Author Topic: does anyone detail strip their sig (Read 1601 times)

williamlayton · « **on:** November 11, 2003, 01:44:14 PM »

i was jsut looking at my new 220 and was cleaning the grease off it and got to wondering if any detail strip their sigs.

williamlayton · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2003, 11:33:21 PM »

well i guess not-and that is fine by me--i was a little concerned about the process anyway.
blessings

Rogue Ram · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2003, 03:44:53 PM »

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. I carried SIG 226s and 220s for many years on the job and went thru their armorer school. Basic field stripping, cleaning, lubricating, etc., should be done after serious use, extended carry without firing, exposure to weather, etc.

As to detailed stripping and cleaning, we/I always did mine yearly.........usually this was after firing 500-1000 rounds minimum over the course of the year. 220s/226s need NEW roll pins NOT THE OLD ONES if you detail strip to the point of removing the breech block in the slide. Be sure to make sure the openings on the roll pins oppose each other (one at 9 o'clock, the other at 3 o'clock).

Every 5 years (please, without fail) replace the firing pin spring, trigger return spring and the firing pin block spring!!! Nearly all civilians don't know any of this. Most major police agencies who carry these guns exclusively mandate it---and SIG recommends it. I know one police officer who never knew this, nor performed the 5 year update, and shot it out with a bank robber armed with a Browning Hi-Power........fortunately our officer friend drilled the bad guy with the first shot (broke arm, ribs, and got the lung).....however, when the bad guy tried to switch hands and shoot, our friend kept pulling the trigger but nothing happened. Fortunately the bad guy fell over from blood loss. BROKEN TRIGGER RETURN SPRING.

Sorry for what sounds like a lecture in retrospect...didn't mean it to sound that way. I now carry a Glock only because I have to by policy; SIGs are great guns, but this is what is required and is no big deal once you learn how. I have a very soft spot for 220s.........

Take care

RR

Marvel · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2003, 03:18:53 AM »

My 220 stays useable with just a/ magazine / frame /barrel soak & brush. but I have seen sheriffs wash the upper half of the frame & slide in a automotive solvent parts washer ,and air hose them off ,finishing with a heatgun / hair drier . I tried it and it works well ,smooths up the guns function .

Marvel

williamlayton · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2003, 01:59:28 PM »

well that was the part i was considering as i am not much inclined to detail strp this thing. done it to revolvers and would not be afraid to go into a 1911 but i have some serious concerns/doubts bout tha 220.
was hopin some of tha boys would suggest an tell how to dunk or flush it real good.
blessings

pinduck · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2003, 02:27:24 PM »

Try this link, most is in pdf format so you need to give it time to load after you scroll down to the Sig section. There is a Sig armorers manual that gives a lot of detail.
http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/

Rogue Ram · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2003, 03:57:35 PM »

For a basic cleaning, yes, take the slide off, grips off, barrel and spring out of the slide.......scrub with an old tooth brush with Hoppes, get the feed ramp, under the extractor, use a brush in the barrel with Hoppes---make sure you get the chamber shoulder good, hit it with gun scrubber then an air hose, lubricate, and done.

Detail strip yearly if you shoot a lot, or every couple years........but either have someone change the springs every 5 years or learn to do it yourself (not hard). Yes, you can go years without doing anything but its a matter of time.

RR

Clathrus · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2004, 08:29:13 AM »

has it right. You can buy a video from AGI which is fairly decent, very boring though, that will "talk" you through the detail stripping, etc. Also, replace the trigger pivot pin. I've had that break, as well as the trigger bar return spring, after about 2 years of use. That may not sound like long, but I had put 20-25000 rnds through my weapon by that point. I detail it every year, but don't shoot it nearly so much now. It really isn't that bad to detail. :twisted:

Clathrus · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2004, 08:40:44 AM »

has it right. You can buy a video from AGI which is fairly decent, very boring though, that will "talk" you through the detail stripping, etc. Also, replace the trigger pivot pin. I've had that break, as well as the trigger bar return spring, after about 2 years of use. That may not sound like long, but I had put 20-25000 rnds through my weapon by that point. I detail it every year, but don't shoot it nearly so much now. It really isn't that bad to detail. :twisted:

rockbilly · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2004, 04:26:30 PM »

Don't know about the 220s, but I remove the grips, lock the slide back and remove the mag, I then soak it in clean (new) PD680 (automotive parts cleaner) with a small amount of automatic transmission fluid added to the cleaner. I usually leave it for a couple of hours, then blow it with compressed air. I don't put a lot of rounds through my gun and this method searves my needs. This is the way we cleaned the guns off the choppers in Nam. Only diffrence, we soaked them in a heated oil bath made up of GP oil, automatic transmission or hydraulic fluid and PD680. Never had a M60 fail me.

I do all my handguns this way.

whitedogone · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2005, 03:09:49 PM »

http://www.southernskye.net/pdf/SIG_Maintenance_sigfreund.pdf

kidcoltoutlaw · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2005, 08:17:33 AM »

I learned how to do it by watching the AGI dvd. I do it so I don't forget how to but when I do it I get a lot of dust and lint out of it.