This little infomercial made its way here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANG...ature=youtu.be
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I purchased a P320-RX - the original. Maybe it's the way things were handled that's left a bad taste in my mouth and I'm being unfairly biased - but after the whole P320 thing that I observed I'm struggling to trust the whole company now, not just the P320.
What are the differences?
The agency I just retired from was contemplating swapping to the P320 from GG22's about 2 years ago. I currently own a fullsize .45, an X-Carry, a sub compact (w/ X-Compact grip module), and just sold my M17. I was able to fieldstrip the agency gun and finger-bang it briefly when we had it, and I can't see any obvious differences in my personal weapons (purchased either new retail or used...not LEO program).
I've been carrying my X-Carry for about a year at my new job, but just replaced it with a VP9...not due to any safety/reliability concerns, I just found that I like/shoot the H&K a little better. The X-Carry is now my bedside handgun.
I can't comment on Sig's leadership or business practices, as I don't have any knowledge of what's been going on (I know about Dropgate). But I suspect they're as shady and underhanded as the management practices of numerous large corporations.
Last edited by kwb377; 11-24-2019 at 09:47 PM.
No. BIL bought a 226 legion, sat in a dehumidified safe for a week, had surface rust
Friend bought a 320 X-carry, carried if for 2 weeks, and the mag release was so rusted that it would stick open. It wasn't even light surface stuff, you can see pitting. They also wanted him to pay shipping and a service fee for fixing the gun
There's a whole lot of M17's in holsters worn by combat arms guys out in this neck of the woods. A lot of them look pretty rough already. I talked to an E5 carrying one in a chow hall not long ago; he's with an Armored element and he said the first 30-40 or so pistols they had got the shit ran out of them to get the whole Brigade through a familiarization fire/qualifications, and they were reputedly very reliable and the Soldiers overwhelmingly preferred the M17 to the M9.
Which is about what I expected, to be honest. I'm hoping this means I can be that codger that's okay with keeping an M9 while everyone else gets M17's, when it's finally our turn to get M17's.
Would I Trust a 320?
Yes. No more or less that any other striker fired action. I read through the posts and see a lot of subjective bashing. Subjective, meaning that the actual use of the pistol in the field doesn’t reflect an increased rate of an unexpected loud noise than any other striker fired action. If someone knows where that data is please point us to it. FYI - I don’t own one and have no dog in the fight.