I was fortunate enough to be able to spend some additional time on the range with my new Sig P226 Gadsden special edition pistol. The more I shoot this pistol the more I've come to love it. In fact it has become my primary carry pistol. I'm using the Galco holster with belt snaps combined with a strong holster belt. Over all this is more comfortable than using an inside the waistband holster with my tiny Beretta Tomcat. Although the Tomcat is certainly easier to conceal, the Sig offers the confidence of twice the number rounds and it conceals easily enough with a loose shirt and looks awesome for the occasions that I choose to OC rather than CC.

We visited one of the Pennsylvania public ranges while I was visiting my parents in Harrisburg. We are fortunate in Pennsylvania in that we actually have public ranges that support both rifles and handguns.

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We visited the range at the state game lands 230 in Cumberland county. There are two sections at this area, one for rifles and one for pistols. The pistol range offered frames to mount targets at 25, 50 and 75 yards. While we were there another shooter was there along with a group of shooters that appeared to be a family. Everybody was very friendly and there was no issue with everyone observing all of the proper safety measures. The only quirk with these public ranges is that you are only supposed to load 6 rounds into a pistol and 3 rounds in a rifle.

Back to the Sig 226. This is one accurate firearm. I had no problem shooting very sight groupings at 25 yards. The single action trigger pull is so light it makes it very easy to place an accurate shot. My only beef with the Sig P226 is the double action trigger pull. As I've said in my first post, this seems to me to be much harder than it is rated in their published specifications. After putting about 500 rounds through it and dry firing it a couple of hundred times, it still has not loosened up. I don't know if this is an issue with my particular gun or not. I'd like to actually measure it to determine if it is indeed different than the specifications state. I'd like it to be closer to my Beretta M9's double action trigger which is actually specified to be two pounds harder than the Sig. This is what leads my gut to believe that my Sig is closer to 14 pounds than the rated 10 pounds. I need to find out if there is anything I can do to ease it up a bit. On the range it is not a big deal because I can easily pull the hammer back before taking that first shot, however, if I ever actually need to use the gun in a defensive situation, I'm concerned that even with lots of practice with the double action trigger, I simply won't be as accurate as I should be.

I'm a Sig fan, I've got this Sig 226, along with the compact 1911 and a neat version of the P250 with a threaded barrel and digital cammo.