The P226 slides made after 1996 in America are milled, cut from a single hunk of stainless steel, leading to higher production costs. These stamped slides can be identified by the top front half of the slide being flat. The P226 slides that were produced in Germany were made from a stamped hunk of heavy gauge sheet metal that was then folded into the slide and a nosepiece was finely welded on. The SIG Sauer P226 and its variants are in service with numerous law enforcement and military organizations worldwide, including the Navy SEALs. The P226 itself has spawned further sub-variants the P228 and P229 are both compact versions of the staggered-column P226 design. It was developed for the US Military Joint Small Arms Program to use higher capacity, staggered-column double stack magazines in place of the single-column magazines of the P220. The brand name SIG Sauer remained at the J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH to two German businessmen. in the United States, to handle importation of their products. SIG Sauer eventually founded SIGARMS, Inc. Interarms took over importing when the pistol was introduced for civilian sales. military XM9 trials, the P226 was imported by Saco Defense. Sauer & Sohn to facilitate an export market for their products. Consequently, SIG entered into an agreement with German gun manufacturer (and eventual owner) J.P. Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft is a Swiss company and Swiss law severely restricts the export of firearms. The Navy SEALs, however, chose to adopt the P226 later. The P226 cost less per pistol than the 92F, but SIG's package price with magazines and spare parts was higher than Beretta's. According to a GAO report, Beretta was awarded the M9 contract for the 92F due to a lower total package price. Only the Beretta 92F and the SIG P226 satisfactorily completed the trials. The P226 was originally designed as a 9mm version of the SIG-Sauer P220 for entry into the XM9 Service Pistol Trials (see also Joint Service Small Arms Program) that were held by the US Army in 1984 on behalf of the US armed forces to find a replacement for the M1911A1. It was used by Lifer to keep Colonel Sam Trautman from ordering a rescue in Rambo: First Blood Part II. It is chambered for multiple calibers, including 9mm. The SIG-Sauer P226 is a full-sized Swiss service pistol that was first produced in 1984.
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