Originally Posted by
dirkmagurk
That’s a good point. I like the design for its modularity and shoot ability, just can’t get over the amount of unintentional discharges. If not for those I’d be carrying one exclusively.
Not unintentional, Negligent. Reason is officers are typically the worst at following the firearms safety rules. I have been involved in some way with several ND incidents, and eon all but one, the operator was found at fault. Technically, the operator was at fault because he monkeyed around with his 1911 and the sear engagement.
On another site, I posted some information I found on the web, and then did some fact checking. It lists incident or problems with the Sig P320 specifically. I found almost 50% of the listed incidents not to have occurred with P320's.
What I can tell you is I have never seen a P320 or any pistol for that matter, just go off by itself without some external force or influence. Not saying it's can't happen, but I haven't seen it happen.
I picked up my first 320 in 2015 directly from Sig. Had zero issues with it until the drop fire problem came about. I shelved it until a fix was found, then off it went to Sig. Once it and several others from my department came back with the upgrade, we decided to test the fix. With everything we put 7 pistol through, not a single one of them exhibited an uncommanded ignition. We even destroyed a frame during our testing.
So with that, I have no issues or concerns about carrying an upgraded or current production 320. My duty pistol is the 2015 carry model that was sent back for the upgrade. It has been 100% and I have around 10k rounds through it now. It has been to numerous classes and training schools with me.
TXPO
Last edited by Texaspoff; 05-06-22 at 17:25.
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