Description
Call it an ending and a beginning. The SIG Sauer P226 X-5 Final Edition SAO Verst is one of those guns that makes you slow down and look. Built in the Mastershop tradition, this final-run X-5 blends serious competition DNA with finish work that says, “this was meant to be kept.”
Mechanically, it’s all business. The single-action-only trigger is crisp and adjustable, giving a clean break that competitive shooters love. The longer slide and extended barrel that the X-5 is known for bring balance and a sight radius that helps you place rounds where you meant to. The stainless frame feels solid in the hand — not heavy for its size, just confident.
Then there’s the top-of-slide engraving. It’s not gimmicky. SIG respectfully etched the names of its production sites — Suhl, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Eckenförde, and Newington, NH — across the slide, which turns the pistol into a little history lesson about the brand’s global footprint. Small detail. Big meaning.
Cosmetically, it’s restrained in the right way: clean lines, precise machining, polished surfaces where they matter. It comes with the original factory box, the manual, and the factory test target — the whole kit. That matters for collectors; it’s the difference between “nice pistol” and “complete, investment-grade piece.”
If you’re a shooter, expect a gun that points true and rewards practice. If you’re a collector, expect a tidy, well-documented chapter of SIG Mastershop history. Either way, the X-5 Final Edition SAO Verst is one of those rare finishes where performance and provenance actually match.
