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I guess I will add that I tried mine, after polishing the breech face and other surfaces on the slide, that should have been polished and not peened. All seems well except I was having a lot of trouble with misfires due to light firing pin strikes. Of course, one can re-cock the hammer and try again, but that's unacceptable in a defensive weapon. Reckon I'll try cleaning out the firing pin channel and make sure no debris got it there that might hinder its movement.

My serial #, the one with the large extractor is 52A031120.

My buddy had a bit of a hiccup with his the other day. After a local 'smith swapped out the smaller extractor for the new large extractor, it would fire fine for about 2-3 mags full of 115 fmj. Then it would fire one and have one with a light firing pin strike, over and over. The 'smith took a look at it and he found where the internal firing pin "tunnel" ends at the firing pin hole; was all buggered up and out of round. Basically, shoddy manufacturing of the firing pin tunnel. He called Sig. They were pretty rude to him, stating they would not replace the gun. No return auth # nor offering to pay for return shipping of the gun. Just send it to them at his cost so they could "look at it". The firing pin stop was very loose too, effectively turning it in to a one shot gun.

Pretty dissapointed with Sig's CS!

Alan

mine is 52A014XXX.

I don't recall any light firing pin strikes the first times I shot it, but it was not doing well last time. I did note that unlike a 1911, the firing pin stop CAN be installed backwards. I'm wondering if that might have been the problem. I did confirm the pin can protrude far enough past the breech face, assuming it's getting hit hard enough.

To follow up, I shot mine again last weekend; it shot without misfires this time, and no jams, either. I think I did have the firing pin stop in backwards previously.

So I guess I will cautiously say that some polishing fixed mine, though I need to do more testing before calling it ready for defensive use.

Now I just need to find/load more 9mm ammo

This is an update of my post of March 3. My replacement gun has fired over 230 rounds, consisting mostly of 115 grain JHPs, with some 124 grain Blazers and, lastly, about 3 dozen 124 grain Gold Dots, without any hiccups. The rounds have been fired through 6 and 7 round magazines, and I have tried to induce malfunctions strong hand only and weak hand only by holding the gun low with a weak grip and unlocked wrists and elbows. The grip screws also remain tight. It appears that every issue that I had with the early model gun has been resolved in the latest iteration.