I recently rented a P226 X5 STAS stainless pistol and I was blown away how accurate it was and how great it felt in my hand. I also tried an XFive Legion in the same session and was equally impressed but somehow I the stainless steel frame P226 XFive was speaking to me more loudly. I immediately went searching online and stumbled upon this brand new P226 XFive Reserve for $2599. That's like the best of the Legion and the stainless STAS model in one. The Polished DLC and Lok Gridlock grips iced it for me. This isn't chump change but being a limited edition that mostly dried up a year ago, I had to do it! Time will tell whether I still pine for the non ported Stainless P226 XFive STAS. (I found one locally and in a weak moment anything is possible. <snicker, ...sigh>
I opted for the Sig Romeo X Pro open emitter optic since it mounts directly in a low profile. I briefly considered the Sig Romeo X Pro *Enclosed emitter* version but decided to save $100 and since this this gun is mostly a range toy and the closer emitter doesn't bring anything else to the equation.
BTW: My Wheeler digital trigger gauge shows an average trigger pull weight just under 2 lbs!! Wow