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Facts RE SIG P320 Issues?

I have a 320c 45 and a full size 45 320. It's good to have a pistol you don't mind losing. They are accurate and easy to shoot and very easy to clean. As long as you don't keep a round in the chamber, it's a good truck gun Maybe the 45's are different, I guess I don't see how that could be, but I'm okay with them as long as you know their short comings. It's a lot better than not having one when you need some back up that you don't really care about getting dirty.
 
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Well, years ago, Sig got screwed out of the Govt. contract re the p226. I think Beretta got some home cooking to win the contract. But it certainly seems like the p320 is snakebit. It kinda gets me to thinking about my carry situation. I carry a p250 compact in my truck, but not on my person. I can carry it stuck in front of my pants (appendix?) style and it is pretty secure, I feel safe w it pointed down my leg. It is same profile and measurements almost as p320. Heck, people make fun of me bc I like and own 'wood' guns and guns that would hurt if you dropped them on your foot.
 
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Steve Donlon said:
I have a 320c 45 and a full size 45 320. It's good to have a pistol you don't mind losing. They are accurate and easy to shoot and very easy to clean. As long as you don't keep a round in the chamber, it a good truck gun Maybe the 45's are different, I guess I don't see how that could be, but I'm okay with them as long as you know their short comings. It's a lot better than not having one when you need some back up that you don't really care about getting dirty.
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Another question is, how long has it been at condition 1 in your holster? Maybe it does not matter. But all that knocking around might have something to do with it. At least it fires when you pull the trigger. Besides, who would walk around with a rifle, with one in the chamber and no safety? No matter what the manual says.
 
Other than kyotekiller25 in his video, it appears that no one has mentioned the voluntary trigger recall not long after they were released for sale.


I won a 320 at a match and later found out about the recall. I chose not to have it done. A friend had the recall done on his and he didn't like the replacement trigger pull, it was heavier.

My wife didn't like it (I had given it to here) so we sold it.
 
Billy 30-06 said:
I'm a RSO at a military base range that rents many guns. The M-17 is one that sees a lot of use with many thousands of rounds put through them by sometimes inexperienced shooters. These guns don't see the care we would for our personal weapons. Never seen an AD and can't remember any type of malfunction. The 320 is striker fired and can't fire without the trigger pulled. With the gun at rest the striker is blocked and its spring is unloaded to a point it doesn't have enough energy to fire a round. Whoever started these rumors must not know much about the mechanics of the gun.
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Steve Donlon said:
Another question is, how long has it been at condition 1 in your holster? Maybe it does not matter. But all that knocking around might have something to do with it. At least it fires when you pull the trigger. Besides, who would walk around with a rifle, with one in the chamber and no safety? No matter what the manual says.
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I agree 100%.
 
Tesoro said:
DOGE hasnt got to the file yet on why the Sig won! I have exclusively used Glocks since Gen 1 days and there is no way in hell Glock could have lost to any Sig, other than in Lobbying.
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The military could have paid much less and kept the M9 modified to meet the specs they required. Go DOGE!
 
mauser284 said:
Sadly the US Army is suffering from buzz words especially the term modular! No way SIG earned it's 3 contracts on merit alone! I think a lot of us would like to see some investigations!

The M9A1 was a good platform plagued by poor maintence, cheap out of spec non-Beretta magazines, combined with way out of specification ammo that was not only damaging Berettas but also SIGP226's as well!

The M9A3 would have been the best sidearm the US Army had ever purchased had they gone through with it! The M17/18 never finished the testing and only made it to half the round count of the M9.
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They had the same type of issues about 70 years ago. The beat the hell out of the 30 Carbine in world war ll, had crap rebuilds and sent it to Korea to malfunction!
 
I believe that the striker safety catch is disengaging too soon and that the tolerance between the slide and frame are too sloppy.

The striker safety catch disengages, and you still have to pull the trigger .11 inch to break the sear. Why that far?

When the P320 is empty cocked and ready for a trigger pull test on the ones I've seen you can actually see the slide raise within the rails. Why?
 
LVLAaron said:
Because it's a cheap piece of crap designed to be the lowest bid on a government RFP?
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What about the bi-metal case on the 277? And all the other potential problems that could come up after awhile? It seems like the guys that are shooting them could be lab rats for Sig. Hope they are not.
 
Kevin57 said:
I'm not sure but didn't sig change the design in early 2020 to sort this problem out?

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I got my P320 a couple years ago, Post 2020
As mentioned earlier I was going to see if I could "Get it to fire"
I did all kinds of things to try and make it happen
--- I lifted on the slide, I bumped it, upward, downward, sideways, smacked it hard against the
hard plastic gun case from every angle, all this while taking up the slack in the trigger
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Not once did it go off --- unless I pulled the trigger back manually.
 
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ELR LVR said:
I got my P320 a couple years ago, Post 2020
As mentioned earlier I was going to see if I could "Get it to fire"
I did all kinds of things to try and make it happen
--- I lifted on the slide, I bumped it, upward, downward, sideways, smacked it hard against the
hard plastic gun case from every angle, all this while taking up the slack in the trigger
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Not once did it go off --- unless I pulled the trigger back manually.
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We're still moving to ban the P320 on our range. The tests that I've seen done are incomplete. By that I mean too few samples, no record of round count on the firearm, no record of customization, (by that I mean factory parts modular customization), no record of trigger pressure and lastly no discussion on the timing between striker block disengagement and sear release. Just for a few.

In our opinion the problem is the the lawsuits and discharges are happening with this firearm model and the clubs inaction has consequences.
 
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The Military has made an arrest in the death of an Air Force Sergeant, shot with his Sif P320. Keep on the lookout for more information!

The Air Force as far as I know has not recalled their suspension of the P320.
 
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