Fallout from the SIG P320 Uncommanded Discharges

[Hawg Rider]

Just got word from my local gun club that until further notice SIG P320 handguns (all variants) are banned from the property. This includes use and/or possession. That means that I can no longer compete in my Club's USPSA Limited or Action Steel events with my SIG P320 X5 Legion. That was my primary competition pistol, and my Blade-Tech competition holster and rig are set up for it. Now I guess I have some decisions to make. My son manages a local gun store and has already had customers coming in to buy new pistols to replace their P320s. I think it's sad because SIG makes outstanding handguns, and my X5 Legion is one of them...but I guess it's a case of better safe than sorry!

 

[TJm15.38]

It's too bad and the company is getting a terrible reputation because of this situation. Nevertheless, there are lots of choices out there for other striker-fired pistols to compete with. Good luck.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Uncommanded discharges? Is that woke speak like an unhoused person?

I have more than a few 320 variants, and in the years I have owned them not one has gone off uncommanded!!

 

[Warren Sear]

Uncommanded discharges? Is that woke speak like an unhoused person?

I have more than a few 320 variants, and in the years I have owned them not one has gone off uncommanded!!

"Uncommanded discharge" is right up there with "administrative reload".

 

[45Smashemflat]

Urban outdoorsman?

 

[BB57]

Uncommanded discharges? Is that woke speak like an unhoused person?

I have more than a few 320 variants, and in the years I have owned them not one has gone off uncommanded!!

That's a "case study", and in the big picture a logical fallacy.

I've never personally had cancer. Hopefully neither have you. But in the big picture a lot of people get it and we both know cancer is a real thing. Just because I, and hopefully you, have not had it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I certainly don't deny it exists.

No one denies that if the Sig P320 has a problem it's caused by a very rare set of circumstances and or chain of events, so the rate of occurrence is very low.

To that rarity point, I did have an intussusception, which makes me a medical oddity as that is extremely rare in adults. The fact that it almost never happens means no one looked for it until I was just about dead. But will it still potentially kill an adult if it doesn't resolve itself? Absolutely.

The logic is no different with the Sig P320. I'm thrilled you have confidence in it. I hope that never changes.

A year and half ago I never would have imagined I'd end up in the hospital for seven weeks over something adults never get. But if I could have done something to change that or reduce the risk would I? Absolutely.

So, it's your choice but choose wisely.

 

[WR Moore]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but FWIW, SIG is offering a free upgrade package https://www.sigsauer.com/p320-voluntary-upgrade-program. The video goes into detail on the changes they make to the trigger setup. The changes seem like they'd logically take care of the issue. [I do have to wonder if the DOD is going to take them up on the freebie ]

 

[Goony]

You're conflating two separate issues. The "voluntary" recall has been in place for some time, its purpose being to eliminate the possibility of discharge if the pistol is dropped. The more recent hubbub regarding spontaneous discharges when the gun is simply resting in a holster has not yet been addressed by the company (not counting their denials that such could actually ever happen).

The more serious fallout is that the following agencies have now withdrawn the P320 from authorized use as a duty sidearm: San Antonio PD, Chicago PD, Oklahoma City PD, and the Oklahoma HP. There may be others that have done (or will be doing) the same.

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but FWIW, SIG is offering a free upgrade package https://www.sigsauer.com/p320-voluntary-upgrade-program. The video goes into detail on the changes they make to the trigger setup. The changes seem like they'd logically take care of the issue. [I do have to wonder if the DOD is going to take them up on the freebie ]

Thanks for the link, as I spoke with them today. I plan to send them my .45, as the serial number is old and the upgrade had not yet been done. I bought it early.
Sig tested their firearms to US Military and NATO standards, but now test them from higher drops and such. They sent me a shipping label by email. They will do the upgrade, then retest it at higher standards before returning like some company overseas did. We shall see, though I had no issues.