SIG Sauer P226 X-Five Reviews

Very realistic weight and feel. Good for plinking

co2 drains very fast, lasts only for 2-3 magazines

very realistic

I wish the CO2 cartridge went id gun instead of the magazine

Have Fun

This is by far the best BB Pistol I have ever purchased. It is accurate on weight and accuracy. They made it with quality metal and parts. Very strong and bold recoil (Blowback). The best CO2 chamber, mounted inside of the magazine, which all pistols 'should' have. That way, if something goes wrong with a CO2 leak or basic wear and tear, the whole pistol isn't affected. Just the magazine.

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It is worth the $100. I would have paid more for this quality Pistol. And there are not a lot out there. If you like this pistol, you will also enjoy the Sig Sauer 'We The People' 1911, the Crosman GI 1911, and the Glock 17 Gen 3 Blowback pistol. All of them have close to the same CO2 design in their magazines. I can not stress enough to everyone that it makes a huge difference if the CO2 chamber is in the magazine. Simply better quality and longer life.

Decent accuracy when the pistol functions properly.

Inconsistent C02 discharge through the chamber and sluggish slide release.

I recommend the Sig Sauer 320 pellet pistol. More durable and reliable. IMO.

The look, weight and feel along with full drop-out magazines are nice as well as the lock back when empty.. other than that it's a total failure.

It's cheaply made, this is my second one and it's having the same issues as the first. The safety is basically non-functional, sure it will flip up and down but it will fire with it on and it really doesn't lock into place when on safe either.. We all know never to trust a safety anyway right? The slide will stay back due to the hammer touching the nozzle housing just a tad as to effect it operating smoothly. Cheap die-cast iron construction, paint comes off easily, and the nozzle housing screws are the weakest point of the whole thing.. If they would make it so those don't come out, this gun would almost be a great item. Keep in mind this is NOT a true Sig Sauer item, it's made by Cybergun, and I don't see why Sig allowed them to produce such rubbish. I'm sure the official X-Five pellet pistol performs excellently.

The two screws for the air nozzle housing don't stay in place. Even with thread lock they eventually break free due to the slide/action jarring them out of place. For my first gun I had a very hard time finding the cybergun company's contact info and had to pay way to much just for a couple little screws and the spring that works the air nozzle. I eventually sold the whole gun in parts with 2 magazines on ebay for less than what both magazines were worth. Pyramyd had a sale a couple months later that included an extra mag, 2500 Air Venturi bb's and a box of Dust Devils (which I never even used) so I figured I'd try the same gun again thinking I just got a defective unit for the first one, which was not the case. I've put less than 1/4 of the AV bb's thru the gun and it's already malfunctioning. Sure I've had it for awhile but haven't used it much, perhaps while reviewing this review they could contact me and hopefully make this right? In closing, take it from me, don't buy this gun..

The look, weight and feel along with full drop-out magazines are nice as well as the lock back when empty.. other than that it's a total failure.

It's cheaply made, this is my second one and it's having the same issues as the first. The safety is basically non-functional, sure it will flip up and down but it will fire with it on and it really doesn't lock into place when on safe either.. We all know never to trust a safety anyway right? The slide will stay back due to the hammer touching the nozzle housing just a tad as to effect it operating smoothly. Cheap die-cast iron construction, paint comes off easily, and the nozzle housing screws are the weakest point of the whole thing.. If they would make it so those don't come out, this gun would almost be a great item. Keep in mind this is NOT a true Sig Sauer item, it's made by Cybergun, and I don't see why Sig allowed them to produce such rubbish. I'm sure the official X-Five pellet pistol performs excellently.

The two screws for the air nozzle housing don't stay in place. Even with thread lock they eventually break free due to the slide/action jarring them out of place. For my first gun I had a hell of a time finding the cybergun company's contact info and had to pay way to much just for a couple little screws and the spring that works the air nozzle. I eventually sold the whole gun in parts with 2 magazines on ebay for less than what both magazines were worth. Pyramyd had a sale a couple months later that included an extra mag, 2500 Air Venturi bb's and a box of Dust Devils (which I never even used) so I figured I'd try the same gun again thinking I just got a defective unit for the first one, which was not the case. I've put less than 1/4 of the AV bb's thru the gun and it's already malfunctioning. Sure I've had it for awhile but haven't used it much, perhaps while reviewing this review they could contact me and hopefully make this right? In closing, take it from me, don't buy this gun..

It looks real.

SIG Sauer should redesign the cartridge.

