Cohen is also a convicted arms smuggler, so there's that.
You are referring to the drop testing that identified a problem early on. My understanding is that was acknowledged and rectified by Sig years ago.
If there is a problem with the 320 it is a management/engineering problem. Getting them to first admit there is a problem is a huge problem. How many of us remember the SIG Mosquito reliability problems that two recoil springs was supposed to remedy and an admonishment to use CCI Mini Mag ammo. I confronted SIG people at the SHOT Show and was "stone walled", seems Germanic Engineers don't make bad decisions. Ultimately I found that the chamber was too tight and the extractor didn't put enough force on the case/rim interface to extract the fired case from the chamber. I reworked most Mosquitoes in Western NC with no complaints.
This issue has been beaten to death. It boils down to faith-you either believe the gun is defective or you do not. I have perhaps a dozen in various configurations and frame materials, several of which are loaded around the house. None has ever discharged by itself.
No, it has never been proven and not once at any of the trials. Mine just sits there minding its own business.
And yet Chicago PD, Washington state's POST Academy, SEPTA, Milwaukee PD and others have dumped the SIG 320 because of the issue, some as late as April.
Striker fired pistol are mostly cocked guns without safeties. Need I say more!!
You are correct... regardless of the final outcome ( and we may Never actually know) this once sterling brand has been irrevocably tarnished...I don't even give them a 2nd thought anymore...not that I'm anyone important to them
The SIG 320 was the army's idea to replace worn out Berettas. Looking to solve a problem that didn't exist. The Beretta M9A4 is a better, safer gun than the 320. Anyway very few people in service carry hand guns. Army talked about being able to change the pistols chassis?? Who cares. Striker fired pistols are inherently unsafe because in most cases they are a cocked weapon without a safely. Self defense side arms are for up close and dirty combat. The single/ double action worked fine. Not meant for bulls eye shooting. Long shot cock the darn thing.
I disliked the M9 because of the caliber, but any I carried always said 'bang' when I asked them to and not at all otherwise.
So far none have been reported that I am aware. A very common item beside the firearm, in each of the described incidents is the holster. I would surmise based upon notes, reports and discussion groups Blackhawk and Sarfariland are the common denominator.
Why didn't the ARMY pick up these issues at initial testing. They were so anti Beretta they barred them from competition. They needed guns with different chassis so the DEI and unfit
I have a relatively new Ruger SP 102, printed on the revolver is Newport NH. USA. Customer service is also NH. Just saying!
There's something like seven reported uncommanded discharges with the M17/M18 configuration. To me the most perplexing one is at a Marine base in Okinawa where a civilian guard reportedly had an uncommanded discharge with his holstered M18 that in addition to witnesses attesting the safety was on and that he did not touch the gun, was caught on video. (The video, however, remains unreleased.)
Thanks for the thoughtful post, Mark.
Because the pistol testing process was never completed by the Army. After the initial testing that is just intended to verify the guns meet all the basic requirements in the RFP SIG offered the Army such a low price to adopt the 320 that the Army simply accepted SIG's offer and selected the 320 over the Glock entry, the only other pistol that passed the initial testing. The functional testing of the guns was never done, this testing is where the current problems should have been detected.
