But 2 hour drive to the Fedex hub. Profits over reliability and you end up with junk. Second, pardon us if were more than a little skeptical that the P320 in question or any other handgun fired when it was out of battery. Its a compounded issue of weakened cases and the chamber design. And many departments across the country have had to lower their standards for passing qualifications just to be able to hire on and keep officers. But that's just me. There was no holster involved. Without a loser pays tort system, such abuse will go on and on. They've also been adopted as duty guns by law enforcement agencies across the country. At this point I would have to say that Taurus is a better handgun. As to prong 2, there is a considerable difference between the mechanism of a 320 and, say, ones basic Glock, in that a 320 is fully cocked, whereas a Glock is half-cocked until the trigger is fully depressed, with the striker remaining locked by the striker safety plunger until that is released by a cam on the trigger bar. 3 disaster is true and if it is Sig will go all out to cover it up if it was. It was a weakend case, and the gun was fine after I repleced the extractor with a spare I had. Sig made a subtle change to the length of the extractor spring, and the geometry of the extractor claw. Still waiting. Thanks. Greatly decreases optic related issues Retains Optic. Ive seen similar situations at our Municipal range. In 1974 if you bought a Colt 1911, you left the gun store and then immediately took it to your favorite gunsmith and said Make it work it with Super-Vels, please. You cant get away with that today. I have a 2015 born sc that has almost 2k rounds thru it & not one fte has occurred. The lead plaintiff, Fernando Armendariz, an agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, alleges that his department-issued P320 suddenly and unexpectedly discharged while he was re-holstering it in April 2021, resulting in a gunshot wound to his thigh. Sig Sauer has previously settled some lawsuits involving alleged discharges. Still, it's incumbent on us to follow up our reviews with some of the reported problems and legal actions affecting the P320. So I will just continue to carry Mexican style with my striker fired polymer wonder nine from a company that may or may not be SIG. This summer, the gunmaker prevailed in a suit involving a Hillsborough man who claimed his P320 discharged without a trigger pull. NHPR is nonprofit and independent. She didnt sue, but swore she would never own another Volvo again. . Both are listed by Sig Sauer as micro-compacts, but the size difference is there, and it does make a difference. But just the same- a gun going off from momentum? After all, there are limits on complying with Rule 2 and even Rule 3, because a gun muzzle is ALWAYS covering something, somewhere, and ALWAYS knowing what lies beyondperhaps FAR beyonda possible target is an impossibility. I wish nothing bad on anyone carrying regardless of brand. They didnt have to, but did. I had another thought last night. Likewise, having a finger in the trigger-guard, or a clothing draw-string, or a retention strap, or some other object, when holstering the gun exonerates the maker, as the gun is firing with a trigger press of sufficient energy and stroke as designed. How many times does a pistol have to malfunction before you blame it? Its pathetic how often these legal stunts work. The company also recently successfully blocked a proposed class action lawsuit that centered on financial harm for P320 owners. You need to deliberately thumb the Pythons hammer back to get that trigger pull, each and every time. He wanted TTAG to convey that hes pro-Second Amendment. Occasional kabooms are a predictable outcome. With the redesign, you would have to implement a LOT of force to move the trigger backwards. No problems since. Frankly, I think that ship is the best looking sci-fi ship design ever, with the Excelsior a very close second. All of my kits run fantastic, never a hiccup. I discovered a small crack in the chamber of an older model 226 several years ago, and the best they would do was offer a discount on a new barrel because I shot reloads. https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/dea-agent-lee-paige-still-wont-go-away/. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. I don't think this has a bearing in this case because I tried Federal factory premium loads and Winchester factory loads as well as my hand loads. The second, longer version of the ABC story again included comments from Joshua Harrison, the consultant ABC hired to independently assess the P320. This is the first time I have heard of the same happening with the subcompact. I used to laugh at his bragging about how skilled he was with a weapon.. Its not credible to claim that people with this amount of training, this amount of skill are all shooting themselves.. Yes, even lightly polished the top and bottom to prevent binding. Bagnell told TTAG that he believes the problem with the striker-fired P320 is an inadequate sear/striker connection (he has images he says illustrate this on his website). Fair enough. Not much detail is provided in any of those other claimed incidents, but a few stand out. Clear editor. In the most recent legal action, Deputy Vadnais is seeking $10 million in damages and to have SIG Sauer recall the pistol. saw the