take it for a spin. It is a beautiful pistol.

 

[SimonRL]

Comp Tac does a kydex holster. I like their holsters a lot - in fact you can buy it directly from Sig.

Craft Holstera do leather ones for the 226 X5

Open Top Belt Holster | Craft Holsters®

This OWB holster offers easy access and super quick draw. The pancake design grants it a slim and low profile, which means your gun can be easily concealed in the holster even though it's carried outside the waistband. On top of that, the holster feels extremely comfortable.

www.craftholsters.com

 

[HayesGreener]

Comp Tac does a kydex holster. I like their holsters a lot - in fact you can buy it directly from Sig.

Craft Holstera do leather ones for the 226 X5

Open Top Belt Holster | Craft Holsters®

This OWB holster offers easy access and super quick draw. The pancake design grants it a slim and low profile, which means your gun can be easily concealed in the holster even though it's carried outside the waistband. On top of that, the holster feels extremely comfortable.

www.craftholsters.com

Apparently the 226 X5 Legion won't fit because the slide is thicker. I told him to call the Sig store, Sig usually procuces a holster when they release a new model.

 

[Bassbob]

Comp Tac does a kydex holster. I like their holsters a lot - in fact you can buy it directly from Sig.

Craft Holstera do leather ones for the 226 X5

Open Top Belt Holster | Craft Holsters®

This OWB holster offers easy access and super quick draw. The pancake design grants it a slim and low profile, which means your gun can be easily concealed in the holster even though it's carried outside the waistband. On top of that, the holster feels extremely comfortable.

www.craftholsters.com

I have 3 Comp Tac Internationals. I like them a lot. Not the best CC holsters, but they're ok. And on the range they're awesome.

 

[SimonRL]

I have 3 Comp Tac Internationals. I like them a lot. Not the best CC holsters, but they're ok. And on the range they're awesome.

I don’t use them for CC, I use them for training or at the range.

 

[Bassbob]

I don’t use them for CC, I use them for training or at the range.

Me too. Primarily. I have carried my Q5 in one since it's the only holster I have for it. And I carried my VP9 in one for a hot minute until I figured out how to modify my holster to accommodate the suppressor height sights and optic on the new slide. The holster you picked up for me in fact.

 

[Hammer67]

My son in law shows up this afternoon asking for assistance to disassemble and lube his new pistol. Then pulls out a SIG P226 X5 Legion he just bought this afternoon. It has a new re-designed takedown lever. Wow! What an awesome pistol. The quality and tolerances are superb. Another fine pistol from SIG. He was heading out to shoot it, awaiting the range report now.

I handled one today. F&F is excellent. The grips are perfection. And the trigger is ridiculously good.

 

[CoThG]

My son in law shows up this afternoon asking for assistance to disassemble and lube his new pistol. Then pulls out a SIG P226 X5 Legion he just bought this afternoon. It has a new re-designed takedown lever. Wow! What an awesome pistol. The quality and tolerances are superb. Another fine pistol from SIG. He was heading out to shoot it, awaiting the range report now.

You've never handled a real X5. Mine is an original made in Germany X5-L1. It's puts the US mades X5s to shame.

 

[HayesGreener]

You've never handled a real X5. Mine is an original made in Germany X5-L1. It's puts the US mades X5s to shame.

I have handled a German X5-I fired one when I attended an instructor course at the Sig Academy in 2014. A P210 also. Those German made guns are in a class by themselves but this new X5 Legion comes mighty close.

 

[CoThG]

I have handled a German X5-I fired one when I attended an instructor course at the Sig Academy in 2014. A P210 also. Those German made guns are in a class by themselves but this new X5 Legion comes mighty close.

Exeter X5s are full of MIM. That's not ok at the X5s price point.

 

[HayesGreener]

Exeter X5s are full of MIM. That's not ok at the X5s price point.

Yeah, the new Springfield 1911 TRP's have gone the same route. I wonder what the price point would be if those were all machined parts.

 

[Hammer67]

Exeter X5s are full of MIM. That's not ok at the X5s price point.

LOL. Here we go with the 'MIM myths' again.

Hand-fitting was necessary back in the 'good 'ol days' because we weren't capable of machining parts with anywhere near the high precision that we can today. It is possible to make an excellent, tight, very high performance gun using MIM. In fact, many things are made of MIM that require far higher degrees of precision and fitment than a handgun. Insisting that's not possible in the year 2024 is Fudd Lore.

 

[CoThG]

LOL. Here we go with the 'MIM myths' again.

Hand-fitting was necessary back in the 'good 'ol days' because we weren't capable of machining parts with anywhere near the high precision that we can today. It is possible to make an excellent, tight, very high performance gun using MIM. In fact, many things are made of MIM that require far higher degrees of precision and fitment than a handgun. Insisting that's not possible in the year 2024 is Fudd Lore.

Not implying that it's not possible, but at the price point of an X-5 there is the expectation of having zero MIM, like the real X-5s had.

 

[Hammer67]

Not implying that it's not possible, but at the price point of an X-5 there is the expectation of having zero MIM, like the real X-5s had.

And I'm not denying that there may be an expectation. Just pointing out that such an expectation is outdated and based on a poor understanding of what is possible with MIM.

MIM is used for high tolerance items such as aerospace components, medical instruments, etc - making a tight, high performance handgun out of MIM is hardly the most demanding application it is used for. And the other benefit of MIM is extreme consistency that was never possible before - hand fitting was always dependent on the human actually doing the work, and could vary considerably.

 

[CoThG]

And I'm not denying that there may be an expectation. Just pointing out that such an expectation is outdated and based on a poor understanding of what is possible with MIM.

MIM is used for high tolerance items such as aerospace components, medical instruments, etc - making a tight, high performance handgun out of MIM is hardly the most demanding application it is used for. And the other benefit of MIM is extreme consistency that was never possible before - hand fitting was always dependent on the human actually doing the work, and could vary considerably.

I'm VERY aware of MIM as my jet engines use MIM to a great extent. You are missing the point. There is an expectation that a gun in the class of an X-5 to be hand fit with bar stock components. Something that used to be done in Sig's Mastershop in Germany. Sigs today use MIM strictly as a cost cutting measure.

 

[Hammer67]

I'm VERY aware of MIM as my jet engines use MIM to a great extent. You are missing the point. There is an expectation that a gun in the class of an X-5 to be hand fit with bar stock components. Something that used to be done in Sig's Mastershop in Germany. Sigs today use MIM strictly as a cost cutting measure.

I'm not missing your point. But ok.