I bought this CO2 pistol on September 2018. I tried with two CO2 and love the gun. Then I put this pistol on the shelf until today. I put in a new CO2 cartridge, after the first shot, all the gas leaked. I tried another CO2 cartridge, same thing. I added Crosman Pellgun oil and tried another CO2 cartridge, no help. Now this pistol is an expensive paper weight.

Very accurate for the weight and feel. Excellent blowback. The sights were set accurately. Although it can only fire around 52 rounds before the co2 cartridge. But it is worth it. A solid pistol.

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You will have a lot of fun with this pistol. Excellent for training. I would recommend Black Diamond BBs and an extra magazine. Heck!! Get two!! You won't regret it.

The replica accuracy and the trigger reset.

Adjustable rear sights.

If you have the X-5 open, the adjustable rear sights are in the range to correct the impact point very well. I installed the mount rail of the X-5 open on the X-5 with a Feyachi 4-MOA red dot sight and it is perfect on target. A laser would do also. I have 40 rounds per CO2.

Realistic function of the gun.

Adjustable rear sight

I was disappointed at first, but I finally realized I had unrealistic expectations for this gun. I am used to shooting super tight groups at 10 yds with my Beeman P17 and initially felt the accuracy of this gun was lacking. This gun is NOT a 10 meter target pistol! I found some handgun training targets (my favorite is "Dot Torture") and started following the exercises from distances dictated for the centerfire counterparts (like 3-5 yds) and fell in love with this gun. I got a Sig paddle holster and have been working on my draw and ability to quickly put BBs into 2" circles. What a blast, and the reduced distance to target means I can shoot in my garage. Much nicer on cold dark nights.

Almost everything. Realistic look and feel. Great balance. Reasonably strong blow back (M17 is stronger). The best CO2 loading system in the business. Better than average accuracy. High shot count. Extra magazines are inexpensive and easily available.

Like it's M17 sibling, the trigger pull is where this gun falters. At 8lb 2oz out of the box it has a lighter trigger than it's M17 counterpart, but not light enough (by a long shot) to avoid the consequences of a long, gritty and pretty unpredictable trigger pull. Worse, due to the design (the trigger advances the magazine) there's nothing that can be done to improve the pull in any substantive way. Sig should sacrifice the strength of the blow back and use it to advance the magazine thereby allowing them to create a more standard sear driven mechanism.

Attaching a laser pointer sight to the Picatiny rail can greatly improve the guns accuracy even with the nasty trigger.

The gun is very nice. Shoot well love the overall of gun .Happy with purchase

.22 caliber

Never use enclosed bbs in box when purchased. They jam

The weight and feel are just like the real powder burning gun. Trigger was very good. I found handling was great, but after a couple of CO2 cylinders, break in, the gun would exhaust it's CO2 after 5-10 shots. Notified Pyramyd and there was no hassle on returning the gun for replacement. Don't know why you would buy anywhere else.

Adjustable rear sight is needed. The basic accuracy of the piece demands a better sight. The front sight with a dot is very good and at 20 feet (BB gun range) it's probably good enough, but it demands a better sight.

Dynamite gun, you will not be disappointed with this gun other than the non adjustable rear sight

Looks and feels like my 9mm P226.

After using it Christmas Day, the gun seems to be jammed. Neither clip will stay locked in the gun and BBs do not come out. I have tried a different Co2 cartridge but no change. Not sure what the warranty time is but the quality of this gun does not deserve the Sig name. Made in Tawain.

just the looks

too heavy , couldn't hit the side of a barn, co2 drained out in 3 days

Fit and finish is great quality seems too be there.

The magazine loading is awful in fact I can not even load mine the spring tension is so strong and no way I can see too lock in place. I am diabetic and my fingers are most of the time quiet painful due too nerve damage.

I love the look of the gun and it seems well made.

Very realistic looking. This is a heavy bb pistol. You really feel like you are holding a firearm instead of a bb gun.

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Realistic look and feel. Dropout mag with co2. Blow back that has a nice kick to it.

I like it the way it is. I don't think I would change anything.

I encourage people to ware safety glasses because I have felt co2 blow back in my face on a few first shots of a co2 bottle. Just a small amount of air nothing really serious I don't think.

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This gun top-of-the-line I am very impressed And accurate that's the gun However the magazine feed To reload magazine really sucks I spent 10 minutes designing BB magazine feed far superior and makes it easier to load BB into this magazine the current system to load socks

You need to draw the distinction between load and spring load without control babies all the place

Let there be no doubt this is a well-made gun letting the magazine is what sucks