More Sig P320 drop firing stuff
I mentioned it before I took an expanded break from the interweb. And I said I was skeptical. Tactical Life has come out and said that it is not true:
Tactical-Life.com has confirmed that the Dallas Police Departments suspension of use of the Sig Sauer P320 was based on a miscommunication of a non-existent defect.
A blog by the name of GunMagWarehouse.com erroneously reported that there had been a Dallas PD training incident involving Sig Sauer P320. Specifically, the blog stated that the pistol discharged as a result of being dropped during training, which was far from the truth.
The Dallas Police Department has not tested the P320 and has had no issue with the P320, Sig spokesman Jordan Hunter told Tactical-Life.
But Omaha outdoors did their own testing and found it would fire when dropped a certain way:
So, this begs the question, do you catch a dropped 320? Of course not. But get the hell out of its way.
August 7th, 2017 at 5:56 pm
I have one. Looking forward to hearing something from Sig. It certainly sounds like a potentially easy fix.
Happily, I am still looking for an X-Five!
August 7th, 2017 at 9:05 pm
I think you mean “raises the question”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
August 8th, 2017 at 12:44 am
Sweet, I’ll head out to my LGS in a week or two, and scour for some deals on used 320s from internet commandos panic-selling. Chances are Sig will fix this, provided it’s a real issue, especially with that shiny new Army contract just sitting there.
August 8th, 2017 at 11:30 am
FBI picked Glock over Sig for their duty gun. Rumor has it, the Sig failed their drop test.
August 8th, 2017 at 11:50 am
I’m assuming they remove the bullet from the casing when they do this.
August 8th, 2017 at 1:32 pm
Rule six: Do not drop or catch a Sig P320. Throw it at the enemy.
August 8th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Coincidentally: https://www.sigsauer.com/press-releases/sig-sauer-issues-voluntary-upgrade-p320-pistol/
August 9th, 2017 at 8:56 am
I’ve liked my P320s but have had some issues with light primer strikes. Now this pops up. Have been eying the CZ P10 anyway, so may be a good time to switch…
August 9th, 2017 at 9:22 am
A grip safety, or thumb safety, or a hammer would have prevented this problem. I’m starting to think that Browning guy might have known what he was doing.
August 9th, 2017 at 3:42 pm
That begs the question; how many other pistols, when the back of the slide is dropped directly onto concrete, will fire? And your AR, and other carbines with no firing pin spring; now will that do when dropped onto the muzzle?
So now I guess we’ll see a web site decicated to forcing guns to fire when dropped in very creative ways. My bet is, most guns could be made to fire when dropped, so long as the drop is designed specifically to do so, with a full understanding of the gun’s workings. As often happens in the TV series Mythbusters, it would become a matter, not of whether it will fire, but one of what it takes to make it fire.
August 10th, 2017 at 1:46 am
What Lyle said..all my ARs would fail.
August 11th, 2017 at 10:43 am
X-Five found!