I'm still trying to figure out what the recoil spring weight has to do with this.While watching slow-motion video a fellow shooter noticed how my front sight was dipping when the slide comes back into battery while shooting.
Heavier the recoil spring the more force it slams the slide into battery with.I'm still trying to figure out what the recoil spring weight has to do with this.
Question 2) Does SIG offer lighter weights than standard?
That sounds like a no. If a 16 pound spring is standard in the P226 and their only other offering is a 20 pound then no, they don't make anything lighter...Question 2 - Yes, as I pointed out, the P226 9mm recoil spring, currently color coded orange is 16#, and what was initially installed in the original P220s back in the '80s. The green coded spring is 20#.
Nothing "wrong" with the original, I've got 3,650 rounds on it. I'm a 1911 guy and it's common practice to tune your recoil spring to the loads you're running. Since I like to tinker I bough a few different lighter weights to try out. It ran fine with the Wolff 15 pound for around 100 rounds before something started binding up in there and racking the slide became extremely difficult. That's what prompted the thread, no alarm I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.Was there something wrong with your scores? If you were shooting well I'm confused why you would be so alarmed after someone pointed out an observation or in other words an opinion. I know you said you watched video but do you have comparable video of the same firearm and set up with another shooter, maybe that's just characteristic of your Sig and your grip/form? I'm not knocking your shooting, I am asking why the need to change if you're doing well? The original spring will lighten up quickly if you shoot it competitively, I haven't heard of any problems with Wolf springs but don't discount that you may have gotten a faulty one. It's trial by error, I just think you should consider you may have the right package in the beginning.