Steel Hammer for TM P226 - ArniesAirsoft

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PenGun

Registered: October 2004
Location: Dublin
Posts: 549

Review Date: 1/2/07

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Weighty, tactile, really improves trigger pull
Cons:	Expensive, no S/A "click" (!)

Just fitted this new hammer to my P226, which at this stage has practically no Marui components left Wink

Creation have done a really nice job on this little upgrade. The hammer spur is deeply grooved providing a better grip for your thumb when cocking and there are 'SIG' and 'P226' markings clearly engraved on the sides. These look great!
The steel surfaces are nicely finished, requiring no deburring or trimming at all...very impressive.
The colour is a natural black (if that makes sense). It wears a little to show the shiny steel beneath. All guns need a little wear!
It can be a little dirty when you put lube on the surfaces prior to fitting, so keep a cloth handy!!!
(Though any 'smith worth his salt loves a bit of "gun-dirt"...)
This is a true drop-in component, but rememeber to put a little grease on all contact surfaces, especially where the trigger bar and hammer meet. This required a little break-in to start pulling correctly in double action, greatly aided by some silicon spray Wink

Those of you spoiled by real-steel trigger pulls will be glad to know that this hammer seems to vastly improve the pull in both DA and SA modes. Whether this lasts is another issue, but the steel used does seem harder than the Marui component which tends to wear alarmingly quickly resulting in a poor trigger, that becomes gritty and spongy.
The only possible bad point about the hammer is that (on my P226 at least) the single action click when the notch is engaged is now silent!
Which might be ok for stealthiness but damn it that sound is half the fun!!!

Overall a very good upgrade that is worth the price just to improve the P226's mediocre trigger.

Edit: though you lose the SA 'click', I've noticed that the trigger reset after a shot is much better defined.
Basically you don't end up failing to reset (happens if you don't allow the trigger to go far enough forward after pulling it and firing a shot).

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