video, doesnt explain how it bypasses striker pin safety. It has an unsafe takedown procedure that requires you to pull the trigger to get the slide off. OK, in answer to all of the above questions. Sig Sauer P320 comes in an exposed hammer version for Military use. But as Officer Hilton says, There is no way anything could have gotten into my purseinto the trigger guard and pulled that trigger., This ABC report includes an interview with Joshua Harrison, a firearms expert hired by the network to examine the P320s design and give his opinion of its safety. He also said it only took like 10 days to get the gun back. Heres the version that ran Tuesday morning during the networks Good Morning America program . Big public relations disaster and Sig tries a second time to get the piece of shit to work and not go off when dropped. Ill go so far as to say the first batch of Sig P320s did nothing wrong. My friend's 320 rx pictures below, out of battery firing, barrel appears to be short chambered, not enough case supportsee pix below No Warp core, just a quantum singularity, The engine was basically a dorm fridge. ALMA- When I stated that I swapped the extractor with a knowen good one I failed to mention that I swapped the spring and plunger as well. "The P320 meets and exceeds all U.S. standards for safety, including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc. (SAAMI), as. June 20, 2017 in Sig. Took the wife out to SC yesterday after changing out to the 1911 guide rod with a 12lb spring. My trust for Sig stopped after they produced the beloved Sig556xi Russian. Here is a movie that he filmed 40 years ago and he was still raking it in. If you cant get it working , call SIG and send it back. Upload or insert images from URL. . They suck and Im awesome!, 2. I dont know nothing about Sigs, I do know any gunm that goes off when I lay it on a table gets sold with a warning and I never touch that brand or model again. They are being replaced with Glocks. Jim. Tried different mags? Newington-based Sig Sauer is facing a new legal complaint from 20 individuals, including law enforcement officers and military veterans, who claim they were injured when the companys pistols fired without a trigger pull. Theres still the P938 extractors snapping they refuse to acknowledge. I am shooting reloaded ammo. And thats just my opinion. And precision swagged 125gr in .358. But then Im not a federal LE flunky who cant keep my booger hook off the bang switch, either. False 40. Right. True It was not a double charge, but it did blow out the extractor. I have never had to have one serviced or replaced. Looking for possible tips before she starts to get frustrated. These officers are not gunfighters. When he opened the drawer the hinges pulled the Charters trigger. Weird how that might happen. If this were a car, a phone, a refrigerator, it would have been recalled long ago. I dont consider the drop-bang issue a failure and Sigs response was actually above any real need, except to perhaps deflect any easy wins for slime ambulance chasers I get that. Depending on who you talk to you will get many different answers. The enclosed paper work says they replaced the extractor spring and plunger as well as polish the rear of the slide. Then when the gun still wouldnt operate right, field stripped it and cleared the debris, but didnt understand the gun enough to realize it was now super broken. Doesn't happen with any of the other calibers / kits. All chasing that pot of gold at the end of litigation.. Not that big of a stretch when considering the lawyers beating the bushs for clients to add to the lawsuits, and the fact many of them will lose their jobs if its proven to NOT be the gun, but instead negligence on their part. If they recruit smart cops, they wont have cops who will act against their political opponents outside of the constitution. He was happy to find this post and that it confirmed that he felt the case support looked inadequate. Over the top, hammy and with incredible choleric energy, but as he once said, when you trying to seriously sell a scene that has space ship with obvious carboard walls, christmas lights and a guy in a rubber gorilla suit with a plastic horn on its head, if you play it lowkey youre dead the audience is gonna focus on how cheesy it all is. If there were a defect in 320's, it would be all over the web. Seems a bit apologetic to me. Vihtavuori doesn't publish data for even N320 with a 147gr plated bullet, much less N310, so not only is this N310, it's with an even heavier 165gr bullet. They have hundreds of thousands of P320s in regular service now and, despite a search, we couldnt find a rash of reports of soldiers claiming their pistols are firing on their own. To make the striker leg pull off of the sear, you would have to impart a lot of rearward momentum and stop it suddenly. People who know how to handle guns prudently and safely. I will discuss the solutions to all these problems and user reviews in this article. Yeah, I guess I learned that the hard way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0LUbLu6TqA, Simply put, the P320 is not safe and the lawsuits arent frivolous. You did get to sit and watch it with him, which leads to a serious question. ! while being accompanied by some form of obvious stupidity like putting an unholstered gun in a gym bag with other stuff. Its not happening on your person without some catastrophic event. I know off body carry is a recipe for disaster. If it were the guns, there would be thousands of cases involving citizensbut there arent. I know there are those who will vehemently disagree with me, and even disparage me but I have been following this issue from early on, BUT I recall CLEARLY that there have been dozens and dozens of discharges that could not be attributed to operator error and people experiencing these uncommanded discharges both before AND after getting the trigger upgrade. With Biden spending outrageous amounts of money, whats 100 million here or there? 