I’m fully invested in Glocks for defensive pistols, and have been for years (1993-2006, 2011-present.) I know how they work, am comfortable with my ability to maintain them, and shoot most of them well. I have too damn many of them, actually. My daily carry currently rotates between a 43, a 26.5, a 27.5 and occasionally when I’m feeling trendy a 19.5 MOS with RMR.
I’ve generally ignored the SIG striker guns because of their engineering churn, unavailability of something like a SCD and the greatly increased parts complexity.
So, of course I bought a SIG. It was a total impulse purchase - a P320 X5 Legion - and it will be a range toy.
I live near the SIG Academy and their pro shop and attended a P320 test drive event where, much to my surprise, I found I shot a few different P320s and P365s quite well. While I was there (twice in the last week) I’ve also handled (but not shot) the XCompact. The price they offered on the X5 Legion after I shot it really well was more than I could resist.
Now I’m wondering if I should move over to SIGs for defensive guns. I could easily get by with a total of three or so SIGs for defense - a XCompact (taking the place of the 19), a P365 (replacing the 43) and a P365XL (replacing the 48 I currently rarely carry.)
I have too many guns, but the others are really all toys - the Glocks are what stay loaded and are trusted for carry. If I go SIG, it will be all in and the Glocks I keep would become range toys.
I would only consider SIGs with manual safeties for defense (the X5 doesn’t count, but I may add a MS for consistency) so I’d probably have to build the XCompact up from parts using a M17/M18 FCU. The P365s are already available with what appears from my handling to be a usable manual safety.
Am I nuts for considering a move from a pistol series that is about as simple to maintain as a factory produced zipgun to one that has a gazillion parts and a spotty history of continuous product correction?