The Sig P226 is my personal all-time favorite handgun in real life and I've owned and frequently used one for six years now. So when I was presented with an opportunity to own an Airsoft version, I was thrilled. KHC, a company I hadn't heard of before, makes this spring powered P226 with their own version of Hop-up called "F-Hop". Hop-up is probably a trademark of Tokyo Marui, but they work the same way. For an explanation of how Hop-up works, refer to the Beretta 92f review. This gun's box is marked Intrag - but it's made by KHC. Intrag is KHC's own term - it means INTRoductory Air Gun, which I have come to believe means one of their original series.
Appearance
Intrag did a good job on the P226's appearance. The grips on the Sig look like they could be perfectly exchanged for a set of Sig factory grips. The finish on the plastic is a nice matte black, just like a K-Koted Sig. The front sight has a white dot painted on it which drastically improves the speed of target acquisition, although why they did that but left the vertical bar on the rear sight unpainted is beyond me. That's easily rectified with a touch of white paint on my part though. The only real detractors from the appearance are the screws on either side of the slide at the back, and the fact that the hammer is side-molded, which is to say on one side it looks normal but on the other it's hollow. As far as the screws go, that's the way they designed it so there's not much I can do about that. As far as one side of the hammer being hollow, if it annoys you as much as it did me, fill it in with some epoxy or hobby contouring putty and paint it to match the rest of the gun. The magazine looks funny compared to the examples that Tokyo Marui has given us. TM's magazines are similar in size and shape to the real guns' magazines. This one has a normal-looking floorplate, but the actual magazine body is narrower than a real Sig mag. Not really a big deal; it still works fine.
Function
The Sig feels great in my hands; so much so that the only ways I can tell the difference between the Airsoft and the real one are 1) the weight, and 2) the Airsoft has a plastic trigger and the real Sig has a metal one. The magazine is of an unusual design; it is narrower than a Marui magazine, and only holds 12 rounds to a Marui's typical 20 or more. This is a bit of a downer, but on a positive note, the magazine is super easy to load, whereas Marui mags can be difficult at times. The P226 mag has a lever on the right side that you push toward the bottom of the magazine. When you do this, it compresses the magazine spring, and when the lever is in its bottom-most position, it stays in place. Then you push a button to pull back the BB retaining catch on the top of the mag, and just pour in 12 BBs. Then you press a button on the left side of the magazine to release the BB follower so it can apply upward force on the BBs. The slide action is positive, but the trigger pull is long. Takedown is very similar to a real Sig in that the takedown lever must be removed and then the slide/barrel assembly can be run forward off the frame. The Sig handled .2g and .25g ammunition reliably and powerfully. One note - if you remove the magazine while it still has BBs in it, you will get two or three of those BBs coming out loose after the mag. Sort of a negative especially if you're trying to be quiet, but with only 12 shots it's not hard to shoot the pistol dry before reloading.
Accuracy
This is where the Sig takes a digger. Even with the Hop-up system it was not particularly accurate. With the Glock and Beretta I was able to chew a ragged hole in a piece of paper at seven yards with 40-50 rounds. The Sig shot a fairly large group with .2g BBs but with .25g BBs the accuracy tightened up a bit. As with the Beretta Hop-up, the Sig shot about six inches high at seven yards with .2g ammo, and about three inches high at seven yards with .25g ammo. The accuracy was decent enough to make hits on a human-sized target to fifteen yards, but anything more precise would be taking chances, especially if using .2g ammo.
Overall Impressions
Overall, I liked the Intrag P226 mainly because I am partial to Sigs to begin with. The exterior detail was good, but the accuracy was poor. This pistol would make a good backup to another weapon for indoor use, or maybe even as a primary weapon in an all-spring indoor tournament. I would not recommend it for general target practice or for use in outdoor tournaments where the ranges are likely to exceed fifteen yards.