2) The p320 does have a half cocked notch. "how long will it take to get my gun back?". New to the forum from the great state of Georgia! All with VV310. He is also calling on the gunmaker to issue a recall on this product, and pull this product from the market, until they make this gun safe.. Looks like that was one of the two Sigs that lost their extractor from blow outs at Sunday's match. Took it home, cleaned it, and went straight back to the range. The latest of these suits was filed last week in US District Court in Massachusetts. Not sure if the FTE is related to the feeding problems people see with certain ammo, but check out this link, it MAY be what you need to see. They have similar vertical sear engagement, but the M&P has more engagement width wise. At this time I have no other parts to compare to the extractor pin or spring. Yea, I already have the RA and the Fedex shipping label. But it hardly indicts the P320 as a badly engineered weapon or that its worse than another brand. ABC ran their story on the P320 twice, but with some significant differences between the two reports. Asked if the guns in these cases could have been mishandled, Villani responds, When I see videos of police officers getting out of their car and their weapon discharges in their holsters, nah, theres a problem with the gun. ABC then ran bodycam footage of a pre-upgrade P320 firing as a Michigan state trooper exited his patrol car in 2016 with no mention of the results of any subsequent investigation. SATIN GOLD | Matte TiN. A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference. There were a lot of changes. ! only reveals ones immature emotional attachment to an inanimate object, which reveals a pretty childish worldview. The new guy sucks. If not sorry and GL! This Extractor is designed to fit perfectly in most standard 9mm Sig P320 models. It SHOULD have more engagement width wise, but often doesnt due to things being rounded or out of square. There are several stories about her in the news for various no reasons, she must be throwing them out by a dozen. Pity that some of the most common reactions fall into two over simplistic categories: 1. I'll up date this when I can, and if you have any ideas please let me know. Hes like the arrogant star QB on your favorite football teamyeah, you would never want to spend a weekend with him at the lake cabin, but your franchise would be little to nothing without him. The Glocks lack of a manual safety has caused untold thousands of needless cripplings and death. Fitting, gauging, and range testing. The list is long proving gun manufactures were well aware of this problem now for 121 years yet they abandoned this when the Glock infested the gun market. Sig Sauer has addressed the main issue with the P320 by redesigning the gun's trigger mechanism. The gun has been running flawlessly with mixed brass with 165gn plated, 158gn 38/.357, and 147 factory since. The hype leading up to the P365 was pretty intense and the LGS sold a bunch of those. In that case lighten the recoil spring or bumping up the power should make a difference. The lawsuit also includes two members of the Milwaukee Police Department, Adam Maritato and Robert Parks, who were involved in an alleged drop fire incident in July 2020. He quickly too quickly tried to pick up the gun from the floor before anyone could see it, and in his haste, he picked it up with his finger on the trigger and accidentally fired the gun. Using an example from the first prong, we legitimately fault the user who shot himself in the palm, rightfully asking why in the WORLD his palm was in front of the muzzle when he set the gun down. Make sure the parts are installed correctly. Bagnell said he thinks the discharges are due to both design and manufacturing flaws on SIGs part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZZ6pynGLM A former U.S. Marine and federal agent has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Sig Sauer Inc. alleging that his holstered Sig P320 -- a pistol that the Army's new sidearm is based on . This is just blind greed using some careless doofus to sell a lie and cash in because a civil jury, like the average American voter, can be manipulated easily though emotion, tears and stories of anguish, pain and suffering at the foot of some super-rich evil corporations cold-blooded behest. Fundamentally, the bits that the ambulance chaser claims are flawed function exactly the same way as a S&W M&P. It was a huge issue at one point because the company who they outsourced the extractor to went cheap. UPDATE: 7-6-16 So, received my P320 9F back from Sig Sauer. Lawsuit that centered on financial harm for P320 owners categories: 1 does n't with... 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