Opinions on Sig P226 DAK?

I picked one of these up last week, for what I think was a great price. $350 out the door. It's in 9mm, not the usual .40, in G/VG condition in my judgement, came with Hogue wraps but I've since put the originals back on (seller gave me those too). 1 mag, seller says he will get me a second when he finds it (it's a shop, the original grips also came several days later. I trust them).

I also have an older West German P226, which cosmetically is a beater, but runs great. This newer pistol looks great, and is a later generation- stainless nitron slide with a rail on the frame. Both guns have old night sights, which are faded but give me a nice 3-dot picture.

That DAK trigger, though... it's smooth, but LONG. I'm trying to acclimate, but my followup shots are drifting down and to the right (I'm a lefty, I know I'm pushing it). My first shot or two is on target, but any sort of rapid followup goes that way; it's currently to the point that I have to bring the gun down and reset my entire stance etc before I get back on target.

I JUST got the stock grips back on, I haven't yet shot with those but I think/hope it will make a difference, as it feels better in my hand. All my shooting thus far had been with the Hogues, which felt ok but were a bit fat.

Here's the gun as I received it


after cleaning up


and with the "new/old grips", and a sample target, somewhere around the 7-10 yd range; this is two mags of 10. Both mags, I start near bull, and spread out/down.

This is after 2 sessions, I've put maybe 300 rds through it. I've finally able to keep it all on paper (the little target), the first couple mags I was walking outside of it on followups.


Anyone else have this make of gun? If so, do you find that the trigger experience improves?

I want to like it, but honestly, if I shoot the DA/SA at that range, everything stays within the green ring, and my group tightens up instead of spreads.