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Why the US Navy SEALs Loved the Sig Sauer P226 Gun
The SIG Sauer P226, a 9mm DA/SA pistol, became the trusted sidearm of US Navy SEALs (as the Mk.25) for over thirty years ...
Then, in 2017, SIG Sauer won the Department of Defense modular ... However, a previously submitted P226-MK25 that lost to Beretta’s M9 in 2009 eventually became the preferred sidearm for U.S ...
The Sig P226 is a full-sized weapon that while failing to capture the prize as the Pentagon’s new pistol in the 1980s went on to achieve underdog acclaim as the official handgun of the U.S. Navy ...
SIG Sauer’s P226 full-size duty pistol originally came to market as a double-action semi-automatic designed for the U.S. XM9 Service Pistol Trials of 1984. Thought the Beretta M9 beat out the ...
While the Army, the Marine Corps and even the rest of the Navy toted the Beretta M9 pistol, Navy SEALs carried an entirely different handgun altogether: the Sig Sauer P226. (This first appeared ...
When SIG Sauer announces significant enhancements to any of its products, let alone two of its most recognized platforms in service—the P226 and P229—civilian handgun enthusiasts and ...