My stupid moment

[Sigarms]

Picked up a good deal on a Sig226 tactical pistol. Yeah, I know, the "tactical" really doesn't mean much, but it does have the SRT action I was looking for, along with the thinner trigger AND the tru glow front site. Before I buy the gun, I call the factory to ensure some of the 226 grips I have laying around will fit the gun as I personally think the stock grips look fugly with the bigger magwell.

So, buy the gun, go home, shoot it, I like it. I go upstairs to find some replacement grips, go to put them on the gun, and they don't want to fit.

Now, sometimes I'll use a little force when necessary, but when dealing with putting guns together, I always like to double check. Sure enough, check the grips and there seems no way in heck the grips will actually fit and before I use brute force, I want to double check myself.

So...I call Sig back to verify that an old set of standard 226 grips will fit this P226 "tactical" pistol, and again, they tell me "no if's and or butt's, it will".

So...Ok, if I've got to use some muscle putting it together I will. Get the grips back out, put them on the gun, and dang, there is no way in h e double tooth picks these grips are going to work. I go to take the grips off and get ready to rheem the factory out and as I take the grips off, I look down and on the grips it reads "P220".

Darn it! I grabbed the wrong model grips without even looking.

Just really glad I didn't call the factory a second time to remove all doubt that I was an idiot LOL

 

[k0ua]

Well what can we say?

James K0UA

 

[EddieWalker]

Since you didn't modify the grips, I don't think this qualifies for a truly stupid moment. You gonna have to work at it a little harder next time!!! :laughing:

Eddie

 

[creekbend]

You are only human. It appears that you were so enthralled and excited by your new purchase, that you overlooked a minor detail. No big deal. Sincerely hope you spend enjoyable time with your new gun.:thumbsup:

 

[gsganzer]

I have the same pistol, although mine is the "Blackwater". Sig changed them to the "tactical" model, after Blackwater started getting some bad press.

I keep going back and forth about selling mine to fund a Dan Wesson VBOB.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Nice!

I had my own stupid moment when I got new iphone - yes I went to the dark side :thumbsup: - I could not send SMS overseas, that is important for me to stay in touch with friends and relatives.

Anyway, this fancy new gadget would send it and they would not get it and I had very similar problems before so I emailed ATT and later called the help line.

They were checking everything, could not find anything wrong and than she asked me if I have '+' in front of the number; well the plus was not there and that's all it took. Apparently '+' got lost when moving address book to PC and than to the iphone.

I told the help line lady that I am likely the dumbest caller of the day and maybe a month and she was too polite to agree

 

[acme97]

Not stupid! Shows that all those years spent honing your skill to read paid off! Stupid would have been reading, comprehending and then still trying to put the wrong ones on.